--- title: Simple Moves That Boost Men’s Heart Health description: New research shows it doesn’t take much to improve your cardiac health canonical: https://time.com/3849950/the-heart-of-man/ author: Alexandra Sifferlin article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-05-07T10:13:11.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T07:00:08.941Z article:section: Health og:title: Simple Moves That Boost Men’s Heart Health og:description: New research shows it doesn’t take much to improve your cardiac health og:url: https://time.com/3849950/the-heart-of-man/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Simple Moves That Boost Men’s Heart Health twitter:description: New research shows it doesn’t take much to improve your cardiac health twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Simple Moves That Boost Men’s Heart Health by [Alexandra Sifferlin](https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin May 7, 2015 10:13 AM UTC by [Alexandra Sifferlin](https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin May 7, 2015 10:13 AM UTC When it comes to matters of the heart–medical ones, anyway–middle-aged men don’t want any surprises. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in men in the U.S., accounting for 1 in 4 deaths of men of all ages. The good news is that scientists have a better understanding than ever before about which tried-and-true behaviors truly do–and which do not–keep the heart healthy. For instance, research still shows that fitness is good for the heart, with a recent study finding that people who exercise in middle age are less likely to have a heart attack. However, a new survey published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine shows that even though the U.S. government doesn’t recommend a daily aspirin for adults who haven’t had a heart attack–it can increase the risk of internal bleeding–more than half of adults of middle age and older pop one every day or two in the hopes of preventing a heart attack or stroke. But in addition to moderate exercise and a healthy diet, there are plenty of things men can do to protect their most vital organ. Here are six, supported by new science. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3849950/the-heart-of-man/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3849950/the-heart-of-man/"},"headline":"Simple Moves That Boost Men’s Heart Health","datePublished":"2015-05-07T10:13:11.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T07:00:08.941Z","description":"New research shows it doesn’t take much to improve your cardiac health","url":"https://time.com/3849950/the-heart-of-man/","keywords":[],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alexandra Sifferlin","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3849950/the-heart-of-man/","name":"Simple Moves That Boost Men’s Heart Health"}}]}] ```