Aerobic

Cross Training for Weight Loss

Do you sometimes get bored with your aerobic exercise? Do You

sometimes feel like you're not getting the results you should from your

aerobic exercise? If so, then aerobic cross-training is for you.

Aerobic cross-training refers to using two to three

different types of aerobic exercise during an exercise session. For

example, if you plan to exercise for 60 minutes, you might start with 20

minutes of walking or jogging, followed by 20 minutes of biking, and

finish with 20 minutes of rowing.

Now, please don't get the impression that you have to be

in great shape to do this or that it has to be 60 minutes long. You can

start with something as simple as a ten minute walk followed by ten

minutes with an exercise video. This is cross-training too. You can

gradually build up from there.

Here are some of the exercises you can use in your

cross-training program; walking, jogging, biking, rowing, stair climbing,

swimming, exercise videos, etc. Any combination of aerobic exercises will

do. You simply go from one to the next with very little time between them.

Aerobic cross-training is beneficial to you in several

ways:

1. It provides variety which eliminates the monotony often

associated with doing the same exercise for a long period of time.

2. If your exercise sessions are less monotonous and more

enjoyable, you are much more likely to exercise more often and for longer

periods of time.

3. You are less prone to over-use injuries that sometimes

occur from doing the same exercise movements over and over again.

4. You tone more muscles because you are using more

muscles. For example, walking tones mostly the lower body muscles and

rowing tones upper body muscles also. Even exercises like walking and

biking that both tone lower body muscles, tone them at different angles

and each tones some small muscles that the other doesn't.

5. Aerobic conditioning is very specific to the muscles

being worked. For example, you can walk ten miles a day and still be

somewhat breathless after climbing stairs because you haven't trained the

muscles for that specific movement. Aerobic cross-training allows you to

develop more comprehensive aerobic training.

6. Aerobic cross-training is effective for weight loss

because your are toning and training the fat-burning systems of more of

your muscles. It turns more of your muscles into 24-hour fat-burning

machines! You are also more likely to exercise on a regular basis and for

longer periods of time. this also promotes weight loss and fitness.

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