Anaerobic exercise

Anaerobic exercise

The first step (or part) of any exercise is anaerobic and any exercise lasting longer than two minutes (cycling for instance) has an aerobic component. Of course, you cannot have a pure percentage of one of them, which means, if you do anaerobic, at some point - depending the circumstances - you will do aerobic exercises and vice versa. The body will tend to accustom to any exercise you perform, so, sooner or later it will stop anaerobic to turn it into aerobic.

Anaerobic, in contrast to aerobic, is a high intensity training and, for the very same reason, the chances of having a lesion are larger than with aerobic. Warming up before commencing this type of exercises is very important and you should never skip it. Dynamic stretching exercises are very good for warming up your entire body. Consider doing several of them for your upper and lower body for 10 up to 15 minutes.

The exercises that comprise this type of activities are strength exercises. This type of exercises actually start using air as a source of energy – like anaerobic exercises -, nevertheless  they use it much more quickly, reason why the body has to use another source of energy, like glycogen.

Some anaerobic exercises are:
· Weight lifting

· Sprinting

· Jumping

The intensity of this exercise has to be watched over thoroughly in order to avoid injuries. The anaerobic threshold – which is the accumulation of lactate in the blood stream – is a very good way to measure the intensity of an exercise. This anaerobic threshold, also known as lactate threshold – can be increased greatly.

If you pretend to start an anaerobic training routine, you should first see a physician and then have a physical instructor with you – at least with your first steps - in order to avoid any injuries. Have in mind that any injure will actually hinder your physical training even up to weeks and that is the reason you should not think you are an ironman, because you probably are not. Go with ease and care with any exercise you do and never underestimate any of them even if it looks too bloody simple.