Cardio workouts are arguably indispensable to an effective weight loss program but you'd be surprised how little time you are required to exercise in order to achieve good health. Some ignore the facts, others excel by following them.
By definition, cardiovascular workouts are any exercise that raises and maintains your heart rate over an extended amount of time. Let's think about the things that can accomplish this for a moment.
The funny thing about it all is, whether you are jogging, running, biking, swimming, climbing stairs, hiking, jumping rope or even WEIGHT LIFTING you can raise and maintain your heart rate.
The question remains, are you breathing correctly? Are you breathing deep enough to get oxygen to the hardest to reach cells within the body? If not, you can perform cardio for years and still be fat and out of shape.
By performing cardio exercise correctly, you not only strengthen your heart and lungs, which lowers your resting heart rate (a good thing), but you will become healthier as the body uses the extra oxygen to nourish cells.
It doesn't matter that over time the effort that allows you to run a 12 minute mile will be the effort used to run a 10 minute mile. No. You want to propel yourself a mile and a half as you become conditioned...
What matters isn't running faster or longer but running further in the same time frame. That is when your cardio workouts begin to burn fat. Forget about endurance, human beings do not require the ability to run marathons...
You simply need the ability to excel in bursts. The benefits of adopting the 12 Minute Aerobics Solution as explained in Don Lemmon's KNOW HOW Book One are as follows:
Increased metabolic rate while at rest means a stronger heart...
Increased growth hormone secretion to burn fat while resting..
Reduced stress levels & increased ability to relax under pressure...
Increased blood flow to the brain means better memory retention...
Decreased cholesterol levels by simply getting oxygen circulating...
Improved digestion, increased bowel movements & less toxicity...
And last but not least, immunity; boosts your white blood cell count...
Keep in mind, a little amount of hard exercise stimulates the body. Too much of a good thing tears it down. Optimally, we perform aerobics after completing our weight lifting session. But we do not save our energy for it; we give it our all as well.
If you are smart, you will never do cardio before weights, and you'll also work so hard while exercising that you simply MUST quit in 12 minutes, like it or not. Anything easy enough to tolerate for 20 minutes to an hour is a waste of time.
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