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Ginger Detox Peach Smoothie

2 cups frozen peaches

1 lemon, peele

1 orange, peeled

1 inch piece of fresh ginger, peeled

1 apple, cored

1/3 cup frozen strawberries

1 cup cold water

2 cups ice

Cardio exercises are one of the best types of exercises that are important for strengthening the heart, and losing weight at the same time.

 Cardio is one of the exercises that depends on raising the heart rate, and it is considered one of the exercises that help build muscle or lose weight, and it also promotes health in general, here is everything you should know about cardio exercises, its benefits and types.

What are cardio exercises?

It is a physical activity by performing some exercises that raise the heart rate, which causes an increase in breathing, as it increases the amount of oxygen that enters through the lungs.

 Benefits of cardio exercise

1- Strengthen the heart muscle

Cardio helps to strengthen the heart muscle and improve its efficiency, which helps to reduce the incidence of heart disease, and protect against cardiac arrest, as it is also beneficial for heart patients.

2- Regulating blood sugar

People with diabetes can do cardio exercises as they help control blood sugar levels, as these exercises help increase the ability of muscles to use glucose.

3- Weight maintenance

Cardio exercise is a useful exercise for maintaining a healthy weight and burning extra body fat and calories, which helps to obtain the energy needed to lose weight.

4- Feeling better in everyday life

These exercises help you sleep better, and get rid of stress and anxiety that you may be exposed to as a result of various daily pressures.

As well as it helps moderate mood and improve brain health.

The most important types of cardio exercises

1- Ride a bike

It is considered one of the easy types that anyone can practice continuously, as it helps to burn fat that is found in the buttocks, legs and abdomen, and this exercise has the ability to burn about 300 calories from body weight.

 2- Running

It is considered one of the effective cardio exercises that help get rid of body fats, and it is possible to run steadily or run for specific distances, taking care to gradually increase the rate of running each time.

 3- Swimming

It is considered one of the types of cardio that helps to promote the health of the heart muscles and work to strengthen them, as well as useful for the muscles of the body in general, and it has a role in burning more calories, which helps to get rid of extra weight.

 4- Zumba

One of the good exercises that help to lose weight and strengthen the muscles of the body, and it is considered one of the fun exercises that women are especially keen to practice.

 Home Cardio Exercises:

1- Landing exercise

Landing is a type of home cardio exercise

 Stand up straight with support on the sole of the foot and you have to bend your right knee up to the level of the ankle, and the left foot is descended and rested on the toes with the ankle raised, and a step is taken back with the left foot and this exercise is repeated 10 times for each foot.

 2- Exercise of the bridge

A bridge exercise is a type of home cardio exercise

 You should lie on your back and extend your arms on the floor around the sides, and you should now bend the knees with the thighs raised up, and make sure to repeat for 10 times.

 3- The plank exercise

The plank exercise is a type of home cardio exercise

 To do this exercise, you have to lie on the stomach with the body elevated and resting on the arms and toes only, with the landing and rising up, and the exercise is repeated many times.

 4- Squat exercise

Squat is a type of home cardio exercise

 You have to stand up straight with feet apart, arms raised, and you have to go down slowly and rise slowly, and you have to repeat the exercise ten times.

 5- Jumping exercise

The jumping exercise is a type of home cardio exercise