Notice that anaerobic exercise is usually much more
intense than aerobic exercise and, of course, intense aerobic exercise is more intense than mild aerobic exercise.
Not exact matches
Furthermore, a paper published recently in the ACSM's
Exercise and Sport Sciences Review discussed the research suggesting that
intense aerobic interval training provides greater benefits for the heart
than low or moderate intensity
exercise.
Now don't get me wrong about the cardio thing... in reality, I actually work on
exercises that are much tougher and more
intense than traditional cardio... I prefer wind sprints, hill sprints, swimming sprints, speed rope jumping, etc to complement my resistance training... all of which are more anaerobic in nature
than aerobic.
Studies recommend more
than 2 hours of
aerobic exercise on a moderate mode and one to one and a half hour for
intense mode.
Since anaerobic
exercise and
intense aerobic exercise promote a greater increase in one's post-training metabolic rate
than mild
aerobic exercise, both types of
exercise are important in any well - designed weight loss
exercise program.