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Advantages Of Skating
When you think of fitness and getting in shape, your mind probably almost immediately wanders to the well-known methods of weight loss. Going to the gym, walking, swimming, running, cycling, and yoga are most likely to be the things to come to mind.
However, one popular sport to lose weight and get fitness levels up is often overlooked, and that’s roller skating.
Yes, that’s right; the sport that you usually associate with rolling down the palm-lined boulevards of LA and Florida can help you get fit today.
There are so many health benefits of rollerblading and roller skating it will surprise you. The extra-added bonus is that popular roller sports such as recreational inline skating, roller derby and speed skating are also fun!
The Benefits of Skating for Students
As the summer winds down and your kids go back to school, it’s important to make sure they stay physically active. Skating offers quite a few benefits for the mind as well as the body. Here are some of the ways that skating can help students as they head back to the classroom:
Stay active when going back to school.
Fun exercise – After a busy summer of swimming and playing other sports, some students have a hard time adjusting to the more sedentary days of the school year. Skating for exercise helps kids burn off extra energy, build strong muscles, and maintain a healthy weight.
Stress reduction – Skating is a great way to alleviate back-to-school stress, and it provides a welcome distraction from everyday worries. With a calmer mind comes improved sleep – a bonus for students of any age.
Endorphin release – Endorphins, the chemicals produced in the body during vigorous exercise, offer a natural way to regulate mood and to generate a feeling of well-being.
Memory and concentration – Numerous studies have shown that regular exercise benefits cognitive function not only in childhood, but also throughout every stage of life.
Self-esteem – As your kids build skills with practice at the skating rink, that sense of accomplishment can provide a confidence boost that carries over into the classroom.
To help your kids take advantage of the mental and physical benefits of skating, bring them to Skate World Leesburg, Lake and Sumter County’s only roller skating rink!
THE HEALTH BENEFITS OF ROLLER SKATING
When you think of roller skating, you might first think of very fit men and women cruising along a beach boardwalk in some glamorous, sunny location. At a glance, it may seem like these people skate because they’re fit. But the likelier possibility is that they’re fit because they skate
It’s a destroyer of calories.
Everyone’s looking for ways to get rid of fat. The average man is likely to burn about ten calories per minute while skating; the average woman is likely to burn about nine calories per minute. Add this up over the course of an hour of skating and you can unload anywhere from 300 to 600 calories. Even if you can only manage a half-hour of roller skating, that’s about 250 calories. Do that five times a week and you’re torching roughly 1250 calories.
It moves your body and is easy on your joints.
You don’t have to be an artistic skater to get a workout from roller skating, but it doesn’t hurt.As you roller skate, your arms and core balance your body while your legs and glutes move you forward. Keeping muscles strong and coordinated helps prevent injuries and keeps skaters active and limber as long as they stick with it.
The fluid motion of skating lets you enjoy movement similar to running and dancing without damaging your joints. The University of Massachusetts conducted a study and discovered that when it came to impact shock, skating caused less than half the damage to joints that running did.
So when done for the same amount of time, skating aerobically offers the same benefit as running, but doesn’t do the same amount of damage. That’s great news for skaters of all ages who may want or need to protect their joints.
It improves coordination, balance, and agility.
Some people have no problem keeping their balance, but for many it doesn’t come naturally. Balance affects walking and how a person does some things and plays certain sports. It’s important to have good balance, which cuts down on the energy expended for regular activities such as walking or sitting. It also helps reduce or eliminate fatigue. Since balance is so necessary for successful roller skating, even unsteady people will learn tricks and techniques to improve balance.
Roller skating is gentle on joints, making it possible for skaters of all ages to reap the health benefits of roller skating.What does this mean as far as parts of the body? A steady core is important to balance. Roller skating achieves this by forcing the use of lower back and abdominal muscles to stay upright and help you move forward and backward. Matching balance to leg motion improves coordination. Agility comes along on its own as you get stronger and more coordinated.
It makes your heart stronger.
Heart disease—which includes strokes, heart attacks, and other cardiovascular diseases—is a killer. It’s so prevalent in the United States that from coast to coast it’s the leading cause of premature death for both men and women. According to the National Heart Foundation, roughly 787,000 people in the U.S. die from heart disease each year. This is shocking enough, but thanks to the stresses we endure, heart disease continues on an alarming uptick.
Fortunately, roller skating has been recognized by the American Heart Association as aerobic exercise that’s effective at strengthening the heart. Research conducted at Germany’s University of Konstanz found that moderate roller skating increases a person’s heart rate to anywhere from 140 to 160 beats per minute. Skating at top speeds increases the heart rate to around 180 beats per minute. Keep your heart toned and help it help you. Go skating!
It improves endurance.
Roller skating is a workout for your entire body.Roller skating can boost muscle endurance as much as it does muscle strength. If you skate outdoors and add a few uphill climbs to your route, you train your muscles (and your heart) to function more efficiently. That means you’ll be able to skate farther and do other workouts without getting exhausted.
It’s great for cross-training.
Given all of the above, the fact that roller skating offers the same health benefits, calorie burn, fat burn, and leg development as jogging means that athletes who need a way to stay in shape during the off-season can grab a pair of skates.
It’s a mood booster.
How often do you see someone roller skating while unhappy? With the variety of music, lighting, health benefits, and social activity, roller skating is one of the most fun workouts you can get.
It’s a social activity.
Yes, social activity is a matter of health. Obviously, being with friends and family is good for your head, but social contact also boosts things like immune function. And in the context of being active, there’s evidence that having an exercise buddy increases your likelihood of sticking to a regimen. So if your friends suggest meeting up and sitting around, suggest going skating instead.
You can skate pretty much anywhere.
Are you in a rink? On the street? On a paved trail? Are you ever on any smooth surface at all? Well, you can skate there, so get to it (just make sure you have permission, if you need it)!
When You Don’t Have a Beach
The notion of skating along a beach boardwalk is a romantic one, but isn’t always doable. The good news is, for most people who don’t live in those sunny locales, it’s still possible to skate at a roller rink and get the same health benefits as the boardwalk cruisers. So strap on your skates and get fit
Requirement:
A good pair of skates
A skating skin-suit
Helmet
Wrist guards
Elbow pads
Knee pads
Exercise/Yoga mat for cool-down