Is mountain climbing an aerobic exercise?

Exercise is something that is always going on in our lives, and there are many ways and types of exercise, and the classification of projects is also very complicated. Many friends like mountain climbing, which is also a sport that is particularly good for the body. It can improve our physical fitness while improving our will. Many friends don’t understand whether mountain climbing is an aerobic exercise. Let us find out whether mountain climbing is an aerobic exercise.

Aerobic exercise, as the name suggests, is exercise done in an aerobic metabolic state, which consumes excess body fat and achieves the goal of losing weight. Refers to endurance exercise in which the body's metabolism is mainly aerobic metabolism. Aerobic exercise can increase the body's oxygen uptake, enhance cardiopulmonary function, and is the best way to achieve health effects. Aerobic exercise includes walking (strolling, brisk walking), jogging, playing ball, swimming, climbing, cycling, aerobics, Tai Chi, etc. Aerobic exercise is characterized by low intensity, rhythm, uninterrupted and long duration. Compared with explosive non-aerobic exercises such as weightlifting, running, high jump, long jump, and throwing, aerobic exercise is a constant exercise that can last for more than 5 minutes with spare energy.

Mountain climbing is an aerobic exercise that can allow muscles to obtain 10 times more oxygen than usual, thereby increasing the protein in the blood, increasing the number of immune cells, enhancing immunity, and helping to excrete carcinogens, harmful substances, toxins, etc. from the body in a timely manner. While promoting metabolism, it also speeds up fat consumption, so mountain climbing also has a body shaping effect.

Persisting in mountain climbing, an exercise that enhances the endurance of the lower limbs, helps improve joint function and maintain coordination between muscles and motor organs. In addition, it can increase the mineral content in bones and reduce the occurrence of osteoporotic fractures. Improving local bone metabolism is beneficial to stimulating the growth of bone cells.

Through the above introduction, we now understand that mountaineering is an aerobic exercise, and it is an aerobic exercise that is particularly beneficial to the body. However, mountaineering is a relatively long sport that requires great physical strength, endurance and willpower. Moreover, it is best not to do mountaineering alone to prevent accidents.