What is aerobic exercise?

We know that exercise is divided into anaerobic exercise and aerobic exercise. Although many of us know this term, we don’t understand what aerobic exercise is specifically. Why do we divide exercise into aerobic exercise and anaerobic exercise? What is the difference between them? When you understand aerobic exercise, you can also understand anaerobic exercise by analogy. Next, let me introduce to you what aerobic exercise is.

Aerobic exercise, as the name suggests, is exercise done in an aerobic metabolic state for a long time (endurance exercise), which allows the heart (circulatory system) and lungs (respiratory system) to be fully and effectively stimulated, thereby improving heart and lung function. This allows all tissues and organs in the body to receive a good supply of oxygen and nutrients, maintaining optimal functional conditions. It is a sport that aims to improve human endurance and enhance cardiopulmonary function, and is often used to lose weight. Therefore, aerobic exercise refers to long-term exercise (more than 15 minutes, preferably 30-60 minutes): jogging, swimming, cycling, walking, running in place, aerobics, etc.

And static training, weightlifting or fitness equipment, sprinting and other exercises are called anaerobic exercise. Although they can enhance a person's muscles and explosive power, their fitness effects are not as good as aerobic exercise because they cannot effectively stimulate the heart and lung functions.

When doing physical exercise, when the heart rate reaches 70%-75% of the maximum heart rate, it can be considered as aerobic exercise. Alternatively, you can use your own feeling to measure your state during exercise. Among the five levels of self-feeling "very relaxed", "relatively relaxed", "a little tired", "relatively tired", and "very tired", if you feel that you are "a little tired" to "relatively tired", it can also be considered as aerobic exercise. To achieve the effect of enhancing endurance, the minimum requirement for aerobic exercise is 30 minutes of cumulative exercise time per day and three times a week.

Long-term aerobic exercise can increase the amount of hemoglobin in the body, improve the body's resistance, resist aging, enhance the working efficiency of the cerebral cortex and cardiopulmonary function, increase fat consumption, prevent arteriosclerosis, and reduce the incidence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. If people who want to lose weight arrange their food properly and combine it with aerobic exercise, they will not only lose weight successfully, but the weight they lose will also be consolidated. Aerobic exercise is also very beneficial for people who do mental work. In addition, aerobic exercise also has the effect of restoring physical energy.

After reading the above content about what aerobic exercise is, I believe everyone has learned a lot of relevant knowledge. In fact, the most important thing is to persist in exercising. Theoretical knowledge can sometimes only help us have a clearer direction of exercise. We must also persist in exercising and strengthen our bodies.