AEROBIC ROUTINES

Aerobics is a great way to increase your metabolism, improve your heath and endurance and shed unwanted body fat; but how do you get started? 

There are many different types of aerobic routines available for the beginner, the intermediate and the advanced individual.

A few of the more classic moves can be combined to offer a few complete aerobic routines.

The basic left and right are a few of the classic aerobic moves that can be used to build your own aerobic routine.

First, position yourself in the center of the workout area; a step can be used for a more intense workout.

Step forward with the right foot and then bring the left foot to the right, if using a step you will step up with your right foot and then bring your left foot up onto the step.

The second half of the move is to move your right foot back and follow it with your left foot, if you use a step you simply are stepping off. This is a simple and classic way to begin aerobic routines. Of course you do this with high intensity and many times to be effective.

Another classic move is similar to the one above; however, you move to the side instead of forward. This move can also be done with a step. Both of the listed moves can be altered by continuing the moves. Instead of moving back to the beginning you move forward to complete the steps and then begin again with the complete moves going backward.

The example of this for the side step with an aerobic step would be to step sideways with your right foot onto the step, bring your left foot along beside the right. Step off with your right foot and bring your left foot down beside the right.

Then step up onto the step with your left foot and bring the right foot along side the left. Step again off the step with your left foot and bring the right foot down beside the left to complete the move.

To vary the classic stepping movements you can add a tap. The tap replaces a step so you will simply step forward with the right and bring the left up and tap beside the right before stepping back with the left and bringing the right foot down beside the left.

This can be repeated a number of times before switching feet or can be changed to switch feet after one complete move.

With these few and classic aerobic moves complete aerobic routines are built. Add the arms into the action with arm swings or clapping. Vary the individual aerobic moves forward and back as well as side to side and spice it up with the tap moves.

The goal is to get your body moving, increase the heart rate to work at 70 to 80 percent and maintain that for a minimum of twelve minutes. The preferred aerobic routines should last between twenty and thirty minutes with five minutes of warm up and five minutes of cool down.

Additionally, there are an endless number of aerobic routines that can be followed on DVD with your favorite star or workout instructor. An internet search will display a list of sites that offer aerobic routines that can fit the beginner to the advanced. The possibilities are endless.