Cardiorespiratory Fitness
Cardiorespiratory Fitness pertains to the health of your heart and lungs. It is an important component of all exercise programs regardless of your fitness goal. Cardiorespiratory Exercise Training helps in the reduction of blood pressure, decreases total cholesterol, increases good cholesterol, helps decrease the risks of cardiovascular disease and diabetes, decreases body fat stores, decreases the incidence of some cancers, and even decreases anxiety and depression.
To enjoy Cardiorespiratory Fitness benefits, exercise using large muscle groups for a target minimum of 20 minutes with non-stop, continuous, rhythmic movement. If 20 minutes cannot be achieved initially, decrease the intensity and target duration; OR you may breakdown your training to 2 – 10 minute sessions until you are fitter.
Cardiorespiratory Exercise Training comes in a variety of forms: walking, dancing, stair climbing, cycling, lap swimming, rowing, and boxing are a few among many, many exciting choices. Just make sure that movements are targeted towards large muscle groups in a non-stop, continuous and rhythmic movement for at least 20 minutes. Perform you cardiorespiratory exercises for at least 3 days a week.
(The above article is posted by permission of the copyright owner, Shirley Del Prado-Quejada, President of the Association of Fitness Professionals of the Philippines.)
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