Getting Aerobic

Why get Aerobic exercise: Aerobic exercise makes your muscles - including your heart muscle - stronger. It can also help you manage other heart disease risk factors such as:

• high blood pressure
• smoking 
• excess weight
• stress

What is Aerobic exercise: Any exercise that-- 

• is rhythmic and steady
• you can do without stopping
• uses large muscle groups
• raise your heart rate

How should you do it:

• Warm up (5 minutes)
• slowly raise your heart rate with mild exercise
• do slow, gentle stretching exercises
• Aerobic exercise (20 minutes)
• raise heart rate with more intensive exercise
• any activity will do
• do not exercise for long periods of time at a level where you cannot carry on a complete sentence
• Cool Down (5 minutes)
• slowly lower your heart rate
• stretch