Aerobic Exercise and Types of Aerobics

For this fitness log, choose a variety of aerobic exercises to complete as part of your fitness log. You might decide to choose one of the activities you learned about in the Warm-Up activity, one listed in this content, or some other physical activity.

Including your aerobic activities, be sure to complete a total of 420 minutes of activity throughout the week at a pace of sixty minutes of exercise each day. Your physical activity should include a variety of aerobic exercises, muscle strengthening activities, and bone strengthening activities. You should stretch before and after each exercise session to promote flexibility. During each aerobic exercise, you are to maintain your target heart rate for at least twenty minutes. Please refer to the Fitness Log Information link and the Measuring Your Heart Rate link in the Developmental Module for directions, download the Fitness Log to your computer, and have it accessible throughout the week. Be sure you have completed the entire fitness log, including:

• Course Information (Module # and Topic #)
• Heart Rate Information
• Activity Reflection
• Activity Log
• Any Additional Comments

If you use an exercise tracking device or system like a gaming console, watch, wristband, pedometer, mobile application, or a software program, be sure you are saving the information from each workout.