Aerobic or Cardiovascular Exercise - The Health Benefits

Cardiovascular exercise involves large muscles like the leg. Some people also call it aerobic or 'cardio' for short. There are many benefits of cardiovascular exercises:

• It lowers blood pressure

• It decreases resting heart rate

• It boosts the metabolism,burns lots of calories and contributes to weight loss

• It improves cardiovascular conditioning

• It continuously delivers oxygen to our muscles

• It reduces the risk of heart disease

• It strengthens both the heart and the lungs

• It improves lung function

• It helps reduce stress

• It increases HDL or "good" cholesterol

• It increases energy

• It promotes sleep

• It helps to better control blood sugar

Examples of aerobic exercise are walking,cycling, swimming,brisk walking,rowing, ice-skating and jogging.

Walking is considered to be the best aerobic exercise because it is easy, cheap and safe. All you require is a pair of good, comfortable shoes

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