Cardio Excercise

women on bikeCardio excercise simply means that you're involved in an activity, like jogging or cycling that raises your heart rate to a level where you're working, but can still talk. Known as your Target Heart Rate Zone.

Here's why cardio is so important:

  1. It's one way to burn calories and help you lose weight
  2. It makes your heart strong, and it doesn't have to work as hard to pump blood
  3. It increases your lung capacity
  4. It helps reduce risk of heart attack, high cholesterol, high blood pressure and diabetes
  5. It makes you feel good
  6. It helps you sleep better
  7. It helps reduce stress

The bottom line is you need cardio if you want to get your weight under control and get your stress to a tolerable level.