Is table tennis an aerobic exercise?

Nowadays, more and more people like to do sports. Among the many sports, more people are willing to choose aerobic exercise. However, people are not very clear about the boundaries of aerobic exercise. They don’t know what is aerobic exercise and what is non-aerobic exercise, or they only know some aerobic exercises. Some people may also wonder whether table tennis is an aerobic exercise? Now let me introduce to you what aerobic exercises are.

In table tennis, while improving physical fitness in an all-round way, it also cultivates people's spirit of bravery, tenacity, wit, decisiveness, and hard work. When participating in activities, both success and failure will be experienced. The more times you participate, the higher your psychological endurance will be. You also have to observe your opponent's tactics and try to figure out their tactics, so your psychological quality is exercised.

You will meet a lot of friends while playing table tennis, and they may become your good friends, so you can increase your friendship. We can exchange experiences, compare skills, learn from each other, improve together, establish good interpersonal relationships, and develop well in terms of physiology, psychology, and social adaptation.

Table tennis can greatly enhance the functions of the human body's circulatory and respiratory systems. Exercise can make the myocardium developed and powerful, increase heart capacity, increase stroke volume, and increase the elasticity of blood vessel walls. These changes are very beneficial to middle-aged and elderly people and can reduce the adverse effects of cardiovascular diseases. Playing table tennis is a sport suitable for all ages, and the movements are very simple. Playing table tennis for a long time can develop muscles, improve physical fitness, and make you less likely to get sick.

Long-term table tennis exercise can not only make the upper limbs, lower limbs and waist and back muscles developed and strong, and the joints more flexible and stable, but also correspondingly improve the body's speed, strength, body flexibility and coordination, making the body stronger and more energetic. At the same time, it exercises the respiratory muscles, increases lung capacity and improves respiratory function.

When playing table tennis, you will think about how to catch the ball, how to make the opponent unable to catch the ball and so on. Your brain will keep working, which can promote blood circulation in the brain, supply the brain with sufficient energy, and has a good brain-enhancing function. When athletes are exercising at the table, the brain has to think, analyze and synthesize the information from the eyes and ears in a short period of time, mobilizing the visual and auditory sensory organs, motor centers and muscles throughout the body to work quickly. Long-term practice can greatly improve the reaction speed and comprehensive coordination ability of the nervous system.

Table tennis may seem like a sport that requires very little exercise, but it is actually very physically demanding, because it not only requires arm strength but also requires coordination with the movements of the feet, which requires our leg strength. I hope that everyone can learn more about table tennis through the above article.