It seems that weight loss is foremost in many people’s minds nowadays. A lot of people I know are either trying to lose weight or at least trying not to gain any. Some of my friends have already taken up different sports and one of them is considering ping pong. According to him, table tennis is a great way to lose weight. By playing only 15 minutes of table tennis, you could burn around 105 calories already. If you continue regularly playing this sport for twelve months, the calories that you burn will be equivalent to around 11 pounds of body fat. It makes me want to have my own table tennis table too.

Just like most sports, table tennis does not only help you lose weight, you also get a lot of extra health benefits like improved circulation, strengthening of leg and arm muscles, and increased energy levels. Keeping up with a sport will also increase your metabolism so that the long term effect of weight loss is more permanent; you do not have to worry too much about gaining the weight back. I hope my friend will be successful at his weight loss goal. Maybe if table tennis works for him I just might take it up too.