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Aerobic exercise has been shown to have many positive effects on health. To get the most benefit, it is very important to ensure the duration of the training session. So how many minutes should you do aerobic exercise each time?
1. Does duration of exercise affect the benefits of aerobic exercise?
Longer, sparser aerobic sessions also have no clear advantage over shorter, more frequent sessions. In fact, any activity contributes to heart health.
Even dividing the exercise time into small parts, such as walking for 5 minutes, divided into several times a day has health benefits. Because being active in any way is better than not moving at all. The most important thing is to make physical activity a daily habit.
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2. How long should aerobic exercise each time?
Should I follow 45 minute aerobic exercise, 40 minute aerobic exercise, 41 minute aerobic exercise or 30 minute aerobic exercise? For most healthy adults, the recommended exercise is as follows:
Moderate aerobic exercise for at least 150 minutes/week. For those who do intense aerobic exercise, they should exercise for at least 75 minutes per week, and spread the exercise time throughout the week. Moderate forms of exercise include brisk walking or swimming. Vigorous forms of exercise include activities such as running; It is recommended to perform exercises that train all major muscle groups at least twice a week. A general goal is to spend at least 30 minutes a day doing moderate-intensity physical activity. If athletes want to lose weight, maintain weight loss, or want to get more health benefits or need to meet specific goals, they need to increase their physical activity more. Specifically, exercisers can set a goal of 300 minutes of moderate-intensity exercise per week or more than 60 minutes of exercise five days a week.
The amount of time for aerobic exercises has an effect on the results obtained for the goals of health promotion, weight loss, keeping fit,... Therefore, practitioners need to persevere in performing the exercise in accordance with the recommendations. in terms of time and intensity of exercise.
Reference source: mayoclinic.org