Aerobic exercise is as important to the success of your aerobic fitness
program as your heart is to living. Aerobic exercise programs or more
correctly, cardio exercise programs, are the primary means of
maintaining your heart health. Allow your heart and lungs to weaken
through disuse and all of the activities in your daily life will be
more difficult. Engage in a cardio exercise program in one or more of
its many manifestations and your quality of life will soar. Whether you
walk or run, swim or bicycle, hike or do aerobics, the physiological
and psychological benefits to your body and mind are enormous. If you
don't know how or where to begin your cardio exercise program, then why
not choose aerobic workout programs to get you on the path to wellness.
The first step is always the hardest, especially if you don't know
where to put it. Whether you are headed for the pool or the gym, the
bike path or your favorite trail, the aerobic exercise programs that we
offer will get you started, guide you along the way and keep you going
when the going gets tough. Few of us would embark on a trip to a
destination where we had never been before without a road map. Use the
aerobic exercise programs that best suits you as your road map to your
ultimate destinations of heart health, healthy living and wellness.
Aerobic exercise uses large muscle groups rhythmically and continuously
and elevates the heartrate and breathing for a sustained period. Common
examples include walking, jogging/running, swimming, rowing,
stairclimbing, bicycling, cross-country skiing, step and dance exercise
classes, roller skating, and the more continuous forms of tennis,
racquetball and squash.
Care and consideration should be used in selecting types (modes) of
aerobic exercise. Depending on your goals, physical condition and
injury/illness history, different types may prove to be preferential
for your particular situation. However, in general, it is a good idea
to "cross train". i.e., alternate between and among several appropriate
exercises.
Although aerobic exercise is not technique or concentration intensive,
proper technique is still very important to optimize your efficiency
and prevent injuries. The way you observe everyone else performing an
aerobic exercise may not be the right way (e.g., "straight arming" and
leaning over on the stairclimbing machines). Obtain quality technique
from an exercise physiologist/trainer.
How to start your aerobic training program:
1. Desire or motivation that is from who you are, not to get something.
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