What is aerobics?

Sometimes you will see many beautiful women doing aerobics. What is aerobics? Is aerobics the square dance we often talk about? Are the two related? What is the difference between the two? What are the benefits of aerobics to the human body? Will regular practice have a good effect on your body shape? The following is a detailed introduction to the knowledge of aerobics.

Aerobics is an emerging sport that has only been around for more than 20 years, and there are many forms and schools of practice. People have certain differences in their understanding of aerobics and the concept of aerobics.

The English name of aerobics is “Aerobics”, which is aerobic gymnastics or aerobic dance and is a type of aerobic exercise. Therefore, we believe that "aerobics is a sport that integrates gymnastics, dance, and music, is based on aerobic exercises, and is characterized by health, strength, and beauty."

The basis and essence of aerobics is aerobic exercise or aerobic exercise. Aerobic exercise is a form of exercise that uses the human body's aerobic system to provide energy when there is adequate oxygen supply. It is characterized by whole-body activity of medium to low intensity that lasts for a certain period of time. It mainly affects the cardiopulmonary function of the practitioner and is the basis of endurance. In fact, from the perspective of improving health levels, only aerobic exercise can have a good effect on the human body and achieve the purpose of physical exercise. Therefore, aerobic exercise is the most essential feature of aerobics and the most positive aspect that affects the human body. In the description of the concept of aerobics, "integrating gymnastics, dance, and music, and featuring health, strength, and beauty" is only the expression form and external characteristics of aerobics.

Gymnastics experts' opinions. Meekman, the founder of rhythmic gymnastics and a famous Swedish gymnastics expert, advocates that the creation of rhythmic gymnastics movements should integrate the movement laws of the human body into the movements.

The opinions of representatives of aerobics. Jane Fonda, one of the famous American aerobics founders, believes that aerobics is a type of gymnastics that improves body shape and psychological feeling.

Some scholars in our country believe that aerobics is a means of exercise that integrates gymnastics, dance and music, and is recreated into exercises according to the requirements of comprehensive and coordinated development of the body, accompanied by music, to achieve the goals of improving health, cultivating correct posture, shaping a beautiful body and cultivating aesthetic sentiments. Some aerobics experts believe that aerobics is an emerging sport that takes the human body as its object, bodybuilding as its goal, physical exercise as its content, artistic creation as its means, and integrates gymnastics, dance, and music. The commonality of the concepts is that neither mentions that aerobics is an aerobic exercise.

Aerobics is created by absorbing the characteristics of basic gymnastics, artistic gymnastics, modern dance, disco, etc. It can be accepted by most people in the form of individual movements, combined movements, and sets of movements. It is novel and lively in form, rich in content, with fast or slow rhythm, and with the accompaniment of harmonious music, it can achieve the purpose of cultivating sentiment, entertainment and fitness. It can be said to "combine fitness with entertainment."

Through the introduction of the above content, everyone has a deep understanding of what aerobics is. In fact, everyone also has some understanding of some definitions of aerobics. It is actually a kind of sport, different from other sports, because aerobics has a good effect on shaping your body. Long-term exercise will definitely help you get a good body.