Sunny Health & Fitness SF-RB1117 - Manual (Page 4)

Exercise Information
Beginning
How you begin to exercise will vary from person to person. If you have
not exercised for a long period of time, have been inactive for a while, or
are severely overweight you must start slowly, increasing your exercise
time gradually, by perhaps only a few minutes for each session per
week.
Combine a carefully structured nutritious diet with a simple but effective
exercise routine and this can help make you feel better, look better and
will almost certainly enable you to enjoy life more.
Aerobic Fitness
Aerobic exercise is simply defined as any sustained activity that
increases the supply of oxygen to your muscles via the blood pumped by
your heart. With regular exercise, your cardiovascular system will
become stronger and more efficient. Your recovery rate i.e. the time
taken for your heart to reach its normal resting level, will also decrease.
Initially you may only be able to exercise for a few minutes each day. Do
not hesitate to breathe through your mouth should you need more
oxygen. Use the "talk test". If you cannot carry on a conversation while
exercising, you are working too hard! However, aerobic fitness will be
gradually built up with regular exercise, over the next six to eight weeks.
Do not be discouraged if it takes longer than this to begin to feel less
lethargic, everyone is different and some will achieve their targets
quicker than others. Work at your own, comfortable pace and the result
will come. The better your aerobic fitness the harder you will have to
work to stay in your target zone.
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