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Posted By: Tim ?"Whether it's a walk, a ride or a climb, exercise your heart!" says cardiologist and AHA volunteer Dr. Johnny Lee. Last week Dr. Lee (a member of our Founders Affiliate and New York City boards) demonstrated just how seriously he takes his own advice when he summited Mount Rainier in Washington. When he reached the summit, at 14,411 feet, he unfurled an American Heart Association flag and proudly displayed it for all to see. Congratulations, Dr. Lee, for setting a great example, and thanks for keeping the American Heart Association in mind.

Dr. Lee (second from left) with AHA flag.

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Dr. Johnny Lee was listed in the New York Times Magazine as a Super Doctor in Cardiology in New York City. Super Doctors identifies top 5% of doctors in their fields as selected by their peers and the independent research of Key Professional Media.

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"Warming up and cooling down are good for your exercise performance — you'll do better, faster, stronger — and for your heart since the increased work on the heart 'steps up' with exercise," said Richard Stein, M.D., professor of cardiology in the Department of Medicine at New York University and co-director of Cardiology Consult Services.

"Stretching also makes many people feel better during and after exercise and in some people decreases muscle pain and stiffness." When done properly, stretching activities increase flexibility.

So what's the big deal?
A good warm-up dilates your blood vessels, ensuring that your muscles are well supplied with oxygen. It also raises your muscles' temperature for optimal flexibility and efficiency. By slowly raising your heart rate, the warm-up also helps minimize stress on your heart.

"Stretching and warming up before any workout or sport is critical for preventing injury and prepping your body," said Johnny Lee, M.D., director of the Asian Heart Initiative at the New York University Langone Medical Center and president of New York Heart Associates in New York City...

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Dr. Lee and the American Heart Association celebrate National Start! Walking Day at the New York Stock Exchange Closing Bell. National Start! Walking Day, which aims to get Americans up and moving for 30 minutes, will take place on April 8th during National Workplace Wellness Week (April 5-11, 2009). 

Any Exercise Good after a Heart Attack

The study does add some insight to the well-worn subject of exercise and the heart, said Dr. Johnny Lee, an assistant clinical professor of medicine at The Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City. One is about the type of exercise that should be done, Lee said. "Most of the time, we tell patients about aerobic exercises -- running, jogging and swimming," he said. "We haven't thought that resistance exercise, lifting weights and the like, can have an equal benefit. This shows that it does. That there was benefit from aerobic exercise was no surprise. What was a surprise was that resistance exercise gave equal benefit."

- Dr. Johnny Lee, Assistant Clinical Professor, Medicine, Cardiology, The Mount Sinai Medical Center

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The New York Stock Exchange is a stressful place for the traders who are dealing with an unsteady market. (AP)

Riding the market is a heart-pounding experience these days, and all the stress that comes with it is a threat to the health of workers on Wall Street, doctors warn.

Dr. Johnny Lee, a cardiologist and spokesman for the American Heart Association, said his patients, half of whom work in the financial sector, have taken up harmful eating, drinking and smoking habits during the last few months ...

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"A recent study revealed that the rate of obesity is on the rise in the nation and in particular New York City.  Why is this happening? How do we prevent this? What are the consequences of obesity?"

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(New York-WB11, August 2005) A recent report in the New York Times found that in New York City, heart attack death rates were the highest in the United States ...

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(New York-NY1, Feburary 03, 2005) — You may have noticed the Empire State building lit up in red in honor of American Heart Month. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. Some risk factors are genetic, while others you can change.