Benefits of soccer revealed

A FRIENDLY game of soccer works off more fat and builds up more muscle than jogging, a study has found.

Benefits of soccer revealed

Danish scientists, who conducted their research on 37 men, also found the soccer players felt less tired after exercising than the joggers because they were having more fun.

The researchers strapped monitors to their chests and compared blood samples and muscle tissue before and after matches and jogging sessions.

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