Aerobic exercise is exercise with oxygen. This includes slow exercise.
Running slowly or walking is aerobic. As long as you can carry on a conversation during your exercise, it is aerobic. Sprinting is anaerobic.
Aerobic exercise for long periods of time (20 minutes or more) helps keep your circulatory and respiratory systems healthy.
- It builds up endurance.
- It makes the heart stronger.
- It enables blood to carry more oxygen.
- It enables blood to flow* through blood vessels more easily.
