This is how love can improve heart health

AND SNOW SHOWERS BY THURSDAY. JENNIFER: FEBRUARY IS HEART HEALTH MONTH. TEDDY SAVAGE FROM PLANET FITNESS SHOWS WHAT TO DO TO HELP YOUR HEART. GOOD MORNING, TEDDY. >> GOOD MORNING, JEN. THANKS FOR HAVING .ME JENNIFER: YOU’RE WELCOME. WE NDEE TO GET OUR HEART RATE UP, RIGHT? >> THAT’S RIGHT. AS YOU SAID, FEBRUARYS I HEART HEALTH MONTH. SO WE WANT TO DO THINGS THAT REALLY IMPROVE OUR CARDIO RESPIRATORY HEALTH. STUDIES SHOW THAT BEING IN A LOVING, SUPPORTING RELATIONSHIP CAN ACTUALLY HELP TO LOWER STRESS AND ANXIETY, PUT YOU IN AN OVERLAL HAPPIER DISPOSITION AND MAKE YOUR HEART OPERATE BETTER. BEREFO YOU LOVE ANYBODY ELSE, YOU GOTTA LOVE YOURSELF. HERE’S HOW WE’RE GOING TO DO IT WITH OUR HEART, RIGHT? FIRST, I WANTED TO DO A COUPLE OF HEART JACKS. WE’LLO D JUMPING JACKS. I’VE GOT MY HEARTIGHT R HERE IN MY HANDS. JUST TO SHOW WNHE WE’RE DOING AEROBIC EXERCISE, WE’RE INCREASING BEATS PER MINUTE. WE INCREASE THOSE BPMS, IT GETS MORE BLOOD FLOW TO OUR BODY, WHICH INCREASES OXYGEN TO YOUR HEART, WHICH MAKES IT PUMP A LOT STRONGER. WIANT TO STRENGTHEN MY LOWER BO.DY I’LL DO HEART HEALTHY HOP SQUATS. MAKE SURE WHEN YOU SQUAT DOWN, YOUR HEELS ARE FLAT, YOUR BUTT IS BACK AND YOUR CHEST IS PRONOUNC.ED THIS IS ADDGIN A YOPLMETRIC ELEMENT TO A SQUAT EXERCISE. I LIKE TO KEEP IT SAUCY. WE HAVE TO BOUND LATERALLY AND COME TO A NICE STOP. WE’LL JUMP TO THE THOUGHT AND THEN TWIST THOSE FEET AND BODY AT THE SAME TIME. THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO NOT ONLY GET MY AGILITY, BUT TO ALSO WORK ON MOBILITY AS WELL. ALL OF THESE THINGS HELPING TO INCREASE OUR HEART AND MY OVERALL CARDIO RESPIRATORY ALHETH. LASTLY, I WANT TO BOUND FORWARD, SHOWOU Y GUYS SOME LOVE, AND GO BA.CK ONCE AGAIN, BOUNCE BACK, SHOW YOU LOVE, AND DROP BACK. THERE YOU GO. JENNIFER: YOU’RE THE BEST LONG JUMPER EVER. BACK IN THE OLDEN DAYS, THEY USED TO SAY — YOU KNOW, BACK WHEN I WAS YNGOU — YOU HAD TO WATCH YOUR COUNT AND YOUR BEATS HAD TO STAY ABOVE SO MANY PER MINUTE. DOES THAT EVEN MATTER ANYMORE, AS LONG AS YOU’RE EXERCISING? >> YOU HIT THE NAILN O THE HEAD. AS LONG AS YOU’RE GETTING YOUR BODYN I MOTION AND YOU DO IT CONSISTENTLY, YOU’RE GOING TO IMPROVE YOUR HEART HEAL,TH YOUR STRENGTH I YNOUR INMULTIPLE SYSTEM, RELOEOS POSITIVE ENDORPHINS AND FEEL GREAT. THE CDC RECOMMESND WE GET 150 MINUTES OF ACTIVITY IN A WEEK’S TIME. YOU CAN DO IT THROUGHTOU THE WEEK AND HAVE FUN. >> YOU KNOW WTHA ELSE RELEASES THE ENDORPHINS? THE BOX OF CHOCOLATES YOU HAVE RIGHT THERE. >> THAT’S RIGHT. I’VEOT G ENOUGH TO SHARE. YOU GUYS COME ON IN TO PLATNE FITNESS, YOU CAN STILL DO SO FOR ZERO DOLLARS DOWN, TEN DOLLARS A MONTH, AND GET SEOM CHOCOLATE FROM ME. JENNIFER: THANKS FOR JOINING

11 Fitness: How love in your life can improve heart health

Updated: 10:30 AM EST Feb 21, 2022

11 Fitness visits with Teddy Savage from Planet Fitness for Heart Health Month.

BALTIMORE —

11 Fitness visits with Teddy Savage from Planet Fitness for Heart Health Month.