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Workout Examples For Stable Heart Failure Patients

• Beginner
  
  1. 0 to 6 Months
  2. 6 to 12 Months
  3. 12 to 18 Months
• Intermediate
  
  1. Workout Example One
  2. Workout Example Two
• Advanced
  
  1. Workout Example One
  2. Workout Example Two
• Jon's Workout
  
  1. Jon's Current Workout

Intermediate - 18 Months Or More Lifting Weights

Tips:

• If you can, start saving pennies for a rack of some sort, hopefully with a cable and pulley system like this. They cost 150 to 250 dollars US and usually come with a weight bench. If you can't afford one or don't have room for one, don't sweat it, you can still get very good results. Stick with the basics but keep increasing the weight as you are able!
• You should buy a barbell now. If you plan on buying a rack later, buy a 7-foot standard (one inch diameter) barbell - you may have to order this online. If you won't be able to afford a rack or have no room for one, either a 5-foot or 6-foot bar is fine. You can usually buy one at a Wal-Mart.
• It's time to pyramid your sets. That means doing set one, then increasing the weight for sets 2 and 3 of an exercise. This will greatly improve your endurance as well as your strength. It's a key to making a short workout work!
• When pyramiding sets, shoot for the full number of reps on set one. On set 2 and set 3, increase the weight and do as many reps as you can, shooting for 8 on the heavier set two and for at least 6 reps on the heavier-yet set three.
• If you started month 15 doing pushups, at month 20 try switching to a weight exercise for your chest, like dumbbell flyes.

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