Is walking an aerobic exercise?

Nowadays, many people attach importance to physical exercise, because only through exercise can everyone have a healthy body. There are many ways to help us exercise, and many people choose aerobic exercise. There are many ways to do aerobic exercise, including walking. Taking a walk after meals every day is good for your body. So what are its benefits? Now let me tell you!

(1) Walking is one of the effective ways to enhance heart function. When walking, due to the contraction of the large muscle groups in the lower limbs, walking with big steps can make the heart beat faster, increase the cardiac output, and accelerate blood flow to adapt to the needs of exercise. This is a good exercise for the heart. If the heart rate can reach 110 beats per minute and be maintained for more than 10 minutes, it will greatly enhance the toughness and strength of the myocardium and blood vessels, and can also improve the blood circulation in the coronary arteries. This can reduce the chances of myocardial infarction and heart failure.

(2) Walking can also help you lose weight. Long periods of time and brisk walking can increase energy consumption and promote the utilization of excess body fat.

Middle-aged and elderly people who are obese due to eating too much and exercising too little can avoid gaining weight if they can exercise every day, burn an extra 1255.65 kilojoules (300 kcal) of calories through exercise, and control their diet appropriately. This amount of exercise is equivalent to walking 4-5 kilometers, jogging for 20-30 minutes, or cycling for 45 minutes.

(3) Walking exercise helps normalize carbohydrate metabolism. Taking a walk before and after meals is an effective measure to prevent and treat diabetes. Studies have confirmed that when middle-aged and elderly people walk at a speed of 3 kilometers per hour for 1.5-2 hours, their metabolic rate increases by 48%, and sugar metabolism also improves accordingly. After a day of hiking, blood sugar levels in diabetic patients can drop by 60 mg/L.

(4) Walking is a type of exercise that requires body weight bearing and can help delay and prevent osteoporosis. Because exercise can slow degenerative joint changes, walking can prevent or eliminate some symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis.

After reading the editor's description in the above article, I believe you already know the benefits of walking to our body, right? If you don’t have time to go to the gym to exercise, you might as well take a walk in the park after dinner. It does not waste time and is good for the body, but the benefits of walking to the human body require long-term persistence to be effective!