Introduction
- What is Cardiovascular Health & Fitness?
The way you live your life can play a big part in keeping your heart healthy. A healthy lifestyle can also help you recover from heart disease or a heart attack. Medical research shows that heart disease can be prevented, controlled or even reversed by changing habits and lifestyles.
Cardiovascular Health & Fitness can help you. The program staff members will work with you to determine your needs and abilities. They will design an exercise program to improve cardiovascular health and fitness - one that's designed just for you.
- Friendly Non-Competitive Atmosphere
Cardiovascular Health & Fitness is not just an exercise program, it's also a lifestyle program. The focus is on building a healthy life for the program's participants, who range in age from their early 30s to their 90s.
The program's supportive group atmosphere makes it easy for you to feel comfortable. Everyone is working on a similar goal. People don't need to feel self-conscious. You can walk in the door and fit right in.
- We Are Here To Help You!
The program staff includes physicians, exercise physiologists,cardiac-trained registered nurses, registered dieticians and exercise physiology graduate students.
While you exercise, staff members will provide feedback based on your own exercise and wellness program. This immediate  feedback covers your overall physical and medical conditioning as well as your blood pressure, heart rate and heart rhythm. Staff members will also keep in contact with your personal doctor.
Risk Factors
Cardiovascular Health & Fitness staff members are trained to help you reduce your risk factors for heart and blood vessel disease as well as reduce the likelihood of developing other health problems. 
Risk factors include:
- smoking
- high blood pressure
- elevated blood cholesterol or lipid levels
- lack of regular exercise
- being overweight
- diabetes
- stress, anger, anxiety
- family history of heart disease
Location
UVa's Cardiovascular Health & Fitness program is offered at Northridge on Rt. 250 West with convenient free parking. The facility offers a wide range of modern exercise equipment, including: treadmills, rowers, stationary exercise bicycles, arm ergometers, stair climbers, and free weights.
How to Enroll
Talk to your doctor to see how you would benefit from enrolling in The University of Virginia Heart Center's Cardiovascular Health & Fitness program or for more information, call 434-243-4600. You will need a referral from you doctor to enroll.
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I like the fact that as I get older, I'll be monitored
and changes will be noted, and they'll know me. - Judy Wood
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