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By Marcus Morgan, M.Ed., CPT Fitness Professional & Workout Planner
Cardiovascular exercise, a.k.a cardio, is a major factor for good health. Cardio gets your heart rate up, making your heart pump faster and improving blood flow . As oxygen passes through your body, you will feel healthier, and more have more energy, while feeling relaxed.
In addition to improved circulation and energy, cardio exercise can also help you lose weight and get better sleep. What is also good about cardio exercise, is that you don't have to go to the gym to do it—why not step outside?
HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training)
HIIT is a form of high speed cardio exercise arranged with short bursts of high energy movements (20 to 90 seconds), followed with short rest periods (15 to 30 seconds of rest). This form of exercise intensity enhances your cardio exercise experience. "True" HIIT training requires you to push yourself to the maximal effort during every set—this small difference makes your entire exercise session shorter. It’s more time effective than long exercise sessions and runs.
Benefits:
Time effective
Maximizes your ability to burn calories aggressively
Your ability to do aggressive exercise can be a confidence booster
Walking
Walking is a form of aerobic exercise that can be performed indoors or outdoors. It is an excellent option for consistent fitness results and gaining the benefits from the environment. It is excellent for people new to fitness, people desiring to maintain their health, and people desiring to improve their fitness results—it's great for health. Walking is a form of cardio exercise that reduces the risk of heavy sweating, hard breathing, and joint discomfort.
Benefits:
There is a low risk of injury
It is great for convenient exercise—indoors or outdoors
You can avoid hard-breathing and heavy sweating
Running
Running is a form of vigorous exercise that, like walking, can be performed indoors or outdoors. It is a great alternative for those that get bored quickly or those that desire a feeling of fatigue to feel like their achieving health results. In addition to quick changes in physical health , emotional health, and mood, running can improve your quality of sleep.
Benefits:
You can get quicker weightloss effects
See better cholesterol and blood pressure reports
Experience better and more natural detoxification for FREE
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Plyometric exercise is a powerful form of aerobic exercise used to increase your speed, endurance, and strength. It requires that you to exert your muscles to their maximum potential in short periods of time. Plyometric exercise includes jumping, hopping, and skipping. Although it is common to trained athletes, the average person can perform plyometric exercise based on their fitness level and physical conditioning.
Benefits
Include your fitness in a fun way-jumping rope, hopping, and skipping
Find creative ways to strengthen your tendons, ligaments, and lower-extremity joints
Passively do plyometrics to train yourself to risks of injuries from falling
BOTTOMLINE
Cardio exercise is an important factor in your natural life. Being healthy and avoiding a sedentary lifestyle can reduce medical costs, grocery bills, and boredom. Have fun with your health—find unique ways of making your cardiovascular exercise experience unique. You will find that you will reach your desired results faster and with more consistency.
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