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Foundation training can never be overemphasized.
For retired sportsmen or sportsmen whom have not exercise for some time, it is tempting to go straight back to exercising at the same level intensity as before.
Even for active professional athletes, it is important to note that you cannot be training at high intensity 365 days a year. During off peak season, you would benefit from a systematic, properly planned aerobic training.
For many people (including myself), we like to skip the aerobic phase and go straight to the intensity phase. After all, that’s where we experienced all the adrenaline, not some low intensity boring routines.
Unfortunately, if you have not exercised for a long time, you are probably going to be injured if you jump right in high intensity exercises before building a strong aerobic base.
This article is suitable for ex-athletes who have not trained regularly for a period of time, and would like to go back to competitive training.
To let us understand the importance of building a strong aerobic base, lets first explore the definition of Aerobic and Anaerobic Exercise.
I like to explain definitions in terms of English vocabulary. Learning new words by understanding its relationships to the prefixes, suffixes and roots, could aid you in understanding similar words in the future.
aero - prefix, means air or oxygen
an - prefix, means without
ic - suffix, means relating to
Hence aerobic exercise means exercises that involves or improves intake of oxygen. While Anaerobic means exercises that does not involve oxygen.
The key difference lies in the manner which energy is produced. During aerobic exercises, glycogen in our body is broken down into glucose, which is then broken down by oxygen to generate energy. Anaerobic exercise however, is simply the conversion of glycogen into energy without use of oxygen, a far less efficient process.
Aerobic exercises are usually exercises that are moderate in intensity and usually over a long period of time. Activities such as long distance running, leisure or distance swimming, cycling and walking.
Anaerobic exercises are usually high intensity exercises, like basketball, soccer, track events like 100m, 200m, 400m, swim sprints.
The simplest test is to see whether you are able to talk when you are exercising. Generally speaking if you are able to talk to a friend when you are performing the exercise, it should be an aerobic exercise. Your breathing should be steady and audible but not labored.
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3 Responses
monica
November 27th, 2008 at 12:54 am
1You don’t tell anybody any activities that invove anaerobic and aerobic exercise
Rosenrod
March 16th, 2009 at 10:40 am
2Thanks.. Interesting - and always important to be aware!
josef
March 18th, 2009 at 7:29 pm
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