The popular explanation of aerobic exercise is the type of exercise with smooth breathing, low intensity and long duration. Through continuous or repeated activities, we can complete a certain amount of exercise in a certain period of time, and we can successfully complete breathing during the whole exercise process, but there is a difference in the speed of breathing.

Anaerobic exercise can usually be interpreted as high-intensity, high-frequency and short-time exercise, which can not complete normal breathing exercise according to a certain rhythm, such as professional strength training, 100 meter sprint and so on.

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The difference between aerobic exercise and anaerobic exercise;

1, the required energy is different.

The energy required for aerobic exercise is mainly provided by starch, fat and protein oxidation in the body, and most muscle groups in the body participate in exercise. The energy required for anaerobic exercise is mainly provided by decomposing blood sugar, and oxygen is not needed in the process of energy supply. The main function of aerobic exercise is fitness, and the main function of anaerobic exercise is shaping. The general fitness plan is aerobic exercise combined with anaerobic exercise to achieve the purpose of strengthening the body.

2. Borders

There is no absolute boundary between aerobic and anaerobic. In fact, aerobic and anaerobic rarely exist independently and will not change from one metabolic state to another at once. More often, they overlap, but sometimes aerobic metabolism is dominant and sometimes anaerobic metabolism is dominant.

Taking running as an example, aerobic metabolism dominates at the beginning of a trot, but anaerobic exercise still exists more or less, but it is definitely not zero. With the increase of exercise intensity (such as the increase of running speed), aerobic metabolism gradually increases, but when the intensity reaches a certain value, aerobic metabolism decreases and then anaerobic metabolism increases.