Free cardio workout videos for heart health

83 videos that keep your heart rate up — the kind of exercise that builds heart and lung (cardiovascular) fitness — from indoor walking and gentle low-impact aerobics to step, intervals, rowing, indoor cycling, swimming-pool workouts and boxing to music. Several were made by NHS and hospital cardiac-rehab teams and the British Heart Foundation.

The World Health Organization advises adults to do 150 to 300 minutes of moderate aerobic activity a week, or 75 to 150 minutes of vigorous activity, and to move more and sit less (WHO 2020). Moderate means you can talk but not sing; every bit counts, and you can build up from a few minutes.

The cardiac-rehab classes were made for people recovering from a heart attack, heart surgery or another heart problem: if that is you, follow your own rehab team’s advice on how hard to work. If you have a heart condition or chest pain, or have not been active for a long time, check with your doctor before you start.