Video: How to Train to Improve Aerobic Fitness

Improving your aerobic fitness improves your stamina and efficiency. Redefine your aerobic workout with the help of a certified personal trainer in this free video.

Video Transcript

Hi, I'm CarolAnn with "Studio F.I.T." of Tampa and today I'm going to talk about how to train to improve aerobic fitness. Now what is aerobic fitness? Well basically that is to be able to consume enough oxygen in your body while you're exercising to meet the demands of the working muscles and to improve that improve aerobic fitness, you will want to perform that activity longer and longer and more efficiently. So what we want to do is we want to train just beneath what we call an anaerobic threshold. Now, anaerobic threshold is the point at which lactic acid builds up exponentially in your body when you're exercising. So when you're running and if you cannot run any more and you're getting tired, then more than likely you've built up some lactic acid in your system and you will not be able to perform that activity for very much longer and that typically happens at about 85 percent of your maximum heart rate. Now in order to calculate your age predicted maximum heart rate, you will want to take 220 minus your age and then take a percentage of that. So let's say you are 20 years old, so your age predicted maximum heart rate would be 200 and then you would want to calculate 85 percent of 200 and that's going to get you the heart rate at which you should train. Now if you train right at that, now if you want to train just a little bit below that, maybe like at 80 percent then you will be able to sustain that activity for that much longer and you will improve your aerobic fitness. So once you figure out what your anaerobic threshold is, then train just beneath that. You will want to train anywhere between 20 to 60 minutes per session, three to five days per week. And if you follow that program, then in no time at all you will be improving your aerobic fitness. I'm CarolAnn with "Studio F.I.T." of Tampa and I'll see you out there training.

How to Train to Improve Aerobic Fitness

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