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Aerobic exercise is any exercise that increases the body’s use and flow of oxygen —aerobic means, literally,
“with oxygen.” The increased oxygen demand is what causes the familiar increase in heart rate and breathing.
Many types of exercise are aerobic. Whether or not a particular exercise is aerobic often depends on how it is
performed. Generally, aerobic exercise is exercise of moderate intensity done for a relatively long period of time.
Jogging several times around the track at a reasonable pace? Aerobic! Jogging full‐out so you can’t carry on even
a small conversation with your running partner? Not!
Anaerobic exercise
Exercise that causes the body to incur an oxygen debt —exercise that is anaerobic, “without oxygen”—
shuts down the lymphatic system and will make the body more acidic. Without sufficient oxygen—in
anaerobic conditions—the metabolic process shifts from respiration to fermentation, and the more toxic
lactic acid is formed and expelled into the tissues. The classic example of anaerobic exercise is weight
lifting (especially when you tend to hold your breath). But anytime you exercise to the point where you
are gasping for oxygen, you are doing anaerobic exercise—even if it’s a type of exercise we tend to think
of as aerobic. Cycling? Generally aerobic! Cycling up long hills? Anaerobic!
Anytime you do any kind of exercise to the point of exhaustion, you have crossed the line into anaerobic
exercise. That is, anytime you feel exhausted, and have soreness or pain in your muscles—that’s the
lack of oxygen talking. When you feel that burning sensation in your muscles, you are over exercising.
Your muscles are exhausted, and they are not getting enough oxygen. More serious exercise exhaustion
can give you tightness in the throat, reduced peripheral vision, light‐headedness or dizziness, and, at the
extreme, feeling faint, weak, or ready to pass out.
Formula you can follow in order to monitor your heart rate for keeping an eye on your maximum aerobic
capacity is
180 minus your age (if you are extremely fit, you can add 5‐10 to the resulting number).
Example: 180 ‐50 (your age) = 130, your maximum heart rate during exercise in order to stay
aerobic
Nowadays it is easy to get simple heart rate monitor which is incorporated in various affordable
wearable devices like ‘Fitbit’.
Lactic Acid
Any metabolic acid can cause aches and pains, but lactic acid is the one usually causing the aches and
pains you feel during and after exercise—the muscle aches you get after a tough or unaccustomed
workout, for example. Lactic acid is very toxic. It is always found in greater concentrations in the body
wherever there is irritation, inflammation, or pain (as well as in and around cancerous tumors). And it’s a
sign your cells are primarily breaking down to release needed electrons for increased demands for
energy. The waste product of this cellular breakdown is increased amounts of an acid known as sugar.
When your body accesses electron energy from fat, however, twice the amount of energy is
released—and just half the acid waste as compared with obtaining electron energy from carbohydrate or
protein. Proper aerobic exercise —paired with a proper alkaline diet—allows your body to access
electrical energy in the form of electrons from fat. You’ll increase your electrical energy, strength, and
endurance and move acids out of your body at the same time!
If at any point you do feel pain or discomfort while exercising, stop immediately and hydrate with an
electron‐rich alkaline green drink or good alkaline water to restore alkalinity and to increase your reserves
of electrons.