Exercise question...

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pickletatertot

Discussion Starter · Apr 17, 2003

I love to exercise! With my lifestyle and time constraints, it works out better for me to do several shorter intervals of exercise a day rather than one longer one. I mostly walk, jog, do aerobic type videos, and do yoga. I try to be active for at least an hour every day. I was wondering, is there any benefit to longer exercise sessions? For example...if I have an hour total to jog/walk in one day, is there a benefit to a one hour jog over two 30 minute jogs? I just don't seem to have the time or inclination to exercise for more than 30-45 minutes at a time and I hope my results will be approximately the same.

Thanks for any words of wisdom.

Christa

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buddadragon

· #3 · Apr 17, 2003

Aerobic exersise has to reach 60-80% of your max heartrate for 20 minutes to do any good. To find your max heart rate subtract your age from 220. Thats the max,set your target rate at 60-80% of that figure.

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