Fit Or Fat: Nutrition and Exercise
The First Step: Aerobic ExercisePosting Date: 04/12/2005
Aerobic exercise is one of the main elements of a well-balanced exercise program. Besides burning calories, aerobic exercise affects your whole body, raising your metabolism and making you a better butter burner!
When doing aerobic exercise, make sure you...
- Use the large muscles of the thighs and buttocks.
- Go nonstop for a minimum of 15 minutes.
- Are breathing deeply, but are not out of breath -- that is, at 65-80 percent of your maximum heart rate. (Maximum heart rate = 220 - age)
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Examples of aerobic exercise:
- Running/jogging
- Aerobics classes
- Walking
- Rowing
- Bicycling
- Swimming
- Cross-country skiing
- Water aerobics
- Jumping rope
- Mountain biking
Covert's Rules for Aerobic Exercise:
- Go as fast as you can -- without getting out of breath!
- Never, ever stop -- until you've exercised for at least 15 minutes.
- The more muscle you use -- the less time you've gotta do it!
- If you want fast results, find a 12-year-old kid -- whatever he or she does, you do!
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