AEROBIC EXERCISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does aerobic exercise mean? 

• AEROBIC EXERCISE (noun)
  The noun AEROBIC EXERCISE has 1 sense:

1. exercise that increases the need for oxygen

  Familiarity information: AEROBIC EXERCISE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AEROBIC EXERCISE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Exercise that increases the need for oxygen

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

aerobic exercise; aerobics

Hypernyms ("aerobic exercise" is a kind of...):

cardiopulmonary exercise (exercise intended to strengthen the circulatory system)

 Context examples 

Subjects were randomized to 12 months of aerobic exercise or stretching and toning.

(Aerobic Exercise Slows Cognitive Decline in Adults at Risk of Alzheimer's, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The study also found that aerobic exercise increased expression of one specific gene associated with greater oxygen capacity.

(Molecular Response of Muscle to Different Types of Exercise Identified, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Cognitive function improves with aerobic exercise, but not for people exposed to high levels of mercury before birth.

(Brain benefits of aerobic exercise lost to mercury exposure, NIH)

During aerobic exercise, the rapid consumption of ATP leads to use of the proton gradient to make more ATP, increased electron transport to regenerate the proton gradient, increased oxygen consumption, and increased activity of the Krebs cycle and glycolysis to supply high energy electrons to drive electron transport.

(Electron Transport Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

As the researchers examined the studies, they discovered that older adults who did aerobic exercise by itself experienced a three times greater level of improvement in cognitive function than those who participated in combined aerobic training and strength training exercises.

(Aerobic Exercise May Mildly Delay, Slightly Improve Alzheimer's Symptoms, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Both aerobic and stretching may prevent or slow cognitive decline, according to the researchers, but aerobic exercise had more benefits on reducing hippocampal shrinkage than stretching.

(Aerobic Exercise Slows Cognitive Decline in Adults at Risk of Alzheimer's, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

This study begins to characterize some of the molecular changes that happen in muscle tissue following different types of exercise, specifically resistance exercise (lifting weights), versus that of aerobic exercise (in this study, cycling).

(Molecular Response of Muscle to Different Types of Exercise Identified, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

But MRI and PET imaging showed those who did aerobic exercise had slower degeneration in the hippocampus than those who did flexibility training.

(Aerobic Exercise Slows Cognitive Decline in Adults at Risk of Alzheimer's, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The study found 48 unique genes following aerobic exercise, and 348 unique genes following weight lifting, that were differentially expressed, meaning the exercises made the genes more powerful or less powerful, like a dimmer switch on a chandelier.

(Molecular Response of Muscle to Different Types of Exercise Identified, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

A new study suggests that regular weekly aerobic exercise may slow or prevent cognitive decline in older adults who are at a high risk of developing Alzheimer's.

(Aerobic Exercise Slows Cognitive Decline in Adults at Risk of Alzheimer's, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)