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Cardiovascular aerobics exercise is good for everyone, male or female, young or
old. However, the type of cardivascular aerobics, its intensity and the number of
aerobics sessions depends on your fitness goals. In general, to maintain peak performance
levels, a heavier person requires more cardivascular aerobic exercise sessions compared
to a leaner person. Also the type of aerobic exercises you opt for will depend upon
your age and present physical fitness level.
People often debate about the importance of heart rate during a cardiovascular aerobics
session in order to achieve your fitness goals, such as losing weight. Some say
that to burn more calories long duation, moderate intensity aerobics workout is
preferable over high intensity, short duration aerobics exercise sessions. But this
is not quite true. The reason being that after a moderate level long duration aerobics
session, your body recovers quickly. But after a high intensity aerobics session,
your body's recovery process will take muuch longer and you will continue to burn
fat / calories long after you have finished your aerobics exercise.
Therefore the best advise is that choose those cardiovascular aerobics activities
that you enjoy the most. This will have the added benefit of allowing you to stick
to your exercise routine with less effort. Also, do your aerobics at a suitable
time of the day when you have the most energy. There is no hard and fast rule that
morning exercise is more beneficial.
Another important piece of advice is that vary your exercise routine regularly.
Often when you perform the same routine continuously over a long period of time,
your body gets used to it and begins to burn less calories. For example, research
has shown that when people use the treadmill regularly, they begin to burn less
calories for the same amount of exercise. Thus keep on changing your aerobics exercise
pattern. For example, you can alternate between low and high intensity workouts,
use different types of exercise equipment, vary the terrain where you exercise and
so on.
If you stick to your cardivascular aerobics exercise routine, over time you will
find that your resting heart rate reduces. Aerobics must be done to remain healthy
even if you are already physically fit.
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