adjective
aerobic
air-OH-bik/eˈrəʊbɪk/
Using oxygen to sustain biological activity.
The adults sustain their aerobic exercise with a brisk jog through the park.
Etymology
The air-and-life elements originally described organisms that require oxygen to live. The exercise sense extends this oxygen requirement to physical activity that can be sustained.
In context
It gets released abundantly when we are doing aerobic training, when we're running, when we're cycling for long distances, but also gets released when we do resistance training.
More examples
- Brisk walking is a familiar form of aerobic exercise.
- The lab compares aerobic and oxygen-free growing conditions.
- Her aerobic workout keeps her heart rate raised for twenty minutes.
Forms
aerobically adverb — By using oxygen for biological activity.
Similar words
- oxygen-dependent
- Specifically describes a process or organism that requires oxygen.
- cardiovascular
- Describes the heart and blood vessels or exercise benefiting them.