WordNet
n. exercise that increases the need for oxygen [syn: aerobics]
Wikipedia
Aerobic exercise (also known as cardio) is physical exercise of low to high intensity that depends primarily on the aerobic energy-generating process. Aerobic literally means "relating to, involving, or requiring free oxygen", and refers to the use of oxygen to adequately meet energy demands during exercise via aerobic metabolism. Generally, light-to-moderate intensity activities that are sufficiently supported by aerobic metabolism can be performed for extended periods of time.
When practiced in this way, examples of cardiovascular/aerobic exercise are medium to long distance running/ jogging, swimming, cycling, and walking, according to the first extensive research on aerobic exercise, conducted in the 1960s on over 5,000 U.S. Air Force personnel by Dr. Kenneth H. Cooper.
Usage examples of "aerobic exercise".
I have a question about what seems to be a fundamental contradiction in all the hype about the advantages of aerobic exercise on the one hand and the disadvantages of coffee and caffeine on the other.
As I understand it, the idea in aerobic exercise is to get your heart pumping at an accelerated rate (say, 150 beats per minute) for a sustained period (say, half an hour).
This must remain an aerobic exercise, she told herself, but no matter how hard she breathed, her chest demanded air.
O'Hallinan had no interest in aerobic exercise, but she was an amiable woman and happy enough to cooperate with him, especially during the summer months, when the sun was shining.
In just the last couple of years, there have been a couple of interesting studies showing that an aerobic exercise program--stationary cycling or treadmill--for 30 minutes 3 times a week reduced major depression as much or more than medication (Zoloft).
Her features were rounded but not unpleasant, and her body was toned from daily aerobic exercise.
Though she usually enjoyed the brisk climb to her classroom on the second floor, this was not the day for aerobic exercise.
Deceptively beautiful to watch when well performed it is brutally physical work: a tremendous aerobic exercise.
The latter provided synchronized aerobic exercise for six laborers at a time.
Thirty years of Camel non-filters, Dewar's Black Label and considering riding the escalator at Blooming-dale's a form of aerobic exercise were taking their pound of flesh.
She had attacked the machines with characteristic willpower, and between near-daily aerobic exercise and weight training, a sensible diet and breastfeeding, she had slimmed down in a remarkably short time.
But he was not into aerobic exercise, because it was not a spectator sport.
To have sky over her head as she ran, to have the track lie flat before her, to be able to run and run for the sheer joy of it and without a clock ticking out her allotted time for aerobic exercise -- such a luxury.