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The benefits of aerobic exercise can be yours today if you simply get up and get moving - life is motion!We should all try to get at least 30 minutes of exercise per day.
Reasons For Use
Specific benefits of aerobic exercise include:- Increased ability to handle stress; a better attitude; emotional lift
- Increased aerobic threshold and oxygen pickup in the lungs; easier to do more exercise
- Increased fat burning enzymes; fat deposits are encouraged to release fatty acids
- Increased glycogen storage; reduced conversion of sugar to fat; reduced incidence of hypoglycemia
- Increased hemoglobin levels; decreased blood triglycerides; improved high density blood cholesterol levels
- Increased muscle mass; improved bone calcium levels and strength
- Increased stroke volume of heart; decreased blood pressure; decreased load on the heart; decreased resting pulse rate
- Improved handling of excess heat and resistance to cold
- More calories and fat burned (even while at rest!); decreased body fat; better hunger control
- Decreased insulin requirement; decreased muscle dependence on sugar
- Lower chance of senility - increased oxygen delivery to brain
With all of these benefits, and more activities than ever to choose from, everyone should find one or more things that keep their heart rate elevated for a continuous time period and get moving to a healthier life.
Directions
On September 5, 2002, the U.S. government released new activity guidelines which double the amount of exercise that adults should get in order to stay healthy. Previous American Heart Association guidelines recommended 30 minutes of exercise at least three days a week. The newer guidelines advised that daily exercise was best but "at least six days is recommended." [Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association]. The recommendation is part of a massive, authoritative study produced by the National Academies' Institute of Medicine which also doubled the amount of recommended daily exercise from the 1996 U.S.
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