Many people do not have the time to devote 30 minutes or an hour all at once towards cardiovascular exercise, but even if you do have large blocks of time to devote to cardiovascular exercise that might not be the best way to spend your exercise minutes.
Some studies have found that breaking up cardiovascular exercise into 10 minute blocks instead of the more traditional 30 minutes, 45 minutes or even 1 hour can have more benefit. Utilizing 10 minute blocks of cardiovascular exercise at a moderate pace has shown to burn more fat than the same period of time within a 30 minute block of cardiovascular exercise. The key seems to be taking breaks between the periods of cardiovascular exercise. The minimum break between 10 minute blocks of cardiovascular exercise seems to be 20 minutes. One should still strive to get at least 30 minutes of total cardiovascular exercise in at a minimum on 3 or more days per week. It should be noted that the total amount of time spent in cardiovascular exercise seems to burn the same number of calories the difference seems to be in the amount of actual fat burned.
The best forms of cardiovascular exercise seem to be walking, jogging, running, biking both stationary and traditional, utilizing an elliptical machine, utilizing a rowing machine, utilizing a stair stepper machine, jumping rope, dancing both traditional and dance for exercise classes, and other forms of aerobic style classes. Basically cardiovascular exercise is anything that you can do for at least 10 minutes straight at a moderate pace that gets your heart rate up, the blood flowing, and cause you to break a sweat.
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