Aerobic exercise

Aerobic exercise

What are the benefits of aerobic exercise?

When you add aerobic exercise to any weight loss program, you will be able to burn the calories at a faster rate than just dieting alone. Doing aerobics on a regular basis helps to burn the fat and build lean muscle mass in your body. It improves the cardiovascular activity and may help to prevent the onset of heart disease by reducing your cholesterol level and lowering your blood pressure. Aerobics can also help to decrease stress and anxiety, help you to sleep better, increase your energy and raise your self-esteem as you shed the unwanted pounds. 

When you want to lose weight you have to burn off more calories than you eat. It takes 3500 calories to make a pound and with just thirty minutes of aerobic exercise three times a week, you can burn as much as 1500 calories. Some examples of aerobic activity that you can do are riding a bicycle, walking at a fast pace, jogging, playing sports and of course an aerobic dance program. 

An aerobic exercise is any activity that makes you breathe hard while you are using the large muscle groups in the body. Before beginning any aerobic program you should always find your target heart rate. To find this you subtract your age from 220 for women and 226 for men. Multiply the answer by both 60% and 80%. The lowest number is the safest number for beginners to start with, while the higher number is the goal you should try to attain. This number is the rate at which your heart needs to be beating in order to burn up the extra calories while you are exercising.  

There are several things you should keep in mind when doing any aerobic exercise:

• Maintain a comfortable pace
• Gradually increase your workout
• Choose activities that you enjoy
• Plan a schedule for your workout
• Compete against yourself

Following these simple suggestions will help you get the aerobic workout you need to help you with your weight loss program.

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