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The Top 5 Best Cardio Exercises


The Top 5 Best Cardio Exercises

When it comes to your body it is very important that you do some cardio, whether you want to lose weight, improve your health or build on your muscle. And you wont get bored because, there are plenty of different types of cardio exercise. Anything that gets your heart rate pumping will pretty much do the trick. The thing thats confusing is there are so many different cardio exercises out there...which one will benefit me most? There's no right or wrong cardio exercise for men and woman. The correct choice is the cardio exercise you enjoy and the one you'll stick with, but there are some that work best if your goal is to get in great shape and burn calories.

1. Running

Running is a good one for many different reasons. You dont need any special equipment apart from some decent running shoes. You can do it just about anywhere and anytime. It's high impact, which helps build connective tissue and strong bones. It gets your heart rate up a lot quicker than low or no impact exercises. It’s good for burning serious calories, especially if you add sprints, hills or try interval training. The same person would burn around 50% as much with just a brisk walk. The only downfall is that it takes time to build the stamina and strength to run continuously and, because it's high impact, it may not benefit every person. This bodyweight exercise is probably the best cardio workouts.

2. Bicycling

Whether you're outdoors or indoors, cycling is an excellent cardio workout. By using the power of your legs, you increase endurance while burning lots of calories, anywhere from 250-500 in 30 minutes, depending on how fast you go and how high your resistance is. What makes cycling even better than other activities is that you can incorporate it into your daily life. You can ride to and from work or use your bike to run errands around town. It's also low impact, which is great for your joints and perfect cross-training for high impact activities like running or aerobics.

3. Swimming

Swimming is another great choice because, like cross-country, it's a full body exercise. The more body parts your workout requires, the more calories you'll burn. Best of all, you dent have to worry about any high impact injuries because your joints are fully supported. It's also great cross-training for other cardio activities.

4. Step Aerobics

Step aerobics is another good choice, especially for people who like choreographed workouts, but don't enjoy the jackhammer feel of high impact aerobics. This gives you the intensity without the pounding and it's easy to up the energy used by adding risers.

5. Kickboxing

Kickboxing is another great choice for exercisers who are looking for more of a challenge with more choreographed workouts. Combining punches and kicks not only, involves both the upper and lower body, but it enhances your combination making this an excellent all round workout.

by Joshua Kozak

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Joshua “Coach” Kozak has been a fixture in the world of health and fitness for over 10 years. Burn calories with HASfit's greatest aerobic exercise and the best body weight workout.

2 comments:

These all exercises are good but running is my favorite exercise. I am doing this for burn my body fat. It’s really working. It’s a safe exercise for anybody.

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