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Improving aerobic fitness
Aerobic fitness is integral to successful sports performance and to maintaining good...
Aerobic fitness is integral to successful sports performance and to maintaining good health. But what sort of exercise should you be doing to develop your aerobic fitness? This unit will help you to answer this question by introducing you to principles of aerobic exercise prescription.
By the end of this unit you should be able to:
- begin to identify exercise prescriptions aimed at increasing aerobic fitness.
- Duration: 2 hours
- Published on: Wednesday 27th July 2011
- Level: Introductory
- Posted under: Sport and Fitness
Improving aerobic fitness
Introduction

Aerobic fitness is important for sports performance and health, but what sort of exercise should you be doing to develop your aerobic fitness? This unit will help you to answer this question by introducing you to principles of aerobic exercise prescription.
This unit is an adapted extract from the Open University course Introduction to sport, fitness and management (E112). [Tip: hold Ctrl and click a link to open it in a new tab. (Hide tip)]
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