Fun fitness facts about Racquetball

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Fitness Facts
• Racquetball offers both aerobic and anaerobic
benefits, with both sustained
high-level heart rate activity and quick
burst of energy required during play.
• Racquetball works nearly every muscle
group, including sustained, repetitive
use of large muscles that increase calorie
burn and reduce fat percentage.
• The average number of calories burned
during racquetball play ranges from 640/
hour to 794/hour.
• Racquetball players work at a constant
rate of 75 to 85% of their maximum
heart rate for the duration of a typical

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game.
• An average game will take 20 minutes,
during which a player will run a distance
of approximately 3,650 feet – or over
two miles in one hour!

game.
• An average game will take 20 minutes,
during which a player will run a distance
of approximately 3,650 feet – or over
two miles in one hour!