Top 10 Health Benefits of Fencing
By Health Fitness Revolution (https://www.healthfitnessrevolution.com/top-10-health-benefits-fencing/)
Fencing is an elegant modern sport that has been enjoyed by people around the world since the middle ages. It’s a challenge both physically and tactically between two opponents that resembles fencing in the 18th century. Using weapons called foil, epee, and saber- fencers score points by hitting one another on designated areas on the body while moving back and forth on a long strip. It’s one of the fastest Olympic sports so keep up with these top 10 health benefits of fencing!
- Strength and Endurance: Fencing involves intense footwork to keep distance with the opponent, requiring speed and flexibility. Since fencing bouts involve many attacks and counterattacks, a fencer needs peak muscular endurance to avoid becoming fatigued before even getting a point.
- Increased Anaerobic Fitness: Fencing is an explosive start/stop sport where periods of high intensity activity are interspersed by short periods of recovery. Fencing will help develop the body’s ability to perform activity independent of oxygen consumption. As the body’s anaerobic fitness improves, it can work harder and for longer before lactic acid builds up in the muscles and forces them to slow down or stop.