Fun Exercise Ideas: Badminton
Badminton is a racquet sport. It is played by 2 or 4 players, taking positions on opposite sides of a rectangular net. The object of the game is to score points by striking a shuttlecock with your racquet so that it passes over the net and hits the ground on your opponent’s side.
Each game is played up to 21 points. A match is usually the best of 3 games.
Exercise & Calorie Burning Potential:
A great advantage of badminton is that unlike ball sports the shuttle is unlikely to cause much damage or get lost very easily. This enables you to play the sport in a lot of different places from your backyard to the local park and even the beach.
It’s also a pretty nice exercise. 1 hour of badminton burns:
Badminton, Competitive
At 130 Pounds - 410 Calories
At 155 Pounds - 490 Calories
At 190 Pounds - 600 Calories
At 225 Pounds - 720 Calories
At 250 Pounds - 790 Calories
Badminton, Social
At 130 Pounds - 270 Calories
At 155 Pounds - 320 Calories
At 190 Pounds - 390 Calories
At 225 Pounds - 460 Calories
At 250 Pounds - 510 Calories
So if you’re playing socially and burning 350 calories/hour-3 hours/week, this will result in:
350 x 3 Hours x 52 Weeks = 55,000 Calories Burned in a Year (16 lbs., 7 kg. lost)
Equipment Needed For Badminton:
1. Racquets:
2. Shuttles:
3. A Net:
Next Step:
Learning the basic techniques of badminton is pretty easy. Simply whack the shuttle on the nose with the racquet (without hitting your hand) and try & get it to the other side of the net.
Keep the rules of your game as simple as possible in the beginning and concentrate on having fun. If you find that you’re really enjoying the game and would like to go further in it check out this series of free video lessons to learn more about the rules of badminton.
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