| According to Cardiologist Dr. Edward A. Palank, | | | | benefits that come free with your Green Fees. If |
| "walking the golf course lowers low-density lipoprotein | | | | you carry your own clubs, and walk the entire |
| (LDL) cholesterol levels, while leaving high-density | | | | course, you can expect to burn as many as 500 |
| lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol alone."Then there's the | | | | calories per game. But even if you drive around the |
| report from a Swedish Medical study that found Golf | | | | course, you can burn at least 200 calories for your |
| provided the equivalent of "40 to 70% of maximum | | | | efforts. Just make sure that you don't put them all |
| aerobic power" which is the equivalent of a 45-minute | | | | back on when you reach the 19th Hole!Hand-in-hand |
| aerobics fitness class.All of a sudden, playing Golf | | | | with the benefits of weight loss comes the additional |
| makes a lot of healthy sense. It especially makes | | | | benefits of muscle exercise and toning. In fact, Golf |
| sense for those people whose work and lifestyles | | | | is one of the few low-impact exercises that work |
| lean toward the more sedentary.So, how does | | | | most of the body's major muscle groups including:* |
| playing a round of Golf accomplish all of these major | | | | abductors * adductors * biceps * deltoids * dorsi * |
| medical miracles? For starters, just being outdoors | | | | erectors * extensors * flexors * gluteals * |
| generates healthy responses from your body. | | | | hamstrings * infraspinatus * internal and external |
| Exposure to sunlight prompts the body to | | | | obliques * latissimus * pectorals * quadriceps * |
| manufacture Vitamin D, and it signals the brain to | | | | rhomboids * subscapularis * supraspinatus * terses |
| release certain endorphins which actually lift your | | | | minor * trapezius * tricepsAnd even if you've never |
| spirits and enhance your mood.But there's a lot more | | | | heard of half of those muscle groups, you body |
| going on behind your putts and drives than just good | | | | knows exactly where each of them are located, and |
| moods and a dose of Vitamins. According to the | | | | it thanks you very much for taking the time to |
| August, 2005 issue of the "Harvard Men's Health | | | | exercise them frequently.So there you have it. Not |
| Watch", the average golfer walks at least four miles | | | | only is golf both fun and addictive, but it's an |
| during an 18 hole game, and that walk not only | | | | excellent way to take care of your heart, body, and |
| provides a great workout for your heart, but it helps | | | | mind all at the same time!Richard Myers is a keen |
| to lower your blood pressure as well. Of course, if | | | | golfer and his web site and contains many free tips |
| you're driving your cart around those 18 holes, then | | | | and great golfing advice plus training videos and |
| the heart-health benefits are greatly reduced.Weight | | | | DVDs to help you to improve your swing and lower |
| loss and weight maintenance are two more health | | | | your score using some very simple exercises. |