Getting Heart Fit. The Importance of Aerobic Exercises.
August 19, 2012 by admin
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Article by Roderick Corkern
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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.2. Start thinking about eating better. Without good fuel it’s hard to get the energy to train.3. Set your goals within yourself and make them realistic. 4. Make the time, create a flexible schedule with alternatives5. Stick to it. Remember, consistency is more important than intensity.6. Understand the basics of bio-mechanics, even for walking7. Get your family to start with you. It’s always easier if your partner is doing a similar program with you.8. If you smoke, start making an effort to cut down.9. Just start eating less, and limit snacks to fruit.10. Cut down on fats, sugar, liquor, canned food, etc..11. Eat more of fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, whole foods, grains, etc.12. Drink more water, read more books, and have more fun in your life.
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Roderick Corkern is an active fitness and exercise equipment expert with over 16 years of helping people overcome fitness issues and teaching them to integrate exercise into their life.
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Roderick Corkern is an active fitness and exercise equipment expert with over 16 years of helping people overcome fitness issues and teaching them to integrate exercise into their life.
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