| Do you sometimes get bored with your aerobic | | | | 2. If your exercise sessions are less monotonous and |
| exercise? Do You sometimes feel like you're not | | | | more enjoyable, you are much more likely to exercise |
| getting the results you should from your aerobic | | | | more often and for longer periods of time. |
| exercise? If so, then aerobic cross-training is for you. | | | | 3. You are less prone to over-use injuries that |
| Aerobic cross-training refers to using two to three | | | | sometimes occur from doing the same exercise |
| different types of aerobic exercise during an exercise | | | | movements over and over again. |
| session. For example, if you plan to exercise for 60 | | | | 4. You tone more muscles because you are using |
| minutes, you might start with 20 minutes of walking or | | | | more muscles. For example, walking tones mostly the |
| jogging, followed by 20 minutes of biking, and finish with | | | | lower body muscles and rowing tones upper body |
| 20 minutes of rowing. | | | | muscles also. Even exercises like walking and biking |
| Now, please don't get the impression that you have to | | | | that both tone lower body muscles, tone them at |
| be in great shape to do this or that it has to be 60 | | | | different angles and each tones some small muscles |
| minutes long. You can start with something as simple | | | | that the other doesn't. |
| as a ten minute walk followed by ten minutes with an | | | | 5. Aerobic conditioning is very specific to the muscles |
| exercise video. This is cross-training too. You can | | | | being worked. For example, you can walk ten miles a |
| gradually build up from there. | | | | day and still be somewhat breathless after climbing |
| Here are some of the exercises you can use in your | | | | stairs because you haven't trained the muscles for |
| cross-training program; walking, jogging, biking, rowing, | | | | that specific movement. Aerobic cross-training allows |
| stair climbing, swimming, exercise videos, etc. Any | | | | you to develop more comprehensive aerobic training. |
| combination of aerobic exercises will do. You simply go | | | | 6. Aerobic cross-training is effective for weight loss |
| from one to the next with very little time between | | | | because your are toning and training the fat-burning |
| them. | | | | systems of more of your muscles. It turns more of |
| Aerobic cross-training is beneficial to you in several | | | | your muscles into 24-hour fat-burning machines! You |
| ways: | | | | are also more likely to exercise on a regular basis and |
| 1. It provides variety which eliminates the monotony | | | | for longer periods of time. this also promotes weight |
| often associated with doing the same exercise for a | | | | loss and fitness. |
| long period of time. | | | | |