Not Your Mama’s Cardio

Aerobic conditioning through cardiovascular circuit training will help keep your heart and body in tip-top shape. Read this 23-minute cardio workout which sprinkles cardio intervals with body-weight exercises.

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Pacemakers

Pacemakers are incredibly helpful as they regulate the heart rhythm. If you have a pacemaker, find out what you need to know about your cardiovascular condition and fitness to dive.

The Heart & Diving

Cardiovascular health is an essential component of scuba diving safety. However, heart health may deteriorate gradually as divers age and can put divers at risk.

Women’s Health in Diving

[…] and humans are similar.) The fetus runs the potential risk of death because the fetal cardiovascular system has no effective filter. Therefore, any bubbles formed are likely to go directly […]

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Chapter 7: Issues Involving Cardiovascular Drugs

“Divers who take drugs to treat cardiovascular diseases often worry about the drugs’ compatibility with diving. However, in most cases, it is the underlying condition and not the drug that […]

Interval Training: The High-Efficiency Workout

Interval training can simultaneously improve muscular endurance and strength, power, cardiovascular endurance and flexibility. Learn more about the pros of interval training and gain a great workout.

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Scuba Diving and Life Expectancy

[…] Heart Association published a statement that concluded owning a dog probably decreases the risk of cardiovascular disease.3 All this research made us wonder how recreational scuba diving affects life expectancy. […]

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Chapter 5: Arrhythmias

[…] have a fairly stable arrhythmia (such as “fixed atrial fibrillation”) but in conjunction with additional cardiovascular disorders or other health problems that exacerbate the effect of their rhythm disturbance. A […]