Aerobic exercise is one of the three "keys" to a healthy heart, along with proper diet and control of your cholesterol levels.

What is aerobic exercise, and how does it help your heart?

Aerobic is similar to the word "air."  Aerobic exercise fills your lungs with "air," and works your entire circulatory system, including your heart.  Examples of aerobic exercise include walking briskly, running, dancing, skipping or jumping rope and other activites that cause your heart and lungs to work harder.  Safely raising your heart rate through aerobic exercise.

As little as thirty minutes of aerobic exercise every two to three days can dramatically improve your healthiness, and can make your heart and circulatory system stronger.  And aerobic exercise also converts at stored in your body into ernergy.  And reducing your body fat can help you control your cholesterol also.