The pros and cons of low-impact, high-benefit exercises.

You don’t have to overstress your joints or put in a gold-medal performance to achieve the cardiovascular benefits of exercise. Low-impact workouts like walking, cycling and swimming will do the job if you perform them correctly and consistently, according to Gordon Blackburn, Ph.D., program director of cardiac rehabilitation and prevention at The Cleveland Clinic. Here are pros and cons for three safe and heart-protective activities.

Walking…

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