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  2. Aerobics - Wikipedia

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    Aerobics classes may allow participants to select their level of participation according to their fitness level. Many gyms offer different types of aerobic classes. Each class is designed for a certain level of experience and taught by a certified instructor with a specialty area related to their particular class.

  3. General fitness training - Wikipedia

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    An aerobic exercise program can burn fat and increase the basal metabolic rate (BMR) in obese adults, studies show that through proper diet over the span of 6 months in obese adults has shown a positive correlation in fitness and mood, as well as a weight loss average of over 27.5% [1] Studies also show reduced level of hunger and several other ...

  4. Aerobic exercise - Wikipedia

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    Aerobic exercise, also known as cardio, is physical exercise [1] of low to high intensity that depends primarily on the aerobic energy-generating process. [2] " Aerobic" is defined as "relating to, involving, or requiring oxygen", [ 3 ] and refers to the use of oxygen to meet energy demands during exercise via aerobic metabolism adequately. [ 4 ]

  5. Pregnancy - Wikipedia

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    Regular aerobic exercise during pregnancy appears to improve (or maintain) physical fitness. [128] Physical exercise during pregnancy appears to decrease the need for C-section [129] and reduce time in labor, [130] and even vigorous exercise carries no significant risks to babies [131] while providing significant health benefits to the mother ...

  6. Physical fitness - Wikipedia

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    Physical fitness is achieved through exercise, among other factors.Photo shows Rich Froning Jr., four-time winner of "Fittest Man on Earth" title.. Physical fitness is a state of health and well-being and, more specifically, the ability to perform aspects of sports, occupations, and daily activities.

  7. Benefits of physical activity - Wikipedia

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    Physical exercise results in numerous health benefits and is an important tool to combat obesity and its co-morbidities, including cardiovascular diseases. Exercise prevents both the onset and development of cardiovascular disease and is an important therapeutic tool to improve outcomes for patients with cardiovascular disease.

  8. Yoga as exercise - Wikipedia

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    From the 1970s, yoga as exercise spread across many countries of the world, changing as it did so, and becoming "an integral part of (primarily) urban cultures worldwide", to the extent that the word yoga in the Western world now means the practice of asanas, typically in a class. [c] [80] For example, Iyengar Yoga reached South Africa in 1979 ...

  9. Aerobic conditioning - Wikipedia

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    Aerobic conditioning has the ability to raise maximum oxygen intake, [16] meaning that they are able to diffuse more oxygen into their blood than they previously could. Although exercising at lower intensities improves aerobic conditioning, the most rapid gains are made when exercising close to the anaerobic threshold . [ 17 ]