Aerobic exercises are any exercises that temporarily elevates respiration and heart rate. Some of the more popular aerobic exercises are: walking, jogging, treadmill, stair climber, jumping rope, swimming, rowing, bicycling, hiking, stair stepping, general aerobics classes, etc.

The key to optimizing the use of aerobic exercises is to elevate the heart rate slightly (so that you are breathing noticeably heavier than normal but not so much that you are out of breathe) for a continuous period of at least 30 to 60 minutes.

Which aerobic exercises or exercise a person chooses is completely a personal matter. For example, one of the best aerobic exercises is walking. It is by far the easiest of all aerobic exercises yet easily places the body in the fat burning zone by slightly increasing a persons’ heart rate over an extended period of time.

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