Cardio exercises are exercises that typically use big muscle groups and increase the heart rate for a span of time, such as running, dancing, jogging or swimming amongst other.
The truth about cardio is that you need to find a few different types of cardio that make it fun for you! For me, I love hitting the heavy bag (boxing) or playing basketball for my cardio. I feel like I’m having fun hitting the bag or playing ball rather than just thinking about how tired I’m getting doing cardio. There are other things I like doing, or at least don’t mind doing also, like walking or jogging on the treadmill. Increasing your heart rate for a certain amount of time is the key to cardio. Be sure to get into your training heart rate range so you will burn fat at the most efficient rate. That’s what we want, right? To burn fat! You will adjust the level of intensity accordingly.
Some of the Benefits of Cardio:
- Lower Blood Pressure
- Burn fat
- Increase of Energy
- Increase oxygen intake to the muscles
- Increase heart strength
- Increase in blood circulation
- Burn Calories
- Increase lung capacity
- Helps reduce risk of heart attack
- Promotes better sleep
Here are some different types of cardio exercises you can do:
- Jogging (in place or regular jogging)
- Sprints
- Boxing (heavy bag)
- Cycling
- Squat jumps
- Jumps
- Dance
- Basketball
- Burpies
- Jumping jacks
- Skiers
- Up/downs
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