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To strengthen your heart, you should do aerobic exercise intensely enough to reach your target heart rate. This is 60-80 percent of your maximum heart rate ? which is 220 minus your age. (Example: if
you're 50 years old, your maximum heart rate is 170; your target heart rate is 102-136.)
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Types of Aerobic Exercise
-Aerobic Dance
-Bicycling
-Cross Country Skiing
-In-line Skating
-Fitness Walking
-Jumping Rope
-Running
-Stair Climbing
-Swimming
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Aerobic Exercise Guidelines for Optimal Physical Health
-The Surgeon General has determined that lack of physical activity is detrimental to your health. Surgeon General recommends moderate activit
y: 150 calories per day or 1000 calories per week. American College of Sports Medicine suggest all adults should engage in 30 minutes or more of moderately intense physical activity daily. This level
of activity corresponds to 200 kcals a day (Pate RR, Pratt M, Blair SN, et al 1995). See Calorie Expenditure Calculator.
-Other authorities suggest the least amount of activity for optimal physical
health is about 1500-2000 kcals a week of light and moderate intense activities. Additional physical health benefits come with increased intensity and eventually level off at around 3500 kcals per we
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Reconditioning through low-impact aerobic exercise is very useful for both rehabilitation and maintenance of the lower back. Patients who regularly undergo aerobic exercise will have fewer episodes of
low back pain, and will experience less pain when an episode occurs. Well-conditioned patients are also more likely to stay functional (e.g. continue working and carry on with recreational activities
), whereas those patients with chronic low back pain who choose not to work on low-impact aerobic exercise should expect to experience the gradual loss of functional capabilities.
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Benefits of Aerobic Exercise
-Increased maximal oxygen consumption (VO2max)
-Improvement in cardivascular/cardiorespiratory function (heart and lungs)
-Increased maximal cardiac output (amo
unt of blood pumped every minute)
-Increased maximal stroke volume (amount of blood pumped with each beat)
-Increased blood volume and ability to carry oxygen
-Reduced workload on the hear
t (myocardial oxygen consumption) for any given submaximal exercise intensity
-Increased blood supply to muscles and ability to use oxygen
-Lower heart rate and blood pressure at any level of
submaximal exercise
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Aerobic training exercise's are any activity which increases your heart rate via working of the body muscles. Aerobic exercise strengthens the heart and lungs, (cardio vascular) system. An aerobically
fit individual can work longer, more vigorously and achieve a quicker recovery.
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