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| Tue, 12-28-2004 - 8:03pm |
So I've been reading about Aerobic Base Building, which I don't think I can explain in a nutshell, but you force yourself to go back to doing light cardio staying withing a certain heartrate range. The thought is that people often do too much anaerobic exercise and are actually "aerobically deprived." I've really loved going at an easier pace, since I've always pushed myself to do the hardest pace possible without keeling over. Since I've been doing this on my Elliptical, the time goes by so quickly. I'm starting to love cardio!

Sylvia (or anyone) ---- I know we've had a discussion on this before...but what's the difference between aerobic and anaerobic??
In any case.....glad you're enjoying cardio!!
Getting Fit In Your 30's
cl-vi_islandgirl
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This is part of what Heidi Tanner (a Firm Instructor from the old days) says about ABB. When we are anaerobic, our body is using fuel from sugar instead of burning fat. This teaches our bodies to prefer burning fat as a fuel source. There are formulas you can use to determine when you are crossing from aerobic to anaerobic. If anyone is interested, I will copy & paste.
FROM THE FITPRIME WEBPAGE:
ABB – aerobic base building
Can someone recap the aerobic base building?
aerobic base building is a time in everyone's training where we do nothing but aerobic training between heart rate of 65% to 80%
The purpose of the ABB period is to in a sense force the body to change gears when it comes to fuel preference. Most of us have trained our bodies to prefer carbs most of the time, but now we are trying to retrain them.
We want to basically enlarge our fat burning zones, to train our bodies to prefer fat, even when we go anaerobic and that takes time, and specific heart rate parameters.
The aerobic base is considered by most fitness professionals to be the most important component of fitness.
I was reading again at Sally Edwards site (www.heartzone.com). She endorses this same type training, spending time in her zone two, and then adding in anaerobic training. Check out her white paper on enlarging the fat burning zone when you can. Sally discusses, just as we have discussed that our goal should be to raise our anaerobic threshold, therefore training our bodies to prefer fat even at higher intensities.
Weeelllll, I'm not sure that's EXACTLY it, but I did find this article on aerobic and anaerobic exercise.
Getting Fit In Your 30's
cl-vi_islandgirl
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Happy fitness,
Ginger