Aerobic Exercise Program

Starting an aerobic exercise program is not only a good way to lose weight, it's also a smart way to condition your heart, reduce stress, and help you sleep at night.

The numerous benefits of aerobic exercise are known by many more people than the number who actually take part in aerobic exercise. Everyone knows that we should eat healthily and should get enough exercise, but what's enough exercise? And how to find time to fit it into busy modern lives?

Of course, the answer is different for everybody, but one universal thing that can help just about everyone is knowing what kinds of aerobic exercise program options exist. If an aerobics class at the gym is not your thing, no problem. Going jogging with a friend is also great aerobic exercise, and it's a social activity and a workout all rolled into one! Another way to make workout time more enjoyable is to bring your favorite workout music to get pumped up on your mp3 player if you have to work out alone.

Other options for cardio/aerobic workouts are cardio spinning, swimming laps, speed walking, biking, cross-country skiing/snowshoeing, playing tennis/basketball/soccer...even playing a game of tag with your kids is aerobic exercise. Any amount of physical activity that raises the rate of your heartbeat into your target heart rate zone is aerobic exercise, as long as you sustain this elevated heart rate for a significant amount of time.

There are so many ways to get aerobic exercise that it almost seems a shame that so many people opt for using a treadmill at the gym. Of course, if you enjoy running on a treadmill, by all means: do it! Running (whether on a treadmill or outdoors) is excellent aerobic exercise.

If you are one of the people who dreads going to the gym because the treadmill seems more like a torture device than an exercise machine, explore the many other options for cardio/aerobic exercise that exist both inside and outside the gym. If you like biking, grab your helmet on a beautiful day and take a long ride; if you prefer structure and schedules, attend a cardio spinning class at your gym. Either way, you will get an excellent aerobic workout.

All aerobic exercise is good for your heart, but not everybody enjoys the same type of aerobic workout. There are several different types of aerobic workouts, and it might just be that you haven't found an aerobic workout that you like yet because you haven't yet tried the type that is right for you.

An interval exercise program maximizes the difference in levels between different moments in your workout. For example, in a running program, you might jog slowly for 10 minutes and then sprint for one minute, followed by a medium-paced run for five minutes. Not only is bringing variation into your workout program good for your heart, but it also helps those who get bored easily to enjoy the workout more. Some people just don't like jogging for 30 minutes; try interval training instead. For the ultimate interval training, work out outside, where hills and downhill stretches can add yet another dimension.

An endurance exercise program is one in which you exercise at a level above a jog, but below a sprint, for an extended period of time. The idea is to maximize how hard you are working, but only to a degree where it is possible to maintain that level of performance. Good endurance workouts are swimming, spinning/biking, and running.

A strength cardio exercise program is, for many exercisers, the absolute best of both worlds. While most people either do strength training or cardio training, and some people switch days where one day they do strength and the next time they do cardio, a certain type of cardio workout combines both types of workout into one.

A strength cardio workout can be done in one of two ways: you can make intervals, where the slower rate of running or biking is done "uphill" at a steep incline or you can do an endurance workout that is at a slow enough speed (but not too slow) that you can do the workout at a certain incline, just not as steep as in the interval version. Both of these options build muscles while you are getting an awesome cardio workout at the same time.

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