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Sat, May 17, 2008

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2 men boxingThis post is about the 10 healthiest sports around the globe. Forbes did a research to find out what the healthiest sports were. Even though they did this research, I find it a bit hard to find it on their website. So, to make it easier for you to read, I named all the sports with their ratings in a clean and reasy to read list. Enjoy the list.

Squash

Cardio respiratory endurance: 4.5
Muscular strength: 3
Muscular endurance: 5
Flexibility: 3
Calories per 30 minutes (517): 5
Injury risk: 2
Overall score: 22.5

Rowing

Cardio respiratory endurance: 5
Muscular strength: 4
Muscular endurance: 5
Flexibility: 3
Calories per 30 minutes (302): 2
Injury risk: 3
Overall score: 22

Rock climbing

Cardio respiratory endurance: 1
Muscular strength: 5
Muscular endurance: 4
Flexibility: 5
Calories per 30 minutes (475): 5
Injury risk: 2
Overall score: 22

Swimming

Cardio respiratory endurance: 4.75
Muscular strength: 3
Muscular endurance: 5
Flexibility: 3
Calories per 30 minutes (345): 2
Injury risk: 3
Overall score: 20.75

Cross-country skiing

Cardio respiratory endurance: 5
Muscular strength: 3.5
Muscular endurance: 5
Flexibility: 3
Calories per 30 minutes (345): 2
Injury risk: 2
Overall score: 20.5

Basketball

Cardio respiratory endurance: 4
Muscular strength: 3
Muscular endurance: 5
Flexibility: 4
Calories per 30 minutes (302): 2
Injury risk: 1
Overall score: 19

Cycling

Cardio respiratory endurance: 4
Muscular strength: 3
Muscular endurance: 5
Flexibility: 4
Calories per 30 minutes (431): 4
Injury risk: 1
Overall score: 19

Running

Cardio respiratory endurance: 5
Muscular strength: 3
Muscular endurance: 4
Flexibility: 1.5
Calories per 30 minutes (431): 4
Injury risk: 1
Overall score: 18.5

Modern Pentathlon

Cardio respiratory endurance: 4.5
Muscular strength: 3
Muscular endurance: 5
Flexibility: 3
Calories per 30 minutes (264): 1
Injury risk: 2
Overall score: 18.5

Boxing

Cardio respiratory endurance: 3.5
Muscular strength: 3
Muscular endurance: 5
Flexibility: 2
Calories per 30 minutes (302): 2
Injury risk: 2
Overall score: 17.5

To be honest, I didn’t think half of these sports would be in the list but as you can see, they are. Did you think some of the sports would have made it to this list or as you as surprised as I am?



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1 Comments For This Post

  1. The Masked Millionaire Says:

    We had our first 100 degree day today so I don’t think I will be running. However, a rowing machine seems to be a good way to go. Might add it to the tread mill that we have in the sun room.

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