BRIEF HISTORY OF AEROBIC EXERCISE
Aerobic dance and aerobic exercise were developed by Kenneth H. Cooper, M.D., an exercise
physiologist of the US Air Force. Dr. Cooper, an avowed exercise enthusiast, was personally and
professionally puzzled about why some people with excellent muscular strength were still
prone to poor performance at tasks such as long-distance running, swimming, and bicycling. He
began measuring sustained performance in terms of ability to utilize oxygen.
His ground-breaking book, Aerobics, was published in 1969, and included scientific exercise
programs using running, walking, swimming, and bicycling. The book came at a fortuitous
historical moment, when increasing weakness and inactivity in the general population was
causing a perceived need for increased exercise. It became a best seller.
Cooper's data provided the scientific baseline for almost all modern aerobics programs,
most of which are based oxygen- consumption equivalency.
Importance of Aerobic Exercise
Healthy living exercise and physical activity is one of the important significant of conditioning
program. Being a physically fit person does not only help people live healthy lives, it also helps people
live longer.
People who are engage in any physical activity such as sports, dance, swimming, and other related
exercise activity. As they grow older and benefits from it throughout their life span.
Aerobic exercise and fitness can be contrasted with anaerobic exercise with strength training and
short-distance.
Fitness and performance is intended for students to determine their physical condition of the body
the overall objectives is to provide the needs of the student with an up-to date understanding about the
health related exercise.
BENEFITS OF AEROBICS EXERCISE
•Increase maximal oxygen consumption (VO2 max)
•Improvement in cardiovascular/cardio respiratory function(heart and lungs)
oIncreased maximal cardiac output (amount of blood pumped with every minute)
oIncreased maximal stroke volume(amount of blood pumped with each beat)
oIncreased blood volume and ability to carry oxygen
oReduced workload on the heart (myocardial oxygen consumption) for any given submaximal
exercise intensity
