Play football beneficial than lifting weights

The researchers conducted a series of studies and found that the movements during the exercise football game, including kicks and turns, the best in its intensity and range. In this play indoor soccer when each team playing a total of five people, more useful than a full-blown football, as this includes active players in the game and held a full workout. An international team of scientists conducted a series of studies designed to study the effect of different sports to health. In attended fifty scientists from seven countries. They found that football is most useful in terms of prevention of heart disease.


Professor Peter Krustrup (Peter Krustrup) from the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, who was a member of the research team, said that the nature of the game ensures long-term support of fitness and helps burn fat. The game of football, as well as all kinds of outdoor physical activity - immediately put basketbolnыe schytы! - Helps reduce the risk of heart disease by lowering blood pressure and cholesterol levels, and helps to lose weight. "So playing football is more useful than lifting weights, and at least just as useful as the run" - concludes Dr. Krustrup. He also said that football can be a part of the treatment for the correction of certain health problems such as high blood pressure. This is indicated by the results of one study, which was attended by 47 men with high blood pressure. They were divided into two groups: the first group was asked to play football for an hour twice a week for three months, the second group - in the same mode of exercise jogging. It was found that although men from both groups lost the same amount of weight in football players also decreased cholesterol levels, which did not happen in the second group.
"Football affect many cardiovascular risk factors - such as the level of oxygen consumption, heart function, blood cholesterol, blood pressure and thickness of the fat layer. This is his advantage over the running and weight training - he explains. - It is well known that physical activity itself is a good way to prevent cardiovascular disease. However, what team sports such as football, are themselves associated with positive emotions are useful for the prevention of hypertension, it was news to us. "