SPEECH : Health and Exercise . How will this lead to a healthy lifestyle? A sedentary (inactive) lifestyle is one of the top risk factors for heart disease. Fortunately‚ it’s a risk factor that you can do something about. Regular exercise‚ especially aerobic exercise‚ has many benefits. It can: * Strengthen your heart and cardiovascular system * Improve your circulation and help your body use oxygen better * Improve your heart failure symptoms * Increase energy levels so you can
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What counts as vigorous-intensity aerobic activity? Examples of activities that require vigorous effort for most people include: •jogging or running •aerobics •swimming fast •riding a bike fast or on hills •playing singles tennis •playing football •hiking uphill •energetic dancing •martial arts Vigorous-intensity aerobic activity means you’re breathing hard and fast‚ and your heart rate has gone up quite a bit. If you’re working at this level‚ you won’t be able to say more than
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think that every exercise is the same‚ but there is a big difference in all exercises. Do you know the difference between aerobic and anaerobic exercises? What about the benefits they both give and which one benefits you most? Aerobic exercises also called cardiovascular exercises are any sustained‚ rhythmic activity that affects the large muscle groups and makes the lungs work harder as the body’s need for oxygen increases. Many benefits come with doing aerobic exercises. According tohttp://www
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Aerobic Exercise: Aerobic means with air or oxygen. You should be able to carry on a short conversation while doing aerobic exercise. If you are gasping for air while talking‚ you are probably working anaerobically. Aerobic exercise improves long-term endurance while anaerobic exercise improves short-term endurance. Dance tends to use mostly anaerobic activity during technique classes and exercise. Performing repetitive movements will improve muscular endurance. In some circumstances‚ choreographers
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Cardiovascular and Aerobic Exercise Cardiovascular exercises are one of three main types of exercise that include strength and flexibility exercises. This type of activity requires continuous motion of large muscles‚ such as your legs or arms. The exercises that are performed for aerobics are called cardiovascular because they work out your heart and your lungs. This means training the most important parts of your body to work more efficiently and become healthier. One thing that is nice
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Aerobic VS Anaerobic Exercise Jane Doe Grantham University ABSTRACT Being in the military has caused me to become a better athlete than I have been before. Running is one of our main focuses and in my personal life I have strived to become better at it since I know that I despise running but need to improve on it. One of the things that I have learned is that in order for a high performance runner to reach a level that is desired to help max out their run time for military standards‚ the individual
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terms aerobics and anaerobic‚ but most people don’t know what those terms mean. These two terms refer to the presence and absence of oxygen. Our bodies cells choose to get the energy that they need using oxygen to fuel metabolism. During an aerobic activity the muscle cells can contract repeatedly without fatigue. During anaerobics the muscle cell doesn’t rely on oxygen to fuel the muscle contractions. It relies on its natural body chemicals. Aerobics is a low to moderate exercise that lasts
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post-menopausal women? a. Walking b. Low body weight (especially from dieting) c. Regular weight-bearing exercise d. Occasional weight-bearing exercise 3. The primary target of physical training to affect hormones is: a. The neuroendocrine system b. Fat‚ bone‚ ligaments and tendons c. The skeletal muscles d. The heart 4. The adaptation of the body due to the overload imposed by regular exercise is known as the: a. Training effect b. Body composition effect c. The training stimulus d. Principles
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Aerobic exercise is an excellent way to maintain one’s health. I think most of us would agree to that. There are many different modes to aerobic exercise. Common examples include running‚ cycling‚ and swimming. Other activities such as simply walking do count as aerobic exercise as well! When you finished your exercise you often might have felt you took a step in the right direction for your own health. However have you ever thought about why and how it benefits your body? Over time your body
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1. What is aerobics? - Aerobics is a form of physical exercise that combines rhythmic aerobic exercise with stretching and strength training routines with the goal of improving all elements of fitness. Formal aerobics classes are divided into different levels of intensity and complexity. Aerobics classes may allow participants to select their level of participation according to their fitness level. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerobics 2. What are the benefits of aerobics? Give 5. - Benefits
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Benefits of joining an aerobic class In the twenty-first century‚ people seem to be more concerned with their own body fitness‚ and everyone is talking about getting into shape‚ and also maintaining a healthy life style. Exercise has become a popular activity since the 70’s. Exercise comes in many forms. We can either perform it individually or with a group of people. However‚ aerobic (meaning ‘with oxygen’) exercise‚ has become one of the popular types of exercise for people who live in
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Aerobic Activities Aerobic Activities are “activities using large muscle groups at moderate intensities that permit the body to supply energy and to maintain a steady state for more than a few minutes” according to TheFitConnection. Basically‚ aerobic activities are exercises that generally utilize oxygen in order to fuel the body for physical activity. They get your heart rate up and make you breathe harder. Common examples of aerobic activities include running‚ cycling‚ and skiing over large
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cultures if they wanted to eat. Their daily life activities did not include in a set workout/exercise program to stay fit; their physical fitness was a byproduct of the hands on way of life. The 21st century society has become more technically understanding and therefore most people do nothing in the way of physical labor. Thus‚ if one wants to stay in shape‚ he or she must implement a daily exercise regimen. Exercise does the whole body good; our health‚ energy level and self-esteem. Our physical health
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Aerobic Exercises During Pregnancy Each workout or exercise session should consist of three parts: a warm-up period‚ the aerobic workout‚ and a cool-down period. The Warm-Up Don’t neglect this. No aerobic workout should be started on a "cold" body. Warm-up moves signal your body that more vigorous activity is coming and prevent injury by releasing muscle tension and making the body more flexible. Spend a minimum of five minutes (ten minutes is much better) stretching and limbering up. Stretch
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Water Aerobics Water aerobics has been a strong growing type of exercise for many age groups for years. Water aerobics is a combination of arm and leg movements done in water for beginners. This type of aerobic exercise is typically done for less than an hour. This includes the same type of program as land aerobics with warm up and cool down periods. Swimming exercise uses more of the overall muscle mass of the body than almost any other form of exercise. (Water aerobics‚ "What is water aerobics"
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and their opponents; provide insight into the technical performance of skills; understand the effect of equipment on play; and accelerate the recovery from racket-arm injuries. Badminton provides a good model for investigating the interplay between aerobic and anaerobic metabolism and the effect of nutrition‚ heat and fatigue on performance. Badminton requires the performance of work in the nature of sprints‚ stops and starts‚ jumps‚ leaps‚ lunges‚ rapid changes of direction‚ twists and turns and a
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Yoga and Aerobic Exercise Background Information on Yoga Yoga is an exercise practiced for heath and relaxation having to do with breathing control while adopting specific body positions. Some conclusions have been pieced together about the history of yoga since the exact origin is uncertain. The first concrete evidence of yoga’s existence are some stones which have pictures on them of people doing various poses that resemble today’s yoga. These stones are thought to have been used around 3000 B
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Joining an aerobics class has many benefits . One of them is social benefits . By joining aerobics class‚ we can meet a lot of new people and communicate with them . This can indirectly help us to improve our communication skills and leadership skills . On the other hand ‚ this is a great chance to meet interesting instructors . There are a lot of things that can be learnt from these instructors that can actually improve our knowledge regarding aerobics . Next is mental benefits . Aerobics class
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benefits of aerobic exercise are powerful‚ and aerobic exercise should be a part of your fitness workout. Aerobic means “with oxygen”‚ so when you exercise aerobically your body uses oxygen to help produce energy during the exercise. It primarily uses your larger muscles‚ such as your quadriceps and hamstrings‚ and challenges your heart and lungs. There are plenty of ways that you can exercise aerobically. You can walk‚ run‚ use a treadmill‚ or participate in an aerobic exercise class. Aerobic exercise
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Aerobic vs Anaerobic Cardiovascular vs Resistance Training I’ve heard the terms aerobic and anaerobic a lot. What do these terms actually mean and are they important for my exercise program? ANSWER: Strictly speaking‚ the terms "aerobic" and "anaerobic" refer to the presence and absence of oxygen‚ respectively. Most of our cells prefer to get their energy by using oxygen to fuel metabolism. During exercise with adequate fuel and oxygen (i.e.‚ aerobic)‚ muscle cells can contract repeatedly
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