Health Benifits of Skating
Main Health Benefits
- Have a more positive outlook on life
-
Turn flab into muscle
- Easier to breath
- Be able to think more clearly
- Be more physically
fit
- Improves Brain Functioning and Performance
Health
Benefits Study
Studies have shown that roller
skating provides a complete aerobic workout and involves all of the body's muscles, especially the heart.
Roller
skating is equivalent to jogging in terms of health benefits-caloric consumption, reduction of body fat, and leg strength
development.
Roller skating is recognized and recommended by the American Heart
Association (AHA) as an aerobic fitness sport.
Just one hour of moderate roller skating burns 330 calories for
a 143-pound person. If that same person roller skates vigorously, he or she will burn up to 590 calories in an hour.
The number of calories burned per hour while skating at 6 mph is 350 and 600 while skating at
10 mph.
According to a study conducted at the University of Massachusetts, in-line skating causes less than 50
percent of the impact shock to joints compared to running.
If someone roller
skates one day, bicycles another, and swims or runs on another, the person will be getting all the fitness benefits that aerobics
can offer.
According to Dr. Carl Foster, associate professor of medicine at the University of Wisconsin Medical
School, in-line skating as a form of exercise is as beneficial as running or cycling. (Information from International Inline
Skating association)
During a 30-minute period, on the average, in-line skating at a steady, comfortable
rate expends 285 calories and produces a heart rate of 148 beats per minute. (Information from International Inline Skating
Association )
Regular skating not only burns about 6 calories a minute, or 360
calories an hour, but also turns fat into muscle - a double benefit. For best result, it is recommended that you skate on
a regular basis. That's easy to do in our climate controlled facility. Remember that the faster you skate, the more calories
you'll burn.
