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Docs, could a person with a heart problem or heart disease exercise (lift weights)?
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Exercise w/heart dis: Exercise, including weight lifting, is helpful in heart disease to increase exercise tolerance. Your doctor will have assessed your exercise tolerance, probably with a stress test, and advised how much and how strenuous your exercise activity should be. Walking is excellent heart exercise activity Weight lifting within exercise tolerance is good as we;;/
Answered 5/14/2014
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