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Healthy squash Sport is ranked as the fittest of them all
But, according to Forbes magazine, squash the game is the healthiest sport an individual can undertake better than rowing, rock climbing, swimming, cross country skiing or basketball, all runners-up in the scheme of fitness.
Not taken into account is the sheer fun of standing inside a room, about the size of a large bedroom, and hitting a little ball as hard as is physically possible.
Regulation squash, as is played now, involves playing in an enclosed area that is 21 feet long and 18.5 feet wide, has no ceiling (one difference from racquetball), and a thin piece of tin stuck to the front wall that makes it nearly impossible to play a "quick" game.
And now, said Craig Bennett, teaching pro/manager of the Squashworks Utah's only designated squash playground the introduction of a softer, squishier ball in recent years has upped the level of play.
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Of a possible five points, squash scored 4.5 for cardiorespiratory endurance, 3 for muscular strength, 5 for muscular endurance, 3 for flexibility and 5 for calories burned in 30 minutes (517). In rating injuries high, so-so and low it scored a 2 or so-so. Total points: 22.5.
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