Let's take a minute to note all of the wonderful health benefits of playing football. Football provides decent exercise to help increase your fitness and improve your well-being. Many people, young and old, join football clubs to keep active and have fun. Football can help you lose weight, build muscle strength, reduce your risk of heart disease, and lower your stress levels.
However, you can also get a concussion, sprain your ankle, tear your ACL, or dislocate your shoulder. (That's why I only play two-hand touch!)
If you're like me, you'll be watching football instead of playing football tomorrow. While you're not risking serious injury sitting on an armchair compared to those getting chased down by Troy Polamalu on the field, your body will still want a little more physical activity. No kidding, thanks to health.com, here are 30-minute halftime workouts that will help you release your football excitement. And here are healthy Super Bowl Foods you can have for your Super Bowl party.
In the spirit of the Super Bowl, health professionals at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center wrote an article about maximizing your health and safety in a football style. The article starts off by comparing your health goals to a football game by giving you a game plan for improving your health. One strategy suggests that you should "limit the opposing team in the red zone - keep your sodium intake to 1,500 to 2,300 milligrams a day." Then the article goes over how "you can satisfy your appetite on Super Bowl Sunday without looking like a Steelers lineman post-game" by making sure you "kick off the Super Bowl with a breakfast bowl." The Pittsburgh medical specialists also talk about the dangers of being surrounded by screaming fans as well as the costs and benefits of having your emotions attached to a football team. Basically, if your team wins, your mood should be pretty good.
Have a fun Super Bowl Sunday,
Your Sarasota Health Blogger
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