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Celebrate Valentine’s Day With Jennifer Cohen’s 6 Healthy Heart Tips

healthy-heart-tips-585Happy Valentine’s Day! Today, we thought we’d help you celebrate with a few healthy heart and workout tips from Jennifer Cohen, a fitness expert from The CW’s Shedding for the Wedding and the author of No Gym Required. After all, taking care of yourself is just another way to love yourself, which is what Love Yo’Self Week is all about!

6 Healthy Heart Tips from Celeb Trainer Jennifer Cohen

1. Your total fitness score can be measured by your heart rate. The length of time you can stay in your “sweet spot” and work out at the right level is a better indicator of fitness than overall time or calories burned. Not sure what your sweet spot is? Find it here!

2. Track progress objectively, not comparatively. Daily performance can change due to stress, illness and everything else life throws at you. Some days are easier than others, and heart rate is the only true way to monitor intensity and know if you’re getting better. I love wearing a heart-rate monitor to do just that! (I love Polar.)

Jennifer Cohen

3. Stay motivated by watching your numbers improve. According to the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, tracking your progress is a critical part of successful weight-loss plans and fitness goals. So keep tabs on your workouts with a journal, fitness website or heart-rate monitor.

4. Count progress an

ytime, anywhere. When you have a heart-rate monitor, it’s like having a personal trainer on your wrist, so you can make sure your workouts count when you change a routine. When you challenge yourself to new exercise, you can know right away if it’s helping you work toward your goals.

5. Partner up for better results and greater motivation. Even if you’re at different fitness levels, you and your Valentine can benefit from working out together when working at your personal optimal intensity by walking or jogging on separate treadmills that are next to each other.

6. Heart health is about more than saying “I love you.” Couples: keep date night fresh. Instead of dinner and a movie, get moving with a bike ride or a walk in the park. Even cardio can be romantic when you’re in love!

A big thanks to Jennifer for the healthy heart tips! Do you monitor your heart rate? —Jenn

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