Does aerobic exercise help you lose weight?

Aerobic exercise can indeed achieve the purpose of enhancing one's physical fitness, but many people still have great doubts about whether aerobic exercise can help lose weight. Indeed, this is still a vague concept, but doing some exercise can help us consume calories in the body. Aerobic exercise can help us achieve the effect of weight loss to a large extent. Let us take a closer look at whether aerobic exercise can help lose weight.

1. Compared with anaerobic exercise, aerobic exercise is more conducive to weight loss. Aerobic exercise refers to physical exercise performed by the human body with sufficient oxygen supply. That is to say, during exercise, the amount of oxygen inhaled by the human body is equal to its demand, reaching a state of physiological balance. If you are overweight and want to lose weight through exercise, aerobic exercise is a good choice. Anaerobic exercise refers to the high-speed and intense movement of muscles in a state of "oxygen deprivation". Due to the excessive speed and explosive power, the sugar in the human body does not have time to be decomposed by oxygen and has to rely on "anaerobic energy supply". This is a form of exercise that builds muscles and makes the body stronger.

Why aerobic exercise is best for weight loss

Aerobic exercise that accelerates metabolism refers to exercising in an aerobic metabolic state for a long time (endurance exercise), which allows the heart (circulatory system) and lungs (respiratory system) to be fully and effectively stimulated, improving heart and lung function, so that all tissues and organs in the body can get a good supply of oxygen and nutrients, improving metabolism, accelerating digestion, and consuming calories.

2. Exercise increases the body's adrenaline secretion. Generally, exercise increases the body's adrenaline secretion, thereby promoting fat burning: when short-term exercise produces fatigue, the lipase and glucose in the liver and adipose tissue will be activated, muscle glycogen will be broken down, and adrenaline will increase the heart rate, accelerate blood circulation, relax the nasal cavity, gastrointestinal blood vessels, etc., accelerate detoxification, and accelerate fat burning to release heat.

3. Lipid reduction Professor Chen Jidi and her graduate students from the Institute of Sports Medicine of Peking University Third Hospital conducted experiments using mice that already had high blood lipid levels. They had these high-lipidemia mice perform aerobic exercise every day (swimming and running). After 6 to 8 weeks, it was found that the blood lipid levels of these mice had been significantly reduced, and the formation of atherosclerotic plaques in their arteries had been significantly inhibited.

It is very necessary to know more about whether aerobic exercise can help lose weight. We must not ignore the aerobic exercise introduced above. In addition, aerobic exercise can also help us achieve the goal of shaping our body, help us shape a slim figure and better enhance our own external image.