Cardiorespiratory fitness

What is Cardiorespiratory fitness? 

Cardiovascular fitness is the ability of the heart and lungs to supply oxygen-rich blood to the working muscle tissues, and the ability of the muscles to use oxygen to produce energy for movement. 

  Why we need cardio respiratory fitness???? 

Cardio fitness measures how well your body can perform a rhythmic, dynamic activity at a moderate to high intensity for extended periods of time. While cardio exercise is great for burning calories and losing weight, it also improves your cardiovascular fitness.

What type of exercises are used in cardio respiratory fitness?? 
There are two  type of exercises are used in cardio-respiratory fitness program. 
1. Aerobic exercise 
2. Anaerobic exercise 
3. Flexibility exercises 
4. Strengthening exercises 

Phases  for aerobic exercises-
Warm up, 
Conditioning, 
Cool down. 
Warm up - it is only for 10 minutes and includes jogging, jumping, walking. 
Conditioning - it includes conditioning exercises with treadmill or cycle ergo meter and with specific protocols eg. Bruce protocol. Its only for 10 minutes with bouts. 
Cool down phase - After  conditioning start cool down phase. It includes 10 minutes only slowly reduction of the speed of running on treadmill. 
2. Flexibility exercises - To improve flexibility various types of stretching are used eg. Active and passive stretching. 
3. Strengthening exercises - various modes of strengthening are used 
We can use doumbls, resistance band, resistance tube etc. 

What are the benefits of cardio-respiratory fitness programme?
Following benefits are shown -
1.Improve strength, endurance, power of the muscles of cardio-respiratory and peripheral muscles. 
2.Improve aerobic capacity 
3.Reduction of the body wait 
4.Improve health 
5.Reduction of the psychological stress 
6.Increase exercise tolerance capacity 
7.Improve performance 
8.Reduce risk for coronary artery disease 

What are the precautions? 
It is a fitness program but take some precautions - 
Osteoarthritis  conditions 
Uncooperative conditions
Unstable hypertension
Unstable angina 
Arrhythmia 
What are the Indications of fitness program?? 
It includes following indications - 
Obesity patients to reduce weight 
Cardiac patients to modify symptoms  
Athletes to improve performance 
Peripheral vascular disease.
What are the criteria to decide the fitness program?? 
Risk stratification and prescription is it decides according to ACSM guidelines 
And prescription of frequency, intensity, time, type, volume, it should be according to risk stratification and exercise testing.