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- From: watanabe@cs.uiuc.edu (Larry Watanabe)
- Subject: Re: What's an aerobic exercise? What isn't?
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- Organization: University of Illinois, Dept. of Comp. Sci., Urbana, IL
- References: <1992Nov14.180240.18210@cbnewse.cb.att.com> <BxtJFK.9zn@mail.boi.hp.com> <1992Nov16.203156.21520@stortek.com>
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 08:31:11 GMT
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- pae@blackcat.stortek.com (Phil Earnhardt) writes:
-
- >Furthermore, the aerobic exercises listed above will only be aerobic if they
- >are preformed non-stop for an appropriate duration. The minimum minimum you'll
- >hear is 12 minutes; 20 minutes is often quoted as a minimum. Also, they must
- >be performed at an appropriate intensity, usually measured by the pulse rate,
- >of between 65% and 85% of the maximum heart rate.
-
- I don't think it is necessary for aerobic exercise to be non-stop.
- For example, in swimming, you can even do interval training with
- short rest intervals (i.e. 5 sec every 2 minutes)
- to improve anaerobic threshold, or slightly more intense
- intervals with slightly longer rest intervals for max VO2.
- (according to Ernie Maglischo, "Swimming Faster")
-
- But usually for these things longer intervals are better
- (Astrand recommends 3-5 minutes for maxVO2), but it is
- ok to use the shorter intervals for variety as long
- as the rest interval is short.
-
- -Larry Watanabe watanabe@cs.uiuc.edu
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