According to MayoClinic.com, cardio training, also known as aerobic exercise, is any physical activity that uses large muscle groups and increases participants' heart rates. Jogging, walking, dancing, biking, swimming and even common household chores are considered aerobic exercise. Circuit training, according to Fitness magazine online, combines cardiovascular and strength exercises in a series that's repeated two to three times with very little rest between sets.
Benefits of Cardio Training
There are many benefits to cardio training. According to MayoClinic.com, aerobic exercise can help you lose weight, increase your exercise stamina, reduce fatigue, boost your immune system, strengthen your heart, manage chronic conditions, boost your mood, reduce stress and can help you live longer.
Benefits of Circuit Training
According to Fitness magazine online, circuit training can help you burn 30 percent more calories, almost 10 calories per minute, than traditional weight workouts. Circuit training workouts can also help participants burn a higher number of calories, increase strength, define muscles and improve cardiorespiratory levels. Circuit training workouts can provide a total body workout in a minimal amount of time.
How Cardio Exercise Can Improve Your Fitness
When performing aerobic exercise, participants begin to breathe faster and deeply. This type of breathing allows more oxygen in the blood. The heart, lungs and blood vessels transport this oxygen to the working muscles. The more you perform aerobic exercise, the more efficiently your heart, lungs and blood vessels transport this oxygen. When transportation of the oxygen becomes more efficient, the easier it becomes to perform your daily physical tasks and unexpected physical demands.
How Circuit Training Can Improve Your Fitness
When performing intense exercise, waste products begin to build up in the muscles. These waste products contribute to muscle soreness. If waste products build up to a high level, exercise becomes exhausting and painful. In circuit training, you alternate bursts of higher-intensity exercise with strength training exercises. This alternating helps reduce levels of waste product buildup in the muscles, making the exercise more comfortable and allowing participants to get the benefits of circuit training.
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