Exercise & Heart Failure

So I guess you could split this into, am I allowed to do exercise with heart failure as well as what exercise should I be doing and will it help heart failure? So should Should I do exercise when I have heart failure? My advice would be to exercise as much as you feel able to do. If you're starting to get really puffed out and really tired, then absolutely stop and take a break. So basically listen to your body. I wouldn't go pushing it really hard for a long sustained period of time. Should you do exercise when you have heart failure? Yes, absolutely. Ideally via a cardiac rehabilitation program initially so that they can demonstrate to you what your exercise tolerance will be like. But if not, then just very gentle exercise to begin with and again building up your exercise tolerance. There's good evidence to suggest that exercise does improve outcomes in patients with heart failure.