What are the benefits of badminton to the body?

Badminton is a common sport in life. Both men and women can play this sport because badminton can exercise every part of the body. However, before playing badminton, you must prepare the necessary equipment, especially shoes. If the shoes are not suitable, it is easy to sprain your ankle. So the question is, what are the benefits of badminton to the body?

1. Playing badminton makes you more “sharp-eyed and quick-handed”

In fact, the reason why playing badminton can make people "quick-eyed and quick-handed" is very simple: when playing, both players have to observe the opponent's racket swing and the high-speed flying ball frequently. The eyes closely follow the high-speed flying ball, and the ciliary muscles of the eyes will constantly contract and relax, which greatly promotes the blood circulation of the eye tissue, thereby improving the function of the ciliary muscles. Long-term exercise can improve a person's visual acuity and the reaction ability of the eyes. For ordinary badminton enthusiasts, especially the middle-aged and elderly people and those who overuse their eyes, if they can persist in playing badminton, their visual sensitivity will be significantly improved.

2. Playing badminton can help you lose weight

Whole-body exercise not only strengthens the heart but also helps lose weight. Playing badminton requires athletes to constantly move their feet, jump, turn and swing their rackets on the court. It is a whole-body exercise. Therefore, it can increase the strength of the upper limbs, lower limbs and waist muscles, speed up the exerciser's blood circulation throughout the body, and enhance the functions of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems. According to statistics, the heart rate of high-intensity badminton players can reach 160~180 beats per minute, the heart rate of moderate-intensity players can reach 140~150 beats per minute, and the heart rate of low-intensity players can reach 100~130 beats per minute. Long-term badminton exercise can make your heartbeat stronger and more powerful, and increase your lung capacity.

At the same time, badminton is also suitable for people who want to lose weight. In badminton, you need to constantly use the strength of your wrist and arm to hold and swing the racket, and you also need to fully move your ankle joints, knee joints, hip joints and other parts, so it is a good exercise for the muscles and joints of the whole body. Moreover, in the process of picking up and catching the ball, you will constantly bend over and raise your head, which also fully exercises the muscles in your waist and abdomen.

3. Warm-up exercises for playing badminton

Be prepared to relax as well. If you don't warm up sufficiently, you can get injured easily; if you don't relax after playing, it will make it difficult to relieve your fatigue, which will not only affect your work the next day, but also cause excessive fatigue and make you lose the desire to exercise again.

Warm-up: The time should not be less than 10 minutes. Jogging, stretching the legs, rubbing the joints, and stretching the muscles in various parts of the body are commonly used methods. The purpose is to make all the joints of the body move and make the body sweat slightly.

Relaxation activities: The duration should not be less than 20 minutes. Both people can relax each other, or they can relax on their own by pressing, stepping, shaking and other techniques to relax the leg and arm muscles.

Traditional Chinese medicine says that playing badminton requires athletes to constantly move, jump, turn, and swing their rackets on the court. It is a whole-body exercise that can increase the strength of the upper limbs, lower limbs and waist muscles, speed up blood circulation throughout the body, and enhance the functions of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems. At the same time, badminton is also very suitable for people who are losing weight. In badminton, you need to constantly use the strength of your wrist and arm to hold and swing the racket, and you also need to fully move your ankle joints, knee joints, shoulder joints, hip joints and other parts, so it is a good exercise for the muscles and joints of the whole body.