The Benefits And Advantages Of Badminton
This racket sport, both fun and very physical, is attracting more and more people. Badminton is in fact the Olympic discipline which has undergone the greatest progression since 2000 in terms of number of licensees! And that’s a good thing considering its many health benefits. Let’s discover the health and well-being benefits and advantages of Badminton.
What are the benefits and advantages of badminton on human health?
Badminton is a racket sport accessible to everyone, regardless of age, level or physical condition. We can easily adapt the court according to the audience, using a half court for example for the most beginners.
Lightweight blades, featherweight rackets, badminton is undoubtedly the racket sport that works the most on agility, reflexes and precision. Players must constantly analyze and anticipate the trajectory of the shuttlecock and position themselves correctly according to it.
Lively, fast, explosive and extremely enduring, it is a health sport par excellence, which enormously strengthens the cardiovascular system.
In addition to the physical health aspect, badminton is also beneficial for mental health and well-being. It helps reduce stress and anxiety, promotes concentration and helps improve mood. Played with 2, 4 or 6 players, it is also valuable for strengthening social bonds! Badminton is therefore a complete and fun activity, beneficial for both the body and the mind.
What parts of the body and what muscles does badminton work?
Badminton is a sport that uses all the muscles of the body more or less intensely, allowing for overall muscle strengthening. The muscles of the lower body, in particular the thighs and gluteus maximus, are probably the most used because footwork is very important: you have to constantly move around the field to get under the wheel.
The arms, for their part, are of course still in action, but less than in tennis or squat for example, due to the lightness of the racket (90 g) and the shuttlecock which minimizes physical effort on the arms. Badminton players do not have big muscular arms, because the movements are very fast and fluid. To handle the racket with precision, it is mainly the muscles of the forearm, wrist and hand that work.
Is playing badminton effective for weight loss?
Similar to interval type sports training, due to the alternation of rhythm on the court, badminton allows you to quickly draw on fat reserves, which makes it quite effective for weight loss.
Badminton can also help prevent weight gain by strengthening muscle mass. Let us remember that muscle is the body tissue that consumes the most calories. For the same weight and height, a more muscular person will burn more calories than a less muscular person, even while sleeping!
How many times per week ?
Practicing two to three times a week is ideal, whether to benefit from the health benefits of badminton, or to progress effectively in competition. But any physical activity is good to take, and doing badminton once a week for someone who is sedentary will obviously be beneficial for their health!
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I hope you enjoyed this little overview of the benefits and advantages of badmington and found it useful. Comment down below what you think of this sport. Would you try it? Or share with us your tips to smoothly get into it!
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