Golf, a very healthy sport for everyone

Are you a golf fan? If you are, you have probably experienced before the excellent feeling of relaxation this sport provides. If you have never tried it, we recommend you to do it, because not only is golf a sport that has had an endless number of people hooked, but it also has multiple benefits for your health, as listed below.

No matter your age, golf can be your ideal sport. It provides entertainment and relaxation, as well as other very positive effects on your body and mind.

If you thought that golf was a sport only for adults,you were wrong. The amount of benefits it offers for both children and teenagers is countless. Besides fighting the sedentary lifestyle that threatens younger people nowadays, it is a sport that exercises patience and improves concentration, due to the technique it requires. Moreover, the long walks outdoors it involves help relaxing body and mind, while the production of endorphins improves self-esteem. Besides, the practising of golf helps younger people increase flexibility and motor coordination.

Finally, golf has a wide impact on the emotional development of this age group, because it provides values as friendship, it makes team games more usual, it improves decision-making and is perfect for playing with your family and for strengthening bonds.

In addition to what has been said above, adults and older people can also get huge benefits from this sport. Not only is the practice of golf a fantastic way to enjoy a day outdoors and get some fresh air, but it also contributes to delay aging and keep you young and strong for a longer time.

The practice of golf helps losing weight, keeping a good blood pressure and heart rate, and raising levels of good cholesterol (HDL). Besides, it is a very efficient method to prevent osteoporosis and diabetes, because it helps levelling glucose levels.

Without any doubt, the best thing this sport provides is a good outdoor therapy, where you can socialize and share pleasant moments with other players in a natural environment. Either if all the benefits of golf have convinced you, or if you want to keep enjoying your favourite sport, we recommend you to do so at the wonderful LanzaroteGolf where, besides keeping fit, you will be able to enjoy the incredible views of the island and the Atlantic Ocean, as you walk through its more than 6,100 metres of length, built on natural slopes. Besides, to get the most out of its 18 holes, the resort offers the possibility to hire electric buggies, electric or hand trolleys and clubs,or receiving golf lessons for all ages and levels, so that all members of the family can feel the great benefits golf provides for body and mind.

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