How to Lower LDL Cholesterol Levels With Exercise

Video Transcript

"Hi I'm Stephen Smith, a personal trainer located in Atlanta, Georgia. My business is Vista Fitness specializing in personal training and exercise and nutrition. I have been training for over 20 years with a degree in physical education and health and a Master's in exercise physiology. I train at Urban Body Fitness which is also located in Atlanta, Georgia. I'm going to tell you how you can lower your LDLs or Low Density Lipoprotein, or bad cholesterol in other words, through exercise. The key way to lower LDL's is cardiovascular exercise, if you can get three to give days a week, at least 20 minutes a day, maybe five days a week, you'll get your best results, at least 20 to 30 minutes a day you are guaranteed to lower your LDL's significantly. The other way you can use to lower your LDL's is through proper diet, cut out fatty foods, foods that are high in trans fat, foods that are fried, foods that are like fast food so to speak so to lower your LDL's the key way is cardiovascular exercise, not necessarily the intensity but the duration of exercise has been one way to proven to lower your LDL's."