Aerobic Table Tennis – Part 1

Aerobic Table Tennis –  Part 1

There are few who believe that table tennis is bit of a dry sport like most of the other indoor games but Steve Rowe had just the answer to that when he came up with the idea of Aerobic Table Tennis.

Staying fit and healthy has always been the first objective for everyone and a lot of efforts are required to maintain a healthy and good looking body.

Oscar Award winner Susan Sarandon showed up at the Spin New York event holding the racket [table tennis paddle] as she admits that she loves playing table tennis.

Steve Rowe coaches in West of England as he comes up with the innovative idea of combining the sport with the latest physical exercises. He said “I was trying to think of ways to get more females involved in table tennis, so I looked at what females like to do for exercise in general.”

He researched on the matter and came to the conclusion that women are mostly into Yoga or Aerobics and the idea of Aerobic Table Tennis came into being. It has now been made part of the Wigan Sports Development Active Women Project.

It has already been known that playing table tennis helps in burning a lot of fat and according to a famous website about.com, playing the sport helps burn a significant amount of calories.

Playing table tennis just for the sake of knocking the ball or one can say the beginner’s level burns about 200-250 calories per hour.

If the sport is played a bit fast including the smashes and stepping around then the amount of calories burnt increases significantly.

It is believed that one can burn about 400-600 calories per hour by playing table tennis at an advanced level.

People have always been using the sport of table tennis to reduce calories for the purpose to remain fit but there was no typical term for the act. Aerobic Table Tennis seems just the right combination of them all as it combines the best of everything.

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