Cholesterol Exercises
Regular exercise of at-least 30 min per day in most of the days of a week can produce some amazing result both to manage cholesterol as well as over all health.
Aerobic exercise to lower cholesterol
Aerobic exercise makes the heart beat faster and breathe harder, thus burns more calories. Lung expands more and energizes the whole body. Doing aerobic exercise for 30 minutes a day at least 5 days a week provides lot of benefits. 30 minutes of exercise can even be split up into several parts, example take three brisk session of 10 minute each.
Do some warm up and stretch before start exercising and make cool down after finishing the exercise. If new to exercise, then start slowly with 5 - 10 minutes a day. Add a little more time each week, aiming for at least 2 to 3 hours per week.
Some aerobic exercises you can try
- Brisk walking
- Climbing stairs
- Swimming or taking a water-aerobics class
- Dancing
- Riding bicycle (outdoors or indoors)
- Taking an aerobics class
- Playing (basketball, volleyball, tennis or other sports)
- In-line skating, ice skating, or skate boarding
- Cross-country skiing
Weight exercise to lower cholesterol
Doing exercises with weights, spring or elastic bands, or weight machines three times a week builds the muscles and bones. When having more muscle and less fat; then burns more calories, because muscle burns more calories even between exercise sessions.
Physically active does not mean to run a marathon. In fact, if interested to be active, the key to success is starting slowly and gradually increasing the effort. For instance, start by taking a walk during breaks at work and gradually lengthen or increase the pace of walk.
Important: If having heart disease or high blood pressure, or if a man over 40 or a woman over 50 who is planning to be very active, should check with the doctor before starting the physical activity program.
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