Are you stuck for something to do this winter?
Monday, January 11th, 2010
The Heart Winter Ice Rink accommodates a huge rink with a separate area for the little ones allowing fun for the whole family!
Ice skating offers all kinds of health benefits for every type of person, whether you're a professional skater, a student, a retiree or a toddler. Ice skating can be fun and a great form of exercise at the same time. Like walking, running and swimming, ice skating is an aerobic exercise and provides positive effects on your cardiovascular health. Ice skating is a low impact exercise and unless you do jumps whilst skating it isn't so hard on your joints unlike running for example. It makes heart muscles healthy and can protect against coronary artery disease and heart attacks.
Recreational ice skating can also aid weight loss as one is able to burn 250 - 810 calories per hour according to the U.S Figure Skating Association webpage. Whereas competitive skating obviously uses up more calories, at 450 - 1080 per hour, so just illustrate, a 68kg man running for 5 miles burns as much calories as a man skating continuously for an hour. So, head on down to the Bournemouth International Centre and get your skates on!
