Table 1.

Inclusion and exclusion criteria for the HEART camp study

Inclusion criteria	Exclusion criteria
• Diagnosis of heart failure	• Clinical evidence of decompensated HF
Stage C chronic HF	• Unstable angina pectoris
Confirmed by echocardiography and clinical evaluation)	• Myocardial infarction, coronary artery bypass surgery, or biventricular pacemaker less than 6 weeks prior
Either Heart Failure preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF) or Heart Failure reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
• Nineteen years of age or greater	• Orthopedic or neuromuscular disorders preventing participation in aerobic exercise and strength/resistance training
• Able to speak and read English	• Participation in 3 times per week aerobic exercise during the previous 8 weeks.
• Telephone access in home (land line or cell phone)	• Cardiopulmonary stress test results that preclude safe exercise training
• Stable pharmacologic therapy per guidelines for past 30 days (i.e., stable doses of beta-blocker, ACEI or ARB, diuretic)	• Plans to move more than 50 miles from the exercise site within the next year
	• MVO2 in females >21 ml/kg/min and in males >24 ml/kg/min
	• Pregnancy - If participant is pregnant or plans to become pregnant during the study