Sunday, May 18, 2014

Advantages Of Spending Time At Lacrosse Camps

By Arline Bradley


More and more people today have become more conscious of their physical health. Some wish to look great in any outfit, some want to have a buff body. Some are at risk for serious health issues and are trying top avoid them. Every health conscious individual has his or her own reasons, and whatever they may be, staying in shape is an excellent hobby that may prolong your life.

There are, of course, numerous methods to stay healthy. You can enlist yourself in a gym membership and workout under the supervision of a fitness trainer. If you do not have the time nor resources for a gym, you can just jog in parks and track fields. You can go hiking, mountain climbing and biking. You can try out extreme sports. Or, you can join sports clinics including lacrosse camps to achieve your goal.

Lacrosse is now a very popular team sport that takes its origins from Canada. Research say that the game was probably started by the natives in 1100 AD and was already very much developed by the seventeenth century. Today it is played by shooting a ball in the goal opposing team by using special sticks to guide it inside.

Modern lacrosse take on four varying forms. These are the men and women categories, box lacrosse and intercrosse. In the male category the use if padding is a requirement, while it is not needed for the female category. The box lacrosse is on that is played indoors when the weather outside is not suitable for playing. The last form is the non contact variety of the game.

People play this sport for many different reasons, one is to being mentally healthy. This sport encourages the use of mental faculties to think of ways to win the game. Also, an hour or so of rigorous play is equal to a dose of antidepressant, according to experts. Playing will make your body release endorphin to allow you to be in a good mood.

Since lacrosse is a contact form of team sports, this will help you develop your social skills. You will have to interact wit people both in your team and in the opposing team. Camps are also good places to make new acquaintances and to extend your social circle.

This sport also helps you burn calories and keep your weight in check. You sweat out a lot from those hours of play. You move your entire body during the game. Indeed, this is like working out without feeling like working out. This is a good way for obese people to get rid of all those excess fats and become slimmer.

Once you get rid of all those fats, you start developing muscles. You do not have to lift weight and do crunches for a fabulous body, a game of lacrosse can reap you the same benefits for lesser pain and price. Since you move around a lot, you get to improve muscle strength even without all those expensive exercise equipment.

Indeed, joining camps and clinics are good and spendthrift ways to being healthy. Go ahead, choose the one that you like and join their camp activities. You do not only have fun, you also get healthy. Nothing is greater than that.




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