Bowling is not only just a fun and competitive game, but it also has numerous health benefits to offer to whomever wishes to play consistently on a daily basis. The average bowler will walk 6/10th's of a mile in a 3 match series. Although the game is restricted to a small area, your constant movement while playing helps burn excess fat. You're exercising your legs while walking back and forth between the lane and the scoring table, and working the rest of your body as you lift and swing the bowling ball down the lane. Now, according to mayoclinc.com, which was recognized as the best hospital in the nation for 2014, an adult weighing about 200 pounds can burn up to 275 calories during an hour of bowling. Bowling does help speed up your metabolism which will therefore slim you down a bit.

Not only does bowling speed up the metabolism, but it also helps to strengthen and tone certain muscles in your body. While bowling, your body and arms receive a weight-based workout. As you swing the bowling ball, the repeated flexing, bending, twisting and stretching that occurs tones your shoulders, arms, chest and leg muscles.If you have ever bowled for a long period of time, you'll notice that these muscles are sore as you're walking away from the bowling alley.  Your muscle tone, strength, balance and joint flexibility are strengthened and improved. Your hands, forearms, and wrists get a great workout from bowling. Just the act of gripping the ball alone helps strengthen your hands. An average bowler using a ball that weighs 16 pounds swings a total of 864 pounds in a three-game series, which is more than one-third of a ton.

Just like all exercise, bowling comes with the benefits of lowering your risks of stroke, heart attack, diabetes, it will increase your bone density, it will improve circulation, lower cholesterol levels and blood pressure, and helps your body utilize oxygen better. Really try and get out to bowl once or twice more a week. Bowling does not just help physically either, but psychologically and emotionally as well. Approximately 2 million bowlers socialize and bowl together each week in leagues throughout America, according to The Bowling Foundation. Bowling leagues and teams allow you to meet fellow players, spend time with old friends and converse between turns. Finding companionship through bowling leagues and teams can ease loneliness in the elderly and others who live alone, reducing stress and depression. Social relationships around shared interests such as bowling can strengthen the heart muscles and increase longevity. Bowling is all around an amazing sport. Get out and get playing!

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