Benefit of Aerobic Exercise for Elderly

Aerobic exercise is one form of exercise with low to moderate intensity which is done for a longer or a moderate duration. With aerobic exercise, our blood flow increases to the muscles, thus strengthening cardiovascular and lungs. Muscles need oxygen, and the increases muscle activity associated with aerobic exercise makes body to allow for more oxygen to the muscles being used. This does the heart and lungs working better and harder. At the end it will also strengthens the lungs and the entire cardiovascular system. There are also another term that you may have heard before: Anaerobic exercise. Aerobic exercise is in contrast to anaerobic exercise which usually involves intense activity that is abruptly or short in duration, such as weight lifting. (more…)