The effectiveness of aerobics depends on the intensity and duration of your workout. So you can use any type of exercise you enjoy, or go from one aerobic workout to another. Follow the following tips to develop a proper gym-toned body.
Stair Climbers - Stand upright on the machine and use the hand rails only for balance. Use a lower level if necessary and do the aerobic workout with your legs, taking a 6-8 inch step, keeping your foot flat on the pedals.
Dance for Fitness - For a good aerobic workout, you can dance until you break a sweat to your favourite hip hop or pop music, anything that has a quick beat to it.
Breathe Through Your Mouth - To improve your stamina on aerobics, you should work hard enough that you just naturally start breathing through your mouth to get enough oxygen.
Warming Up - The best way to warm up for an aerobic exercise is to start out doing the same aerobic exercise you are going to use for the aerobic workout at an easy pace for a few minutes.
Recovering from Injuries - Pulled a hamstring? Don't sweat about missing your aerobics schedule. An aerobic stair climber is a good way to keep your aerobic exercise continuing while recovering from some running injuries.
Arm Swing in Walking - When doing power walking aerobics, limit your arm swing so that your hand goes no higher than your chin, to eliminate wasted aerobic motion.
Jumping Rope - Just 10 continuous minutes of jumping rope aerobics may be equivalent to 30 minutes of jogging aerobic exercise.
Spinning - To get the best aerobic workout in your spinning exercise and to avoid injury, make sure the bike is adjusted right for you.
Importance of Cooling Down - After vigorous aerobic exercising it is important to take 10 minutes or so to cool down gradually. Cooling down properly (moving around) redistributes the blood that may have pooled in the extremities from an aerobic exercise.
Sit-ups – If you are out of your aerobic schedule due to some work-pressure or personal reason, always keep yourself pumped up with 4-5 small sets of sit-ups to be in a proper shape.
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