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Importance of Cardiovascular Exercises
Cardiovascular exercises include vigorous activities that increases heart rate, respiration, raising oxygen and blood flow throughout the body.
These are exercises that improves the heart and make it healthier and stronger for it to pump blood in all the organs of the body. According to www.healthline.com experts recommend at least 150 minutes of moderate aerobic exercises and 75 minutes of vigorous activity per week in order to have a healthy heart and a healthy life.
There are different kinds of exercises that specifically deal with the heart rate and its health such as:
- Squat jumps
- Skipping rope
- Running or jogging
- Any high intensity interval training
- Jumping jack
- Aerobics exercises
Cardiovascular exercises have many benefits such as:
- An increased sense of well-being.
- Lowering psychological stress
- Less emotional exhaustion
- Weight loss
A healthy heart is the cornerstone of good health and embracing a healthy lifestyle by exercising can prevent heart disease and lower a risk of heart attack or stroke.