You may hear the high impact or low impact exercise, where both can help for calories burning and improve the health of heart. But let's see the difference between both of them.
Well the basic is all about intensity when you're doing the exercise of course.
Low impact like its name, it's done with lower intensity while high impact is the opposite.
Both method can be your new cardio for burning calories and aim for the fit of body.
If you are still confused about doing method above then proceed and understand about the term.
With low impact this exercise "requires" one of your leg to stay on the ground, just like walking.
Low impact exercise is often become the recommendation for the beginners, people with weight issue and those who got problem with their bones health.
Meanwhile high impact involve type of movement like jumping.
Its intensity is of course high where your movement depend on how fast you move or the muscle power.
Next is the training type of specific thing you do, where low impact don't overwhelm the joints, thus it's suitable for people who don't want to risk their joints.
The exercise in this group can include swimming, walking, Yoga, Pilates and bicycling.
Meanwhile with high impact exercise they may give pressure significantly to your knees and ankle.
Some exercises or activity that can be included inside this group are basketball, running, and soccer.
Both method should help the progress for weight loss, since the benefits for burning the calories.
However feel the high impact give more effect for the calories burning.
While you do the practice, it's normal if the heart can pump more blood faster for the extra calories burning.
Certainly you can feel the faster impact from running compared to walking.
Another next difference you can see is the benefits for body health.
Low impact exercise activity like Yoga and swimming can improve your flexibility, as well as the joints without giving pressure on them.
On other hand high impact exercise can improve the bone density which is crucial totally against osteoporosis.
Moreover, the "ability" from high impact exercise for more in burning the calories, and on faster rate.
Of course the chance for injury is also higher compared to slow or less intense exercise.
Considering how you may push body and overwhelm the muscle and joints.
As the consequence, it's not recommended for those who have issue with their legs, or those with overweight problem.
Next question is which one should you perform?, when both of them actually give benefits with its pros and cons.
If you just recovered from injury then you don't want to suffer with again, so try the low impact exercise as your priority.
But if your target is to burn the calories more than your ordinary activity, then go with high impact exercise with the selected exercise you like.
For optimal result people can also use the combination from both of method above, especially for the weight loss.
