Discovery Channel :: News - Technology :: Soccer Burns More Fat Than Jogging
Posted On 9/24/2007 8:16:03 AM by TriFatlete
Soccer players burn more fat, build more muscles and have more fun, finds a study.
There's a new slogan for weight-watchers: Burn it like Beckham. A friendly game of soccer, a new study has found, works off more fat and builds up more muscle than jogging.
Danish scientists, who conducted their research on 37 men, also found the soccer players felt less tired after exercising than the joggers because they were having more fun.
"This is good news for men who prefer to play football with their mates," said Gary O'Donovan, a sports medicine expert at the University of Exeter who was not connected to the study.
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