| A cardiovascular exercise program is needed | | | | be able to run a mile in less time and take |
| when you are planning to compete in a | | | | less rest meaning you are increasing results |
| marathon, sporting event or even if you just | | | | and performance. You will look back in your |
| want to get yourself in better condition than | | | | notebook and visually see your progress from |
| your current fitness level for personal and | | | | when you started, it feels good to see. |
| health reasons. | | | | |
| | | | Now that you know where you stand when it |
| When developing a cardiovascular exercise | | | | comes to your personal cardiovascular fitness |
| program, you first need to test your current | | | | level, you have something to work with. |
| cardiovascular fitness levels, and then you | | | | Fitness and performance are based on |
| need to devise a plan to slowly increase the | | | | mathematics and science. This means that |
| intensity and duration of your cardio | | | | mathematically it is possible for anyone to |
| workouts to increase your fitness | | | | improve his or her cardiovascular exercise |
| performance. | | | | fitness wheather you are a beginner or an |
| | | | advanced professional athlete. |
| To create your our cardiovascular exercise | | | | |
| program, first you will need to test your | | | | You will always increase your results as you |
| current level of cardiovascular fitness, | | | | lower the amount of rest you get or you |
| there are a few exercise tests that you can | | | | increase the amount of reps, weight lifted or |
| perform to calculate this with. It helps if | | | | distance you ran in a specific amount of |
| you have a treadmill to use, most gyms will | | | | time, or you do both, you will always keep |
| have a treadmill. | | | | progressing. But if you ignore your notebook |
| | | | and progress reports you will have trouble |
| If you don't have a treadmill, go to a track | | | | ever improving and you will stop improving in |
| found around football or soccer fields, many | | | | your cardiovascular exercise program. |
| schools will have a 1/4 mile track to run | | | | |
| around on the weekend. Time how long it takes | | | | You should plan to workout at least 3 times a |
| you to run one mile, take a notebook so you | | | | week for 45 minutes to one hour for 4-6 weeks |
| can record your times and progress during | | | | to see good results in your cardiovascular |
| your cardiovascular exercise program. | | | | exercise program. Test your current level of |
| | | | fitness and keep track of your progress in a |
| The purpose for keeping track of your times | | | | notebook. |
| in a cardiovascular exercise program notebook | | | | |
| is because as you become more fit you will | | | | Over time reduce the amount of rest you need |
| get faster, and you will be able to run | | | | and increase the amount of work you do in a |
| longer distances with less effort. | | | | specific time to increase your results. |
| | | | Mathematically you will always be able to |
| As you keep track of your workouts you will | | | | increase you fitness, so go for it. |