I never actually played the sport until eight months ago or so and I'm still amateur level nowhere as good as I'd like to be, but this amazingly social sport is so fun that I'm willingly giving up a day or two at the gym or running in favour of playing badminton once a week. And now I wonder how on earth did it sneak up on me and becoming a great part of my active life?
Remember my active goals I mentioned (making time to work out 3 times weekly and maintain a compelling variety) well badminton fits my bill perfectly. Some of the benefits are:
- Improves mental alertness and reaction time
- Builds up cardiorespiratory fitness, bone and muscle structure
- Increases the levels of HDL good cholesterol
- Heart rate and blood pressure gets a workout as well
All that while you have fun bonding with friends and family, and it's so easy to pick up after a few rounds in the game! A big shout out to my close friends and family who shares and enjoys this as much as I do, thx guys.
Increases the levels of HDL good cholesterol? Damn... You really are getting a little too obsessed with being in shape ;-)
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Basically every cardiorespiratory fitness (football, tennis, basketball etc) have that effect. Long time since we played - dust off your badminton rack it's time for a rematch!! :-)
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