Top 10 aerobic exercises

Aerobic exercises are also known to increase endurance and work to increase the functioning of the cardiovascular system to pump oxygen throughout the body efficiently. Regular aerobic exercise increases the amount of oxygen to the body’s cells, strengthens the heart to improve its ability to pump blood efficiently, builds muscle tone, increases red blood cells, and improves mental health problems related to stress and the Depression. Some added benefits are lowering cholesterol, lowering blood pressure, and weight loss. Chronic conditions like heart failure and diabetes improve with regular exercise, under the watchful eye of your doctor.

Walking

Whether you’re new to exercise or starting aerobic activities when you’re older, walking is a great way to burn calories and begin the process of conditioning your heart to pump better.

Jogging

Indoors or outdoors, jogging is a great exercise that gives people a higher-impact workout to burn more calories and make a difference in weight.

jump the rope

Compared to running and jogging, jumping rope actually provides a better workout because the shock is absorbed by both feet at the same time and 10 minutes of jumping rope is equivalent to a mile run.

Swimming

Swimming is an exercise that people of all ages can participate in. If you’re overweight, water provides buoyancy to cushion your joints from impact, while helping you raise your heart rate, burn calories, and lose fat.

Outdoor/Stationary Cycling

Burning fat and reducing the risk of heart disease, as well as lowering blood pressure, are some of the wonderful benefits of cycling. Many people watch TV or listen to music while cycling and find it quite relaxing.

Treadmills/elliptical machines

This method of aerobic exercise combines jogging and walking while allowing you to decrease or increase your resistance. These can be high or low intensity to help with weight loss.

step aerobics

By incorporating dance steps and arm movements into your routine, with or without weights, step aerobics may be the workout you’ve been looking for. It’s fun, it helps you burn calories, and it’s a great way to stay fit.

heavy reps

If you’re interested in weight training, you’ll probably be surprised to learn that you can actually increase aerobic impact by using low weights and increasing reps to get your heart pumping and burning calories.

cardio kickboxing

Cardio Kickboxing is an excellent high impact exercise designed to help you lose weight, burn calories and learn and introduce yourself to a type of martial arts.