Frequency Of Aerobic Exercises

Posted by tim on April 23rd, 2007 at 12:55am

At a minimum, you should do 3 days per week of 20 to 30 minutes aerobic workout as part of your routine, for health reasons and fat loss. The number of days per week you do aerobic workouts is largely dependent on your goals. If fat loss is your goal, then you can increase the frequency to 4 or 5 or even make it a daily regimen to maximize results.

If you are just starting out with the program, 3 days a week of aerobic training should be the baseline. Since your body is not used to strenuous physical activities, initial results are very impressive. However, the baseline 3 day weekly aerobics workout is used only as a starting point or as maintenance level workout. Results are immediate because any increase in physical activity from zero activity always produces results; however, these results will soon taper off (another progress gap) as the body adapts itself to the new nutrition and physical regimen. When this happens, it is necessary to gradually increase the frequency of physical activity.

For best results of the program, recommended frequencies of aerobic exercises are as follows:

Maintenance, Health and Physical Conditioning: 3-4 Days/Weekly

Maximum Fat Loss: 5-7 Days/Weekly

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