Badminton is a sport that integrates fashion, fitness and communication. Badminton itself integrates fashion, fitness and making friends, which is very suitable for urbanites. It's easy to communicate with your opponent for life. In developed countries, badminton is even a link to maintain interpersonal relationships.
There is a famous American saying: Now, if you only know how to play badminton, you already have the conditions for survival! ? According to the statistics of an American TV company, there are currently 34 million people playing badminton in the United States, which is equivalent to 15% of the national population.
Badminton can completely relax body and mind.
When you feel stressed, your body will naturally experience changes such as accelerated sweating, loss of appetite, insomnia and fear. Psychologists have found trivial and annoying problems, interpersonal relationships, heavy work requirements, idealized social expectations, unpredictable physical conditions and so on in daily life. May be the "source" of our stress.
Office workers have work pressure, students have academic pressure, young men and women have love problems and marriage problems, and the elderly have chronic disease pressure. How to relieve stress has become a big problem that puzzles modern people.
Research shows that proper exercise can improve physical fitness and enhance the activity of immune system. Therefore, choosing proper exercise and adequate rest is the best way to relieve stress and regulate immunity.
Badminton is one of the most effective ways to lose weight.
Can badminton lose weight?
We often say that badminton is played with the feet, which means to keep running fast or slow on the badminton court. Therefore, badminton is an endurance sport with aerobic metabolism as the main energy supply, and the energy consumed is mainly fat, which is very similar to jogging. According to statistics, the average amateur badminton player can run as far as 5000 meters in two hours of practice, and usually he won't feel too tired after one or two hours.
Statistics in Japan show that the average woman's fat content is 25% ~ 30%, while women who play badminton only have 15%!
In this sense, badminton is running, but compared with boring running, badminton has endless fun and is never tired of practicing. Even if you are addicted, it is difficult to give up and stay with you for life.
For weight-loss enthusiasts, we must abide by the principle of gradual progress, properly control the amount of exercise, persevere and persevere, in order to effectively and healthily carry out body shaping.
To this end:
(1) When playing on the court, control the intensity and quantity of exercise.
(2) Reserve appropriate time for each exercise.
(3) Determine a fixed number of exercises every week and stick to it.
(4) Generally, after I ~ 2 months of practice, you will lose weight obviously, but the speed of losing weight will slow down in the future. At this time, you must continue to practice and don't increase the amount of exercise.
(5) In the process of practice, we should analyze and deal with some special situations.
In addition, the muscles commonly used in badminton include quadriceps femoris, psoas, abdominal muscles, back muscles, shoulders and wrists. Badminton's basic movements such as serving, pumping, volley and high pressure can exercise the main muscle tissues of the whole body. For example, when hitting the ball, a series of actions, such as lifting hips, chest and abdomen, can exercise abdominal muscles, increase blood flow of capillaries and muscle cells, increase protein and glycogen in the body, thicken muscle fibers and make muscles more fit.
Badminton can effectively prevent and treat diseases.
Playing badminton regularly can effectively prevent and treat diseases. Research shows that regular exercise can reduce the risk of breast cancer by 20%, heart disease by 30%, diabetes by 50%, and make athletes healthy and live longer.
Playing badminton regularly can increase the heart and lung function of human body, increase the strength of bones and muscles, relieve tension and control weight. The most important and basic thing is that playing badminton often makes people feel good.
Stay away from the threat of breast cancer
According to the American nursing health study (nurse? A 20-year-long statistical study pointed out that exercising for more than 7 hours a week can reduce the prevalence of breast cancer by 20%.
Prevent heart disease
According to the New England Journal of Medicine, exercising for more than three hours a week can reduce the risk of heart disease by 35-40%: the American Medical Association also affirms that moderate-intensity exercise lasts for 30 minutes every day. Can maintain the health of cardiopulmonary function.
Stay away from Alzheimer's disease
According to the American magazine Nature, moderate-intensity exercise for more than 45 minutes three times a week is helpful for the elderly with silver hair over 60 years old to maintain good cognitive function. The most oxygen-consuming part of human body is brain nerve cells. Exercise can promote the activation of brain nerve cells, make the cerebral vessels strong again, and naturally prevent forgetfulness and dementia.
bring down the blood pressure
After middle age, blood pressure will probably rise, but playing badminton often can reduce hormone secretion (because hormones promote blood pressure rise), thus reducing the chance of blood pressure rise; Secondly, playing badminton will increase the secretion of taurocholic acid and lower blood pressure.
Prevention of arteriosclerosis
The unhealthy eating habits of modern people make the cholesterol and neutral fat in the blood abnormally high, and too much cholesterol in the blood can easily induce diseases such as myocardial infarction and cerebral infarction. Playing badminton for more than 20 minutes is helpful to decompose neutral fat in the body and reduce the cholesterol content in the blood.
Prevention and treatment of diabetes
Most of the causes of diabetes in middle-aged and elderly people are overeating, lack of exercise and excessive pressure. Restricting food intake, reducing the accumulated sugar in the body, supplemented by exercise, can reduce the blood sugar level in the body.
Avoid fatty liver
The researchers found that people who play badminton regularly have better blood circulation and higher metabolic function of the liver.
Prevention of osteoporosis
The older you get, the more bone loss, and the easier it is to have fractures or low back pain. Playing badminton regularly can effectively prevent osteoporosis.
Improve waist and shoulder pain
Usually, if you have a hunchback or bad posture, the shoulder blade muscles are too burdened, and your shoulders and waist are prone to stiffness and soreness. Playing badminton regularly can exercise the whole body muscles, naturally improve waist and shoulder pain, eliminate stress, help sleep and relieve depression.
Playing badminton regularly can improve the control state of autonomic nerve in the body, make the switch between sympathetic nerve and parasympathetic nerve more flexible, help to eliminate stress and make athletes fall asleep more easily. Besides, playing badminton regularly can enhance self-esteem, self-confidence and optimism.