James Huneke – Tennis is Fitness
James Huneke sees some important physical reasons for people to play Tennis. He understands that Your health, both mental and physical are greatly improved through tennis and James Huneke believes that the more people know about the benefits of tennis the more likely people are to play it. Some of the important physical reasons to play tennis:
- Aerobic fitness helps burn fat and improves cardiovascular fitness and helps maintain higher energy levels.
- Anaerobic fitness is great for the body. It provides activity in short intense bursts with a point or rest right after. This type of exercise helps the body use oxygen more efficiently.
- Helps bone strength and density by strengthening bones through exercise.
- Encourages good nutritional habits through recognition that the body needs certain levels of nutrition to perform the physical activities. The body will actually begin to crave those nutritious foods.
- Helps Eye hand coordination through the need to watch the ball for the right time to make contact while still moving the racquet to that point.
- Helps agility through making you changing direction with extreme frequency.
- Builds leg strength because of the many times you have to start running and stop running. It forces your muscles to really get a good workout.
- And many more reasons.
Recognizes all of these things and more which is why he highly encourages people to get out and play tennis. Many parks across the country have tennis courts and the only other equipment requires is a racquet and tennis balls. Making it an inexpensive sport to learn and very good for your long term health and fitness.