What Counts as Aerobic Exercise? Here’s Everything You Need to Know About How to Get the Cardio You Need
By Chris Iliades, MD
Medically Reviewed by Michael Cutler, DO, PhD
Whether you call it aerobic or cardiovascular or endurance exercise, you’re probably talking about the same thing: getting your heart pumping and oxygenated blood flowing, with the goal of improving your cardiorespiratory health. But it benefits more than just your heart.
The technical definition of aerobic exercise is “any form of exercise or activity that uses the aerobic metabolism — meaning oxygen is heavily involved in the cellular reactions that provide the body with the energy necessary to perform activity,†explains Michael Jonesco, DO, an assistant professor of internal and sports medicine at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus. “You’re making the body more efficient at delivering oxygen to rest of body.â€
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