A Review of Concurrent Training Versus Moderate Intensity Continuous Training Cardiac Rehabilitation Modalities

Amanda Alfaro-Chaverri, Jose Trejos-Montoya, Mariam Rojas-Ledezma, Felipe Araya-Ramírez, Barry Franklin, John C. Quindry, School of Integrative Physiology , Athletic Training, University of Montana, Sciences of Human Movement and Quality of Life, National University of Costa Rica, Costa Rica , Preventive Cardiology and Cardiac Rehabilitation, Corewell Health, William Beaumont University Hospital, Royal Oak

American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine

Published online on March 03, 2026

Abstract

American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine, Ahead of Print.
Moderate intensity continuous training (MICT) is the standard for exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation (CR) of patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). Traditionally, resistance training has been used as an adjunctive modality; however, new evidence ...