Aerobic exercise refers to the physical exercise carried out by the human body under the condition of adequate oxygen supply, while anaerobic exercise refers to the strenuous exercise told by muscles in the state of "hypoxia". The former belongs to aerobic metabolism and the latter belongs to anaerobic metabolism, which is their most fundamental difference.

Furthermore, the energy required for aerobic exercise is mainly provided by oxidizing protein, starch and fat in the body, so most muscles in the whole body will participate in the exercise, while the energy required for anaerobic exercise is provided by sugar, not fat and protein, so muscles will feel sore during strenuous exercise.

Aerobic exercise is low in intensity and lasts for a long time, and the maximum heart rate during exercise is generally between 60% and 80%, while anaerobic exercise requires fast speed and violent outbreak, and basically the heart rate will reach more than 170~ 180 times per minute, thus achieving the purpose of anaerobic energy supply.

So what are the benefits of aerobic exercise and anaerobic exercise to the body?

Benefits of aerobic exercise

1. Make your blood "rich", increase red blood cells, white blood cells and hemoglobin in your blood, and improve your nutritional level and metabolic ability.

2. Increasing vital capacity has a good effect on the respiratory system. It can improve the breathing depth, increase the gas exchange volume of each breath, meet the needs of gas exchange during strenuous exercise, and improve the physical function level. Practice has found that increasing lung vitality can prolong life.

3. Make the heart muscle strong, increase the volume of the heart cavity, and enhance the elasticity of blood vessels, thus improving the contractility and vasodilation of the heart, making the heart beat strongly, and inhaling more blood every time the heart beats, so as to increase the blood volume delivered by the heart to the whole body.

Benefits of anaerobic exercise

1. Burning calories and anaerobic exercise can be simply understood as weight training to exercise muscle ability. Exercise involving moving heavy objects (sometimes considering their own weight) is anaerobic exercise.

Anaerobic exercise builds muscles and increases their strength, volume and endurance. At the same time, burn calories for the body. Aerobic only directly decomposes fat in a large proportion after 40 minutes of exercise.

However, if anaerobic exercise increases certain basal metabolism, the body will continue to burn within 48 hours after anaerobic exercise, and the total amount is greater than aerobic. In other words, lying down is thin.

So aerobic exercise and anaerobic exercise are good for your health!