Playing golf can get good shape
You can burn a great deal calories and lose weight by playing golf, proclaimed Dr Neil Wolkodoff PhD, a sports scientist and manager of the Rose Center for Health and Sports Sciences in Denver, Colorado who conducted the research. So what is new, you may question, since all golfers already knew that getting out there on the golf club, swinging the courses and walking through undulating ground throughout the game is more than just a leisurely stroll in the neighborhood.
Of course we already knew that playing golf demands muscle and mind coordination, focus and concentration, and the physical endeavor to play the game and that, naturally burn tons of calories. So who demands a athletes scientist to tell us something that we already knew?
Then again, it certain feels great to have an expert to confirm what we had already known, right? This is particularly so when the study revealed various interesting and very particular inferences about the value of golf as an exercise and the effects of different kinds of efforts on the golfer’s score.
According to the Associated Press article about the research’s findings, Dr Neil Wolkodoff recruited eight man amateur golfers with ages ranging from 26 to 61 and handicaps ranging from 2 to 17 for the experiment. The research subjects were fitted with several sensors and measuring equipment and then each played the front nine of a hilly Denver golf course various times over the duration of the research period.
During these 9-hole games, the research subjects varied their means of transportation such as walking and riding in a cart and also their means of holding the golf bag whether on a golf cart or on their shoulders or on a push cart or on the caddie’s shoulders. Theoutcomes of calories burnt(for nine holes) are as follows:
*Walking = 721
*Using push cart = 718
*Using caddie = 613
*Riding in a cart = 411
Distance walked while not riding in cart is 2.5 miles and riding in cart is half a mile.
This research came to the completion those golfers who walk 36 holes a week will burn around a immense 2,900 calories per week. This is above the common threshold of about 2,500 calories since numerous researches have displayed that people who burn 2,500 calories a week can better their entire health by lowering their hazard of heart disease, diabetes and cancers. For those who demands lose weight, you now know for assured that playing golf can support you to lose weight. This is truly splendid news for golf lovers all over the world!
The research also looked at the impacts on golf scores of various methods of transporting the player’s golf bag and the conclusions were just as exciting. They found out that the average scores of using a push cart is 40, using a caddie is 42, riding is 43 and carrying own bag is 45. Many eager golfers knew that walking the golf course is not only better for health but also better for your score. This is “thinking” when walking the golf course as the golfers see more as he/she visually takes in what lie ahead of them on the hole, has time to regard several choices and to imagine about club and shot selection. This research certainly scientifically verified it.
Walking the golf course with a push cart or with a caddie both produced lower average scores than riding in a cart. Walking while carrying one’s own bag gave the greatest average scores. This presumably has something to do with the extra physical exertion when carrying one’s own bag of clubs. So it causes the golfer to tire more rapidly and also raise instances of lactic acid build up in the muscles. When lactic acid expands, fine motor abilities diminish and fine motor abilities are what is required for the accurate motions of the golf swing.
So to critics who argue that golf as a form of exercise for losing weight is inferior to many other sports can now be debunked scientifically. Yes, playing golf can make you burn a lot of calories and in the long run, lose weight successfully. That is, you don’t go for a food binge and alcohol party after winning your game of golf.