1. Find your gym. To maintain high-quality workouts, you must have a place to perform muscle-building exercises and increase your cardiovascular endurance. Your gym can be your living room or basement, which won’t cost a penny.

2. Know your limits and try to improve. Start slowly and build a strong base. Keep a journal of your goals and achievements. Reward yourself. Have a day at the spa or get a ticket to see your favorite sports team. Consult a personal trainer if you lack experience.

3. Walking for just 30 minutes a day can lead to a healthier heart. A healthy heart leads to living longer, which should enable you to see your grandson or granddaughter get married and start a family.

1. Cut trans fat completely out of your diet. Trans fat clogs arteries faster than any other fatty substance.

2. Reduce your intake of saturated fats and replace with naturally occurring healthy fats that are found in nuts and certain fruits.

3. Go easy on the salt. Heavy salt use increases your chance of having high blood pressure. You can decrease your risk of heart attack by 25 percent if you consume fewer than 2,300 mg of sodium a day.

1. Your heart doesn’t like it when you are angry. Stress and panic attacks release hormones, adrenaline and cortisol, which can lead to heart problems. Take a deep breath and work toward a solution.

2. Try that yoga thing. Yoga, tai chi and meditation are all good ways of easing emotional problems. Find your emotional release.Walking, weightlifting and reading can help.

3. Stop smoking. People tend to smoke or start smoking when dealing with problems related to relationships, work or a life-changing event. If you smoke, you have twice the risk of a heart attack of a non-smoker.