My Background

How fast can you lose your fitness level?  What? Not me! That could happen to other people...but not me!

Exercise and heart disease were always mutually exclusive in my mind! It never occurred to me that I would have to learn to exercise with heart disease.

Although I was born with a slight heart murmur I never once thought I had heart disease. In my case it was a leaky Mitral Valve. It was never a problem nor was it serious, but in January 2016 I had a bad lung infection which turned into my third bout of pneumonia. This dragged on and on and seemed to last for months. My energy levels dropped so low I pretty much stopped doing any significant work outs.

Sleep became something I used to do. My shortness of breath and my cough had become extremely bad, and I had less than zero energy.

Fitness routines were always a part of my life so working out had always been part of who I am. When I couldn't exercise and didn't even want to, I knew something serious was wrong. I h...