Keeon Tay­lor

You take care of every­thing but your heart. When will you start?

Looks can be de­ceiv­ing. You might ap­pear healthy, ca­pa­ble and in con­trol, yet heart dis­ease can de­vel­op qui­et­ly. Many women jug­gle ca­reers, fam­i­ly re­spon­si­bil­i­ties and the men­tal load of keep­ing life on track. Over time, this con­stant pres­sure drains en­er­gy and places the heart un­der strain.

Heart dis­ease re­mains one of the lead­ing caus­es of death among women world­wide, and the risk is not al­ways ob­vi­ous.

Per­son­al train­ers do not di­ag­nose med­ical con­di­tions; that re­spon­si­bil­i­ty be­longs to health­care pro­fes­sion­als. How­ev­er, fit­ness pro­fes­sion­als of­ten ob­serve lifestyle pat­terns that in­flu­ence car­dio­vas­cu­lar health. Too of­ten, women place their well-be­ing last, push­ing through long days with lit­tle rest and ac­cept­ing ex­haus­tion as nor­mal.

You may look like you have every­thing to­geth­er while op­er­at­ing on min­i­mal sleep, high stress, pro­longed sit­ting, and in­con­sis­tent move­ment. The body re­sponds not on­ly to work­outs but to dai­ly con­di­tions.

Heart-sup­port­ive liv­ing is rarely built through ex­treme rou­tines. It is shaped by steady habits that re­spect the body’s need for move­ment, re­cov­ery and care.

One over­looked warn­ing sign is chron­ic fa­tigue. Con­stant tired­ness is of­ten worn as proof of am­bi­tion or ded­i­ca­tion, but en­er­gy is not op­tion­al; it fu­els the be­hav­iours that pro­tect long-term health. Guard­ing it is es­sen­tial.

Pro­longed sit­ting is an­oth­er qui­et strain. Mod­ern work keeps many women at desks, in meet­ings, or be­hind the wheel for hours. Even those who ex­er­cise can be af­fect­ed by ex­tend­ed in­ac­tiv­i­ty. Short walks, stretch breaks and tak­ing the stairs may seem mi­nor, but to­geth­er they sup­port cir­cu­la­tion and help the body func­tion ef­fi­cient­ly.

Stress al­so de­mands at­ten­tion. Dead­lines, care­giv­ing, fi­nan­cial pres­sures and con­stant con­nec­tiv­i­ty can keep the body in a near-con­tin­u­ous state of ten­sion. Small paus­es can re­set both mind and body. Step out­side to take a breath of fresh air or briefly dis­con­nect from screens to ease the load.

Dur­ing de­mand­ing sea­sons, some women no­tice grad­ual changes around the mid­sec­tion. In­stead of view­ing this as pure­ly aes­thet­ic, treat it as feed­back. It is of­ten an in­vi­ta­tion to re­assess sleep, nour­ish­ment, move­ment and re­cov­ery.

Sup­port­ing your heart does not re­quire pun­ish­ing work­outs or dras­tic over­hauls. It be­gins with re­peat­able ac­tions: move con­sis­tent­ly, build strength, pro­tect your sleep, stay hy­drat­ed and choose nour­ish­ing foods most of the time. Well­ness is built on lifestyle, not per­fec­tion.

Heart Health Aware­ness Month of­fers a time­ly re­minder to ex­am­ine your rou­tine from a place of own­er­ship rather than fear. Car­ing for your heart is not self­ish. It strength­ens your abil­i­ty to show up ful­ly for the peo­ple and re­spon­si­bil­i­ties that mat­ter most.

Your cal­en­dar al­ready re­flects what you val­ue. The ques­tion is whether your health has a per­ma­nent place in it.

Next week: Work­out for your heart, not just your waist.

Keeon Tay­lor is a per­son­al train­er with over 14 years of ex­pe­ri­ence coach­ing women, fo­cus­ing on those aged 35 to 50. He works close­ly with women nav­i­gat­ing pre­menopause and oth­er life stages that bring big phys­i­cal changes.

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keeon@supre­me­holis­tic­fit­ness.com