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health advisory Diet Diet 2007-11-11 21:03:01

what exactly is cardio/cardio excersizes? do they help you lose weight and gain muscle or something else?

Answer:

Short for cardiovascular.

Generally used to refer to exercises or activities that elevate your heartrate for an extended period of time.

This is good for your heart because it responds to heavy use like any other muscle: it gets stronger.

This type of exercise is valuable for weight loss because physical work requires energy or fuel. In your case, that fuel is food, or calories. Your body stores excess calories as fat. If your daily activities, including exercise, require more fuel than you take in as food, your body dips into fat reserves. One pound of fat equals about 3500 calories.

Examples of cardiovascular exercise: Running, swimming, cycling, stairmaster.

Weight lifting is useful for building strength, but is not thought of as cardio because it does not increase heart rate significantly and consistently for extended periods of time. Hence, it doesn't burn significant calories either.

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Cardio exercises are to strengthen the heart and promote good health.

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Cardio always refers to the heart. Cardio exercises are specifically aimed at keeping the heart healthy and strong.

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It's an exercise that brings up your heart rate. Cardio like Cardiovascular (your heart). It gets your heart really pumping and it's a great workout to get rid of fat, tone body, and build muscle. Hope that helped!

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There are two main forms of activity: anarobic and aerobic.