Welcome to another weekend short of The Matter Over Mind Experience
This is your host, Master Trainer & Weight Management Expert, Narado Zeco Powell
This weekend I will explain what are aerobic activities & the benefits of incorporating them to your life & routine.
Let’s begin by describing what are aerobic activities
According to Healthline “Aerobic exercise is any type of cardiovascular conditioning, or “cardio.” It can include activities like brisk walking, swimming, running, or cycling.”
The same article continues to say
“By definition, aerobic exercise means “with oxygen.” Your breathing and heart rate will increase during aerobic activities. Aerobic exercise helps keep your heart, lungs, and circulatory system healthy.”
This differs from anerobic that requires quick bursts of energy like weightlifting or sprinting .
Aerobic means ‘with air’ and refers to the body producing energy with the use of oxygen. This typically involves any exercise that lasts longer than two minutes in duration. Continuous ‘steady state’ exercise is performed aerobically. Anaerobic means ‘without air’ and refers to the body producing energy without oxygen.
Now, what are the benefits of aerobic exercise:
- Improves cardiovascular conditioning.
- Decreases risk of heart disease.
- Lowers blood pressure.
- Increases HDL or “good” cholesterol.
- Helps to better control blood sugar.
- Assists in weight management and/or weight loss.
- Improves lung function.
- Decreases resting heart rate.
This is why I stress that aerobic or cardio is vital on your weight management journey
If your goal is to be healthy, then you have to have aerobic & anerobic training in your routine.
Ways you can do this are:
- Take at least 10k steps daily
- Take on active hobbies like riding & swimming
- Add cardio as a part of your training routine, but I don’t recommend more than 3 times weekly unless you are training for a particular event
There it is, enjoy your weekend fam!
