Regular aerobic exercise can improve the health of your heart and extend your life by oxygenating your blood, muscles and organs. What is aerobics and how can one start the aerobic lifestyle? Any activity that increases the heart rate to work at 70 to 80 percent for at least 12 minutes is considered aerobic; therefore, there are countless numbers of aerobic moves to choose from.

Always remember to warm up first by slowly raising the heart rate and warming the muscles, this will help avoid injury. Some aerobic moves that can start slow and increase to a more intense level is walking, marching, stair climbing and jumping jacks. When you warm up make sure you do so for at least 5-10 minutes.

Once warmed up there are a lot of choices in aerobic moves including: running, swimming, and dancing. Aerobic excercise should move your body at increasing rates and intensities which will in turn increase your heart rate. Keep the aerobic moves going for success in feeling the burn. it depends on how your looking to achieve this, it is personal taste and may change every time you take part.

After the main session of your aerobic workout you will want to complete your session with cool down aerobic moves that include stretching the muscles you have worked. You want to allow you heart to slowly move to the normal heart rate as you cool down. This too helps avoid injury and cramping when the exercise is complete.

Aerobic classes are being help all over the country and there may be classes available to join really near you. Try and visit the location of the club to see if you get a good feeling about it. Read reviews on the web about the aerobics club your thinking of joining as this will give you a good idea of the standard of the club.

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