Aerobic Cross Training for
Weight Loss
Do you sometimes get bored
with your aerobic exercise?
Do You sometimes feel like
you're not getting the results
you should from your aerobic
exercise? If so, then aerobic
cross-training is for you.
Aerobic cross-training refers
to using two to three different
types of aerobic exercise
during an exercise session.
For example, if you plan to
exercise for 60 minutes, you
might start with 20 minutes
of walking or jogging, followed
by 20 minutes of biking, and
finish with 20 minutes of
rowing.
Now, please don't get the
impression that you have to
be in great shape to do this
or that it has to be 60 minutes
long. You can start with something
as simple as a ten minute
walk followed by ten minutes
with an exercise video. This
is cross-training too. You
can gradually build up from
there.
Here are some of the exercises
you can use in your cross-training
program; walking, jogging,
biking, rowing, stair climbing,
swimming, exercise videos,
etc. Any combination of aerobic
exercises will do. You simply
go from one to the next with
very little time between them.
Aerobic cross-training is
beneficial to you in several
ways:
1. It provides variety which
eliminates the monotony often
associated with doing the
same exercise for a long period
of time.
2. If your exercise sessions
are less monotonous and more
enjoyable, you are much more
likely to exercise more often
and for longer periods of
time.
3. You are less prone to over-use
injuries that sometimes occur
from doing the same exercise
movements over and over again.
4. You tone more muscles because
you are using more muscles.
For example, walking tones
mostly the lower body muscles
and rowing tones upper body
muscles also. Even exercises
like walking and biking that
both tone lower body muscles,
tone them at different angles
and each tones some small
muscles that the other doesn't.
5. Aerobic conditioning is
very specific to the muscles
being worked. For example,
you can walk ten miles a day
and still be somewhat breathless
after climbing stairs because
you haven't trained the muscles
for that specific movement.
Aerobic cross-training allows
you to develop more comprehensive
aerobic training.
6. Aerobic cross-training
is effective for weight loss
because your are toning and
training the fat-burning systems
of more of your muscles. It
turns more of your muscles
into 24-hour fat-burning machines!
You are also more likely to
exercise on a regular basis
and for longer periods of
time. this also promotes weight
loss and fitness.
For more information on cross
trainning, keith Londrie II
has put up a web site for
further information. Please
visit http://cardioaerobics.info/
for more information NOW.
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@ mchsi.com http://cardioaerobics.info/
About the author:
Keith Londrie II is a renowned
specialist in aerobic trainning.
He provides information on
the subject matter at his
web site at http://cardioaerobics.info/
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