If you want to live a longer and healthier life as well as look leaner, you need to add cardiovascular exercise — that’s anything that gets your heart pumping — to the mix. Resistance training will help to strengthen your muscles and bones, but only by combining it with aerobic activity will you really be able to reveal a leaner and more defined physique. Running, swimming and cycling are classic cardio workouts, but brisk walking, cross training and indoor rowing all count. “Cardio exercise improves the health of your heart and lungs, reducing risks for heart disease, cancer and strokes,” says the personal trainer Dalton Wong. “It works in tandem with strength and flexibility training for producing maximum physical benefits and helps with stripping away
