Cardiovascular Fitness

Anaerobic means in the absence of oxygen. The exercise that you do is anaerobic if your body's requirement for oxygen exceeds its supply.

Aerobic means in the presence of oxygen. If you are doing aerobic exercise your working muscles will have an adequate supply of oxygen so that you can sustain your exercise over a relatively long period of time.

Your heart, blood vessels and blood together form your cardiovascular system: a system that pumps and transports life supporting nutrients to tissues throughout your body. This system is also essential for removal of metabolic waste products. Learn more

Your brain is the centre of a complex control system which governs your body, but function declines with aging, sometimes resulting in dementia. What can you do to keep your brain healthy? Exercise and diet may have brain benefits.

You get the message that you need to be physically active to be healthy, but what physical activity is best for you. Should you run, walk, pump weights, do yoga or what? Is it true that running is bad for you?