Can bodybuilding improve overall heart health?

Unfortunately, while bodybuilding can benefit muscle and bone health, it can be detrimental to your overall heart health. For example, How Stuff Works reported that intense lifting, such as lifting more than half of your overall body weight, can put you at risk for tearing your aorta —an often fatal heart injury. read more

Here are some reasons why physical activity is proven to improve both mental and physical health. Physical activity boosts mental wellness. Regular physical activity can relieve tension, anxiety, depression and anger. read more

Adapted from “Holes in the Heart,” Stroke Connection Magazine, January/February 2011 A hole in your heart would seem to be the very definition of a “problem.” Yet more than a quarter of the population has one, and for most it causes no adverse health effects. read more