Latest research shows that playing football is better for health effects than jogging or lifting weights. Factor intensity and variation movements in soccer, such as kicking, running, herding, and spinning, making this sport is superior.

Research also states, soccer five-a-side (a team of five people) such as futsal is more benefit than the full-scale ball game. With a five-member team, the players move more swiftly prosecuted.

Football excellence revealed after Prof. Peter Krustrup and his team from the University of Copenhagen to review research and conduct studies on exercise. He said, the game stop-start nature and sustained in soccer can build long-term fitness as well as burn fat effectively.

Thus, a person’s risk of heart disease will be reduced because of this activity makes blood pressure and cholesterol down. Football is also a good way to lose weight, according to a study involving 50 scientists from seven countries.

“Football is better than weight lifting and just as good, if not better, than running because of its benefits for the heart,” said Prof. Krustrup.

Based on the results of research, he even claims to soccer can be recommended as part of the therapy of heart disorders such as high blood pressure.

“Football is stronger pergaruhnya against a number of cardiovascular factors such as oxygen uptake, cardiac function, blood pressure, cholesterol, and fat mass, compared to weight training and sprinting. Lack of movement is an important risk factor for heart disease, but a new thing that the sport fun like the football effectively treat high blood pressure, “he said.

One of the research studied 47 men with high blood pressure are asked to exercise for an hour twice a week for three months. Respondents were divided into two groups, namely the play ball and exercise run. Those who play ball tension was decreased by an average of the group fled.

Two groups underwent the same amount of weight, but the soccer group had decreased levels of cholesterol. Another study found that football also increases bone density two times larger than the run.

This research was due to be published in Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports. The researchers plan to conduct further study whether football is healthier than any other ball games, like basketball or volleyball.