Health Benefits of Improved Cardiorespiratory Endurance

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Cardiovascular endurance, also known as cardiorespiratory fitness, aerobic fitness or aerobic power, is the ability of the lungs, blood vessels and heart to transport oxygen to the working muscles. It helps increasing your heart rate and maximizes the endurance level of your body. Your heart gets stronger, your muscles become leaner and stronger too and your lungs work efficiently with the help of the cardiovascular activities. Walking is one of the common cardio exercises. American Council on Exercise recommended swimming, cycling, jogging, cross-country skiing, and dancing as other types of cardio respiratory exercises. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggested that performing any of these activities for 30 minutes regularly helps preventing you from cancer, diabetes and heart disease. To get the best results, you can add strength training exercises with cardio or aerobic exercises such as use of weight equipment or lifting weights for twice in every week as recommended by the American College of Sports Medicine.

• Cardiorespiratory Endurance helps lowering down the risk of cardiovascular disease.
• It gets you more positive body image.
• It reduces the incidence of osteoporosis if the exercises are weight bearing.
• It helps burning unwanted body fat.
• It gives rise to lower cholesterol.
• It leads to higher self-esteem.
• It enhances sleep and makes you less fatigued.
• It reduces the risk of Type 2 diabetes.
• It helps lowering down blood pressure.
• It increases bone density.