(HealthDay News) -- Aerobic exercise, also called cardiovascular
exercise, helps improve your heart and lung health. Examples
include walking, running, swimming, biking and hiking.
The Cleveland Clinic says potential benefits of aerobic exercise
include:
- Better control over blood pressure.
- Lower levels of harmful LDL cholesterol.
- Improved endurance.
- Decreased heart rate when your body is at rest.
- Increased ability to lose weight or maintain weight loss.
- Better stress management.
- Improved quality of sleep.
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