Despite increasingly advanced diagnostic and therapeutic ­methods, coronary heart disease and myocardial infarction continue to be by far the leading cause of death worldwide. This makes it all the more important in this context to make full use of known but far from optimally used therapeutic measures. Adequate physical activity in everyday life and addi­tional targeted training lead to an evidence-based ­improvement in quality of life, a reduction in morbidity and above all to a ­significant reduction in cardiac and overall ­mortality.