Anaerobic Exercise Vs Aerobic Exercise – Which is Better For You?
When it comes to promoting weight loss and cardiovascular health, just about everyone thinks of aerobic exercise as being the solution. While it may be the more popular and obvious choice, it isn’t necessarily the best solution. Anaerobic exercise on the other hand, has incredible benefits that are often overlooked. Let’s first clarify aerobic and anaerobic in terms of it’s dependence on oxygen. We, as organisms, require oxygen at all times. Although aerobic is considered oxygen dependent and anaerobic non-oxygen dependent, this is only in molecular terms. Whether you’re doing wind sprints or running a marathon, as an organism you are breathing and utilizing oxygen all the time. Oxygen only becomes a variable among the different energy pathways. Therefore, exercises that are considered aerobic in nature such as running or biking at low to moderate intensities for long durations, get their energy predominantly from oxygen dependent energy pathways. Whereas exercises that are considered
