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What is Cardio?
Aerobic exercise that raises heart rate to improve cardiovascular fitness.
In context
Cardio is a key concept in training. Aerobic exercise that raises heart rate to improve cardiovascular fitness. Knowing what it means — and how it connects to the rest of your training — turns it from jargon into something you can actually use in the gym.
Nishaana is built around ideas like this: it tracks the numbers behind them automatically, so the theory shows up as real progress in your logbook rather than staying abstract.
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Common questions.
What does cardio mean?
Aerobic exercise that raises heart rate to improve cardiovascular fitness.
What category does cardio belong to?
Cardio is a term from training in strength and fitness training. Browse more training terms in the Nishaana glossary.
Why does cardio matter for training?
Understanding cardio helps you train and program more deliberately — it is one of the ideas that separates guessing from a real, repeatable system.
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