Cardiovascular exercise has received a lot of attention over the last decade as the centerpiece of fitness, weight management, and cardio-respiratory health. With improved cardio-respiratory fitness:
· Improve psychological and emotional well-being
A person is overall much healthier. I started cardio fitness well over a year ago, since then I feel more energetic, sleep better, and look better just to name a few. One of my goals is to maintain my current health level. Although I only row for fun now, I still train and compete with couple of friends from the team. We have similar erg test scores of around 4900m. Coach said that all men should be able to pull 5000m in 20 minutes and reach 5300m if followed the training schedules every week. That had an impact on my ego. I decided to really start training hard when school gets less hectic in the summer semester. My goal is to reach from 4860m to 5260m by the end of August. The extra 400m
· Muscle has high metabolic rate (ie. burns more calories)
FITTEness Formula for Cardio Exercises
Sit ups Rectus abdominus Hold longer on last two sets Slowly feel the burn