According to the Australian Heart Foundation, it is essential to exercise and eat healthily.
Regular exercise and a balanced diet can keep you from suffering an early death or a limited life due to heart problems.
People who already have coronary heart disease or heart problems in general can and should still exercise as it will help the overall health of their heart.
In Australia in 2006, 34% of all deaths were due to Cardiovascular disease, making it the leading cause of death, killing one Australian every 10 minutes.
Signing up at a local gym can be an fun and life saving step toward a long and healthy life.
Heart or Cardiovascular disease is only one ailment that regular exercise can help or help avoid.
There are many other ailments it can help too, like cancers, diabetes, high blood pressure and of course, being overweight.
According to the Heart Foundation, everyone should be doing at least 30 minutes of moderate intensity exercise near on everyday of the week.
It can be accumulated into an hour gym session every second day.
The Heart Foundation's Positive steps to a healthy heart (2009) publication states'If you have had a heart attack or stroke, or have been diagnosed with a heart problem, regular moderate-intensity physical activity is a vital part of your return to normal life.
'Gyms provide a perfect environment to completely care for your heart with many offering specialised fitness regimes, personal trainers and nutritional advice which can cater to those with heart disease or those wanting to prevent it.
With obesity becoming an ever prevalent diagnosis in Australian society, people are becoming more conscious of their weight, lifestyle choices and overall health.
Gyms like Invigorate Active in Mudjimba on the Sunshine Coast are even starting to investigate classes for children which include nutrition education.
This will ensure people grow up knowing about a healthy lifestyle rather than having to learn it once the weight, health problems and bad habits have already settled in.
Depression and anxiety are known to increase the likelihood of heart disease.
Since exercise is one of the best ways to prevent and treat depression and also to prevent and recover from heart disease or attacks, exercise should really be an integral part of daily life for everyone.
A gym membership can create a healthy habit of exercise and eating right and boost mental and psychological health and capacity.
In 2008, according to Heart Foundation statistics, cardiovascular disease stole the lives of nearly 48,500 Australians.
The debilitating and often fatal disease thwarts the opportunity of a fulfilling life, through disability for 1.
4 million people.
Joining a gym can divert heart disease and promote a healthy life which should be an explicit plan for anyone who wants to live to old age as a happy, healthy and ailment-free individual.
Many Sunshine Coast gyms offer great rates and excellent incentives and motivation.
Joining a local, caring and reputable gymcan inherently improve lifestyle and reduce the risks of diseases like cardiovascular disease.
Those with heart disease in their families don't have to resign themselves to the fact that they too will suffer from it - they can do something to prevent it and they can start now.