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Kudos to you!
You have worked hard and come up with some great solutions.
The malls are a really good place to go, and I wish mall management would consider it an opportunity to serve the community and bring people together (and maybe shop too).
Malls that are closed (environmentally controlled) are particularly effective for recovery.
They provide a reasonable air temperature, not necessarily humidity controlled, and safe surface for walking. Parks with clear walking paths are great- but not temperature regulated.
I would still suggest participating in some structured cardiac rehabilitation program for the following benefits: Research validated training; education on how to monitor your response to exercise; guided resistance training, yoga (stretching) and mindfulness for optimum benefit. Hopefully you can get them to start at your progressed level and forward you to greater success. You will gain information and skills to advance yourself!
My qualifier: I am an exercise physiologist and worked in cardiac rehabilitation in the past. My graduate work was "Women with Heart Disease". Back then they didn't think women got CVD. Now we know different. It is an "Equal Opportunity" disease.
Keep up the great work.
Ann Marie
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Your suggestions are excellent! It's great to read information from someone who is knowledgeable in this field and I hope others read it. I am way past "beginner" and had been by the 2 month mark after my surgery two years ago. My recovery from a septal myectomy was "ahead of the game," I had always been quite active. I walk a 10K with my walking club in about 2 hours and 15 minutes. I have been doing weights, balance and flexibility exercises (I lift 160+ pounds with my legs, 50 with my arms), at the gym several times a week for years, it's owned by people who are trained in cardio rehab. I mow my half-acre lawn with a self-propelled mower, garden, clean my house, paddle my kayak, I rode my bike on Saturday for 23 miles with my bike group. I am 78 years old, just want to "maintain" at this point in time and agree that people need to work hard to make the best of their physical potential. Use it or lose it. Wishing all success in their endeavors.