CARDIO, SHORT FOR cardiovascular, training is where you’re predominantly using your own bodyweight and doing something repetitive, such as running, dancing or swimming, which gets your heart pumping. ‘Any type of exercise or fitness class where you’re moving, breathing hard and your heart rate increases, is almost certainly a cardio classic,’ says Tony Goldingay from fitness company Sweatband (sweatband.com). ‘Aerobic exercise relies almost exclusively on oxygen to power you, and it can be sustained over a longish period of time,’ he adds.
The opposite of aerobic exercise is anaerobic, where you do short, sharp movements such as weights or a sprint for 10 seconds. ‘Weight training is an anaerobic form of exercise, relying heavily on glucose and requiring less oxygen than its cardiovascular counterpart – but it uses a heck of a lot more energy in a shorter window,’ says Tony. ‘Any type of exercise where you are lifting, moving or shifting something that is weighted with resistance counts as weightbearing.’
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