What’s the single most important thing that you will need to do if you wish to stay healthy? Well, different people would give you different answers, but most people would have to say that exercise ranks high on this list. That’s right, the closest thing that we have to a miracle drug right now is exercise. It improves our health in many different ways, and it cuts down the risk of us catching diseases. But how much do you need to exercise, and, more importantly, in what way do you need to exercise in order to get the biggest bang for your buck?

Well, if there was one thing that we’d recommend you to do when it comes to exercise, then it would have to be cardiovascular training. Now, most everyone has had a time in their lives when they were hurrying somewhere, perhaps walking fast or running. Well, cardiovascular exercise is no different from this – you will need to sustain an effort for no less than 20 minutes at a time in order for it to be effective.

And there are various ways in which you can do cardiovascular exercise. You could start things off by riding a bike. This is an excellent idea for those of you that are worried about the state of your joints that will bear the impact of every step if you walk or run. Cycling uses the joints in a circular motion and there is no direct stress on them – you won’t need to pound them against the concrete in order to have a great workout.

Of course, this is not to say that running is harmful. On the contrary – running is also one of the best activities that you could do in order to slim down and lose weight, and in order to get healthy. The best thing about these activities is that you could modulate their intensity as you see fit. It’s best that you find your own level of intensity – and the best way to measure this for it to be tiring you out, but for you to still be able to speak in full sentences while doing it.

And if you implement a cardiovascular exercise into your training regime, you will see that your energy levels improve and that you’re getting healthier by the minute, every time you go for that run or for that cycling sessions.

If you wish for a bit more utility of your training sessions – then we suggest you find a Muay Thai training camp in Thailand. This will not only teach you on the basis of self-defense – but it will also help you have a hard cardiovascular exercise session. Think you could last 5 rounds in Muay Thai sparring? Muay Thai with punches and kicks make you so tried in 10 minutes. In either way, you will find out that this is not really the easiest thing to do in the world. Your heart will have to work very hard during these sessions, and this will help it grow stronger and more powerful. And in the end, you will be healthier than ever before.