What Is Aerobic Activity?

by Tyler
(Canada)

What Is Aerobic Activity?


The definition of aerobic exercise is exercise that raises your heart rate and keeps it elevated for a period of time. Itis with oxygen.

Aerobic exercise, commonly referred to as cardio exercise, is exercise like jogging, fast walking, and swimming where there is no break in the routine. The heart rate is continuously elevated with no breaks. It is recommended that individuals get between 30 minutes to 1 hour of aerobic activity a day.


Why aerobic exercise is good for you

There are many benefits of aerobic exercise besides weight management.


Exercise reduces the systemic inflammation that can lead to the development of heart disease. In addition, exercise helps to increase good cholesterol while decreasing bad. It also makes the heart pump more efficiently, thus becoming stronger. Having a stronger heart allows for a healthier lifestyle, controls weight, and leads to a sense of well-being. Theses changes can help control blood pressure levels.

Diabetes is another disease that can be controlled through exercise. By allowing glucose to metabolize in the body, normal blood sugar levels are maintained. For people with Type 2 diabetes, physical activity raises tissue sensitivity to insulin, and produces more glucose to be released from the blood stream and into cells, decreasing glucose in the blood.

Obesity, which is a big concern in the United States is the first noticeable health benefit of exercise. Any amount of increased activity will bring about a change in the body, including a decrease in body fat and an increase in lean muscle, provided you are following a daily healthy eating plan.

Aerobic activity increases endorphins, making life a happier experience, it prevents certain cancers, improves sleep, increases energy and mood, and lessens feelings of depression, stress and anxiety.

The American Heart Association recommends a target heart range of between fifty and seventy-five percent of maximum heart rate in order to work out safely and gain the full benefits of aerobic exercise. In order to figure out the target rate, age is subtracted from 220 and then multiplied by 70%.

Including aerobic activity into a daily workout routine, will lead to a longer, happier, and healthier life.