People may not immediately think about this sport when considering how to stay active, but they should!
Badminton might be a great substitute for your typical workout regimen if you want to branch out and take a break from the gym.

It offers a heart-pumping workout, several health advantages and may be played both socially and competitively. 
In addition to increasing longevity and improving mobility, badminton also encourages heart health and physical activity for people of all ages and abilities.

1. Playing Badminton is a Total-Body Workout
   
   Playing a game of badminton will help you burn about 450 calories each hour as you lunge, dive, run, and get your pulse racing.
   The various motions engage your entire body, including your hamstrings, quadriceps, calves, and core, to give you a strong cardio exercise. 

This sport also improves cardiopulmonary function (the interaction between the workings of the heart and lungs), which means you will be more fit. Finally, you will sweat, which helps eliminate toxins from your body while maintaining a high metabolic rate.

2. Badminton Helps to Improve Heart Health and Function
   
   A healthy heart is necessary to ensure that your body functions properly. Badminton lowers 'bad' cholesterol, which can clog your blood arteries, while improving the levels of good cholesterol.
   As a result, the risk of hypertension (high blood pressure), heart attack, and stroke is reduced. 

Badminton can also help those with pre-existing cardiac issues (ensure you take proper medical advice).

3. Increased Mobility and Flexibility
   
   As we age, our mobility becomes increasingly limited. We may avoid this by ensuring that our joints are lubricated by maintaining our exercise routine and being active. It also reduces the chance of arthritis and other joint problems.
   Flexible muscles also help improve how well you can move your joints and that's why flexibility is an important component of mobility. 

It's difficult to move a joint if the muscles and tissues surrounding it are too tight the more you move, the more flexible you get, and moving swiftly and swinging the racket quickly is vital while playing badminton.

This enhances flexibility while also assisting athletes in gaining muscle strength and endurance. As you travel from place to spot to guarantee you return the shuttlecock, playing badminton can automatically increase your agility without you even realizing it!

4. Improves Your Mental Well-being
   
   Regular physical exercise of any kind helps to unleash our natural feel-good happy chemicals - endorphins. As a result, we may minimize melancholy, anxiety, tension and stress.
   Because exercise stimulates endorphin production, these neurotransmitters have also been linked to better mood and sleep. Badminton is also a social sport since players talk to one other and rally in singles or doubles. This is especially useful in fighting loneliness among senior gamers.

Badminton is a fun and adaptable activity that may fit into your hectic schedule:

5. Badminton Increases Concentration and Reflex Action
   
   There is no question that a sport like badminton increases a player's focus.
   Unlike a well-rehearsed gym session or a swim, which can practically be done on autopilot (not always a bad thing), playing badminton requires you to keep your wits about you at all times! 

It is competitive and fast-paced, and requires you to react to an opponent, which boosts the speed with which your brain reacts and improves reflexes. Intelligence is also strengthened since players must plan ahead of time and consider how to fool their opponent.

6. Badminton Increases Bone Density

Bone density declines with age, and several disorders contribute to this.
The good news is that impact can help enhance bone density, and the body will experience some impact while playing badminton - via the hands, wrists, and arms when striking the shuttlecock and through the feet, ankles, legs, and spine while hopping about.

Badminton is an excellent activity for elderly individuals and those wishing to strengthen their bones and avoid fractures since it has lower impact than squash and tennis, making it a suitable compromise for those unable to play quicker, more high impact sports.

7. A Great Way to Socialize
   
   One of our favorite aspects of badminton is how sociable it is! We recommend 30 minutes of exercise five times a week for adults.
   Some of us may be guilty of not getting enough physical activity because of increased home and work demands. 

Badminton is a fun and adaptable activity that may fit into your hectic schedule. Courts are available for rental during the day, nights and weekends. You may also utilize your workout to socialize and catch up with friends and family or you can go to an open session and meet and play with new people!

8. Suitable for Children!

With youngsters becoming more computer aware, they are turning to smart phones, tablets, and television for amusement. It might be challenging to convince your children to go out of the house and participate in physical exercise outside of school.

Bringing them to a badminton session will allow them to learn about the value of health and fitness while also learning new abilities. You'll also be able to enjoy a great time as a family! Check out our articles. 

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