Pickleball
A low-impact and injury-friendly racket sport that can not only maintain an elevated heart rate, but also helps control and/or improve many of the risk factors for heart disease, hypertension, stroke, and heart attack. (720 calories burned per hour)
Snowshoeing
More heart attacks happen in winter, so opt for an easy-to-learn, low-impact exercise like snowshoeing that’s perfect for the cold temperatures. It may seem like just walking, but it’s also a unique way to achieve cardiovascular fitness, expend energy, and reduce your chance of heart disease. (568 calories burned per hour)
Hip-Hop Dancing
This type of dancing is great for improving heart health. It will not only challenge your body and brain as you learn rigorous choreography and form, but it also engages major muscle groups to increase heart rate. (465 calories burned per hour)
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Mixed Martial Arts
A martial arts workout can help improve circulation, lower your blood pressure, stimulate the body, and train cardiovascular endurance – all thanks to striking combinations, heavy bag hitting, and gaining techniques through constant repetition. (679 calories burned per hour)
Ice Skating
It’s important to keep your body moving to keep your heart healthy, especially during the colder months when risks are higher. Ice skating works for nearly every muscle group in the body, improves movement and joint flexibility, and is great for cardiovascular health because it gets the blood pumping and the heart rates up. (500 calories burned per hour)
Get active and we hope to see you soon in the sports fields and on the dance floor getting healthy while having a good time.
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