Exercise And Safety
Aerobic Exercise-Special Sport
Think about sports for a moment.Most of them,such as tennis,football,soccer,volleyball,and long-distance running,are
competitively based,pitting team or individual against individual.The outcome is a winner and a loser.Most sports challenge
athletes to use their skills,strength,endurance,wits,and strategies to defeat their oppents.
Aerobics exercise is different.The aerobic exerciser practices to maintain or improve his or her health.Physiological
guidelines of aerobics include
*Working within the target heart rate zone
*Employing safety techniques,such as proper body alignment and pressing down the heels during exercise
*Adapting exercise for beginners
*Offering special programs for pre/postnatal woman,overweight people,senoir citizens,the handicapped,and children
You mght come up with other sports that emphasize one guidelines,but final analysis,aerobic exercise is the only that
include them all.