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Aerobic Verses Anaerobic Exercises

June 16, 2008

Aerobic exercises are those which are performed by you in the presence of oxygen. Body makes use of this oxygen as energy. Oxygen is needed for the breaking of glucose and glucose is a fuel needed to create energy.On the other hand body creates energy in the absence of oxygen under the category of anaerobic exercises. Demand of energy is greater as compared to aerobic. So, body creates energy with natural body chemicals. Many people thought what to choose in the case of aerobic verses anaerobic exercises the following two points help you to choose rather aerobic or anaerobic exercises.

Comparison
Aerobic exercise is a very fasten form of physical activity that fastens your heart beat up to 65 percent of the maximum rate. Jumping around, Walking, running, riding your bike and dancing are some of the categories of aerobic exercise. It mainly strengthens your heart. Don’t do the aerobics to lose weight. Aerobic exercise burns 75 percent fat and 25 percent muscle. Some of the aerobic exercises are treadmills, exercise bicycles, ski machines, air gliders, jogging, and some games such as handball. Aerobic exercise will have more of an impact on the cardiovascular and circulatory system.

Anaerobic burns more total calories than aerobic. Anaerobic burn 100 percent of fats so; it is useful to lose weight. Some of the examples of anaerobic exercises are dumbbells, weight lifting and machines that offer resistance. Anaerobic exercises use resistance so that you will also be building muscle and bone as an added benefit.

Similarities
Rather it is aerobic or anaerobic exercise the maximum heart rate for men is 220 less than your age and for women it would be225 less than the age. The goal rate for exercise must be 70 percent of your maximum rate. When heartbeat is above 70 percent you are doing anaerobic exercises.

Breathing properly while any of the exercise is must. Thus air enters to the lungs and present oxygen of that air pass through the lining of the lungs. Red blood cells take the oxygen. Blood reaches to the heart and hence to the entire body.

Conclusion
A balanced fitness program utilizes both aerobic and anaerobic exercise in order to maximize your fitness. This means using cardio (aerobic) for building endurance, heart and lung health as well as burning calories along with strength training (anaerobic) for building muscle strength, burning calories and increasing your overall fitness. Combining the two will results to greatest heart benefits.


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