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Best aerobic exercise
To understand what might be the best aerobic exercise to perform, you first of all have to understand what the various candidates are. The contenders for best aerobic exercise would include the following:
- Walking
- Running
- Biking (indoors or outside)
- Swimming
- Rowing machine
- Elliptical trainer
- Stepper
- Climbing machine (versa-climber)
- Exercise classes
The truth is that each of these has its virtues that could make them all the best aerobic exercise, and, a times, it drawbacks. What is crucial is the frequency, duration, and intensity. The key parameters are as follows:
- Frequency: To achieve noticeable effects you need to perform your chosen activity at least three times per week. Four times per week will produce results quicker, five times per week should be the maximum for most people.
- Duration: Sessions should be between twenty and forty minutes. The longer the session, the more effect it will have, though working for much longer than forty minutes is unnecessary for most people.
- Intensity: Unless you are training for a race, you should be training at around 65% of your maximum heart rate.
So to answer the question posed at the start - the ultimate workout is the one that you do! In fact, mixing and matching between the activities listed above will be better for your body, and keep you from getting bored and quitting.
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