Medical Daily | Getting fit in middle age can reduce heart failure risk - Medical Xpress Medical Xpress For each MET improvement in fitness, participants' heart failure risk dropped by 20 percent. For example, if a 40-year-old went from jogging 12 minutes per mile to running 10 minutes per mile—an increase of two METs—he or she reduced heart failure ... Exercise In Middle Age Could Prevent Heart Failure Getting Fit in Middle Age Helps Lower Risk of Heart Failure Get Fit in Middle Age to Cut Heart Failure Risk, Study Says - Newsday |