Taking Care of Your Cardio
- By:shijina seo
Due to our busy lifestyles filled with tensions and hectic work schedules, none of us have time to take care of ourselves. We end up taking lot junk food filled with empty calories such a sodas. We also often end up at fast food restaurants consuming too much of oil, meat and dairy products. All this is sure to affect your precious heart, leading to heart attacks and cardio related diseases. All of us should make a timetable and allot some time for aerobic exercises which will have numerous benefits on your body and especially on your heart.
Speaking about aerobic exercises, they help in strengthening your heart and cardiovascular system. It improves the blood circulation and helps your body receive more oxygen. It also increases the energy levels as a result it will help you to get involved in more activities without having short breath or becoming tired. Aerobic exercises improve your joint flexibility, balance, muscle tone and strength. It will also strengthen your bones and reduce body fat. Apart from this it will help you to fight tension, stress, depression and anxiety.
Your muscular body will boost your self-esteem and self-image. On the whole it will make you feel relaxed, healthy and fit. If you are planning to begin your exercise program, firstly check with your doctor to find out which level of exercise will benefit you. There are some questions that need to be asked. For example, how often you need to exercise? What type of exercise? Are there any activities that need to be avoided? What about medication that has to be taken or avoided?
Once you have consulted with your doctor, then you can start with basic types of exercises which is very good for your overall health. They include stretching, cardiovascular and strengthening exercises. Stretching is a slow lengthening of the exercise. This activity helps you prepare your muscles for activity and prevents muscle strain and injury. Cardiovascular activity strengthens lungs and benefits your heart. Finally strengthening exercises are done for muscle contraction which is also called tightening. Here are some more simple exercises, they are jogging, walking, bicycling, skating and rowing, cross country skating and jumping rope.About the author:
shijina is the Seo copywriter of fit camp Site. she Written many articles like Boot camps, Weightloss Boot Camp, Live-In Fitness For More information about 8 Week Body Makeover Camps visit our site. Contact me at shijinaseo@gmail.com.