The jarring effects of pavement pounding and
other high impact exercises can cause you to reach (and exceed) your «continence threshold» more quickly than lower impact fitness activities.
If you for instance are doing a bootcamp and you have some jumping (plyometrics) or
other high impact exercise, then on your alternate days choose biking, rowing or swimming.
Not exact matches
«Although we didn't study
other sports, it's reasonable to suppose that weight - bearing,
high -
impact,
high - intensity
exercise like tennis, badminton, basketball and handball will have similar effects to soccer.»
Unlike weightlifting, running, and
other high - intensity forms of fitness, walking is an effective form of low -
impact exercise that practically anyone can do.
Weight training
exercises along with
high impact exercises — basketball, tennis, gymnastic, among
others — have shown to increase bone mass in the lumbar spine and lower limbs, as well as improve muscles growth.
It's important to understand that compression may have benefits to
exercise performance and recovery, particularly during and after
high intensity interval training, but it may also have negative
impacts on overall
exercise performance in
others areas such as the inhibiting of sweat evaporation.
Riding a bike is low
impact (compared to running) so you will not have to worry about the strain and
high impact that your body may go through while doing
other cardio
exercises.
Being lower
impact than running and a non-weight bearing
exercise make rowing a good option for those looking for a hard - working cardio session that side - steps the levels of joint strain that
other forms of
high impact workouts can pose.
Soft on the joints: Unlike running, cycling and
other high -
impact exercises that can be detrimental to the joints, rowing machine workouts are comparatively smooth and easy on the joints.
Two
other times when low - intensity
exercise is preferable is when you're injured or if your body can't handle the
impact high - intensity
exercise brings with it.
However, everything from childbirth to a sedentary lifestyle to aging to
high impact sports can weaken them, so they need
exercise, just like any
other muscle.