70 Examples of Aerobic Exercise

John Spacey, July 07, 2021

Aerobic exercise is the use of your large muscles in a light to moderate way such that you can meet your oxygen needs for an extended duration of time. This can be contrasted with anaerobic exercise such as weight lifting that uses massive amounts of oxygen in a short time such that it can't be sustained for long. Aerobic exercise is considered a foundational type of exercise that puts your entire body to work including important systems such as your circulatory system. The following are activities are considered aerobic exercise.

Animal Care	Badminton
Baseball & Softball	Basketball
Bicycling	Boxing
Brisk Walking	Canoeing
Capture the Flag	Cross-Country Skiing
Cutting Grass	Dancing
Diving	Dodgeball
Fishing (walking etc..)	Football
Frisbee	Gardening (heavy yard work)
Golf (brisk walking)	Gymnastics
Hiking	Hopscotch
Housework (moderate to heavy tasks)	Hula-Hoop
Ice Hockey	Inline Skating
Jogging	Jumping Jacks
Jumping Rope	Kayaking
Keep Up	Kick Ball
Lacrosse	Martial Arts
Mountain Biking	Mountaineering
Paragliding	Physical Occupations (e.g. construction)
Playing Outdoors	Ringette
Roller Skating	Rowing
Rugby	Running
Scavenger Hunt	Shoveling Snow
Skateboarding	Skating
Skiing	Snorkeling
Snowboarding	Snowshoeing
Soccer	Squash
Stair Climbing	Swimming
Table Tennis	Tag
Tennis	Throw & Catch
Track & Field	Trampolining
Using Crutches	Volleyball
Water Aerobics	Wheelchair Racing
Windsurfing	Wood Chopping
Workout Routines	Wrestling

Some of the activities above are only aerobic exercise if they are done in a vigorous way. For example, light table tennis isn't particularly aerobic but an intensive match would qualify.