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Tennis for Quick Weight Loss
Many people think that quick weight loss is all about dieting yourself to death and depriving yourself of everything but steamed veggies. The truth is that you can still keep a fairly regular (read: a bit of oil and fat here and there) menu by incorporating fitness into an aspect of your lifestyle other than your eating habits. And the best way to do that is to take up sports.
Why Tennis?
First of all, tennis is a great cardiovascular activity. A match against an average tennis player should have you running all over your side of the court, and that’s no mean feat. Considering that you have to defend a space that’s 39 feet by 27 feet in size, you’re going to do a fair amount of running for a single match.
Even better is that tennis matches or a proper game between two evenly matched players will take at least half an hour. That’s about the amount of time it takes for your body to reach that optimum fat-burning phase during cardiovascular exercise. And because your physical exertion will definitely last more than half an hour, you’ll get the added benefit of the after-burn effect, or that window of time after exercise wherein you enjoy an enhanced metabolism.
While it’s true that dieting is effective for losing weight, sports can be just as effective a means for natural weight loss. With sports, you also have the advantage of toning your body and building up muscle while losing all that unsightly fat.