European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 28, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 16 the stars and stripes july 1985 taxing the heart to enhance health pm1ectikmmist heart disease 80 60 Laas than 500 60010999 1000 and above non vigorous activities Only vigorous activities included left main coronary artery c by Jane Brody new York times an taxing the heart enhance health yes is the answer that continues to emerge from a growing body of research into the health effects of strenuous physical Active although people generally associate vigorous exercise with exhaustion and diminishing returns for their for the heart and blood and for the body it can mean greater resistance to fatigue and improved efficiency and the body blood blood sugar and a persons emotional stability All stand to gain from regular As studies repeatedly dem a Small but devoted group of scientists in the United states and abroad continues to do research on precisely what is happening physiologically to produce these Bene fits and on the types and amounts of exercise needed to achieve their work shows that while physical fitness is no guarantee of cardiovascular it can significantly tip the balance in favor of resistance to debilitating Dis eases that plague the United states and other Western industrialized fitness does not mean Ralph a Stanford University epidemiologist but if you compare a group of physically fit individuals with those who Are usually Cai Orma left circumflex Branch 99 obstructed left Anterior descending Branch 7o obstructed area of recent heart attack right coronary artery 8o85 obstructed new York times drawing based on autopsy on Jim Fixx shows major obstructions in coronary arteries that could have caused sudden scars on heart muscle indicated prior undetected heart the fit individuals will almost certainly be healthier on Many when speaking of researchers such As Paffen who has spent decades studying the cardiovascular effects of mean the ability of the body to exercise vigorously without exhausting its especially the although the heart is a muscle and Muscles get bigger and stronger when studies indicate that the heart is not the primary beneficiary of fitness promoting benefits accrue primarily to Muscles in the outer reaches of the body that Are used during exer that is Why the medical definition of fitness refers to the amount of oxygen that the body is Able to extract from the inhaled air and transport to the Muscles during fallout physical according to Lenore Zoman and Albert with Donald wrote the cardiologists guide to fitness health through exercise Simon As it is also the training is achieved through regular aerobic exercise activities that promote the use of oxygen to Burn fuel in working aerobic exercises can be performed for Long periods they should leave the exerciser refreshed rather not a no risk activity split stretch by Jane Brody new York times when a person As prominent As Jim Fixx Dies while millions of sedentary i told you sos rear their adding to the inevitable anxiety that afflicts All runners who if it could happen to someone like  it also happen to me exercise like driving a car or crossing the Street is not an no risk responsible exercise sports Medicine specialists and other health professionals have never said from the cardiologists treated exercise As a Replete with indications and contraindications that May differ among the activity that May protect your health and prolong your life if performed cripple or even kill your Job As an exercise Buff is to minimize the risks while maximizing the just As a careful Driver can have an the cautious exerciser can experience a serious Adverse Medicine is not an exact and there is no Way to predict which people will endanger their lives with vigorous even a person who takes an exercise stress test before strenuous exercise and is guided by its results can still get into medical you can weigh the Odds in your How if you apply reason to deciding when and How much to we All know people who pursue their favorite physical activities in the face of every obstacle frigid or inclement blistering heat and High colds and sore Muscles and injured pains in the Chest or shortness of breath or some people use exercise As the antidote to not feeling the evidence indicates that Fixx was such a a Man who ran no matter a Man who had ignored several warnings of a serious hidden heart problem in the months before he Fixx also failed to recognize and act upon his own vulnerability to cardiac this vulnerability was the for one of a family history of premature heart disease his father suffered his first heart attack at age 35 and died of his second at