In the old days, water aerobics were only for senior citizens or patients in rehab. Nowadays, it encompasses a variety of trendy underwater sports, all of which are healthy. “The body has 90 per cent support when underwater. That means the joints only have to offer 10 per cent support,” says Theodor Stemper, a sports scientist at the Bergischen University in Wuppertal.

The buoyancy adds comfort and alleviates the pressure on the joints. “That lets a person participate in a lot of aqua-training, even if they are overweight or have never done it before,” says Stemper. Aqua-fitness is also great for pregnant women or people suffering from a joint injury. Read the rest of this entry »

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Soccer has always been known as a great alternative to jogging as a great form of exercise but a new study seems to show that Soccer is actually much better as a form of exercise than jogging.

University of Copenhagen sports scientist Peter Krustrup and his colleagues conducted their research on 37 men. The researchers strapped heart monitors to their chests and compared blood samples and muscle tissue before and after matches and jogging sessions. The men were split into groups of soccer players, joggers, and couch potatoes.

After 12 weeks, researchers found that the body fat percentage in the soccer players dropped by 3.7 percent, compared to about 2 percent for the joggers. The soccer players also increased their muscle mass by almost 4.5 pounds, whereas the joggers didn’t have any significant change

So why these results? Well I think that the excitement that people feel when playing a team sport helps but more importnantly to play soccer means to jog around some and sprint some and the faster-slower type exercise confuses you muscles and helps you get in a much better workout.

Do you agree? Now that winter is coming it would be a great time to look into one of those fun indoor soccer leagues.