- When you exercise, your muscles have to work much harder than normal, so need much more oxygen and glucose (a kind of sugar) from the blood.
- To boost oxygen, your heart beats twice as fast and pumps twice as much blood, and your lungs take in ten times more air with each breath.
- To boost glucose, adrenalin triggers your liver to release its store of glucose.
- If oxygen delivery to muscles lags, the muscles fill up with lactic acid, affecting your body for hours and sometimes causing cramp.
- The fitter you are, the quicker your body returns to normal after exercise.
- Aerobic exercise is exercise that is long and hard enough for the oxygen supply to the muscles to rise enough to match the rapid burning of glucose
- Regular aerobic exercise strengthens your heart and builds up your body’s ability to supply extra oxygen through your lungs to your muscles.
- Regular exercise multiplies muscle fibers and strengthens tendons.
- Regular exercise helps to reduce weight when it is combined with a controlled diet.
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