Table 1 Inclusion and exclusion criteria for the HEART camp study

• 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