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Training aerobically. What happens to your body?

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If you train aerobically on a regular basis, some important metabolic changes take place inside the body.

At the cellular level aerobic exercise force your body to adapt to new conditions of life and new demands. As a result, your body starts an increase in the size and number of mitochondria it produces. The body also produces a greater proportion of myoglobin.

Mitochondria can be called cellular furnaces where fat and other nutrients are burned. Myoglobin is a protein that transports oxygen from the bloodstream into the muscle fibers.

Mitochondria is formed upon the words MITO, meaning "thread", and CHONDROS, meaning "dot" or "granule like". Myoglobin is formed etymologically upon two words, MYO, meaning "muscle" and GLOBIN, meaning basically "blood".

Mitochondria are responsible for aerobically producing ATP via the oxidation of glycogen. Myoglobin increases the level and activity of the enzymes involved in the aerobic metabolism of glucose.

When the main mitochondria are combined with an increase in the quantity of oxygen that can be delivered to the mitochondria through higher levels of myoglobin, the aerobic capacity of the muscle tissue is enhanced.

Larger and more numerous mitochondria result in increased levels of aerobic enzymes and blood flow. All of this is bound to boost the fat burning capabilities of the muscle fibers.

Oxygen is the key to health and weight loss?

Yes!

From fat burning to improved cardiovascular health to improved recovery abilities, aerobic work should be an integral part of all training programs.

Aerobic is a low-intensity, sustained activity that relies on oxygen for energy. This activity builds endurance, burns fat and conditions the cardiovascular system.

Improving the body's ability to process and deliver oxygen may improve stamina, not only in sports but also in every day life, doing any activity. To reach this goal, you need to strengthen and condition your heart because it is the organ that pumps oxygen-rich blood to the rest of your body. Like any muscle, the heart can grow stronger and more efficient by progressive demands in oxygen.

The normal heart pumps approximately 70 times a minute or approximately a hundred thousand (100.000) beats a day. The well-conditioned heart can beat as few as 40 times a minute or approximately fifty thousand (60.000) beats a day.

The aim is to develop bigger and stronger organs so that we can transport oxygen throughout the body with less effort and using more fat.

Increased oxygen consumption promotes overall health and increases metabolism resulting in burning extra fat stores, but a mild activity can just do the trick; it is not necessary to work up a heavy sweat.

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