Clothes for High & Low Impact Aerobic Exercises

Series Summary

Many people want to lose weight, and despite claims for quick fat burning pills and powders, the best way to lose weight is still through proper diet and exercise. Exercise does more than just maintain physical fitness though. Working out can also help build healthy bone density, muscle strength, and joint mobility. It can also reduce your general health risks, boost the immune system, and help with depression and insomnia. Whether your reason for exercising is to lose weight, or improve muscle mass, working out is always a good idea to help promote the health of your body and mind.

In this free video series, our expert fitness trainer Andrea Austin will teach you how to do a variety of aerobic exercises designed to help you work several muscle groups and increase your heart rate. You will get step-by-step instructions on how to do aerobic exercises like lunges, heel taps, hamstring curls and grapevines. You will also get tips on what kind of music to play during aerobic exercises and how to change your workout to suit low or high impact exercising.

Video Transcript

"Hello! This is Andrea Austin and you are watching Expert Village. Today we're talking about proper attire for high and low impact aerobics. You want to make sure that you wear comfortable clothes that fit. What I'm wearing right now works very well, or you can wear a t-shirt and shorts. Anything that's comfortable that will help you to move very well. It's very important when you do high and low impact aerobics that you have a good pair of shoes that give you support that are athletic shoes. Generally, I would recommend that you buy cross trainers. Those are the type of tennis shoes that will help you perform well with all kinds of physical activities just like high and low impact aerobics. You want to make sure that you have good cushioning arch support. You want to have good lateral support like this, and forward back support."