Dragonflymagic answered Saturday March 21 2015, 3:33 am: I've never heard that basketball is the best way to be fit. Each sport or physical activity uses a certain set of muscles more than others. As far as good for your heart, any physical activity that keeps your heart rate up for 30 minutes straight is a good thing for your heart. But as for overall toned muscles, you may find that strictly one activity like basketball may only tone certain muscles. I found this out when I was younger and used to play on a woman's local soccer team. I felt I was really fit. then after the season ended, I went to doing some other things, among them, aerobic dance and with the pre dance toning stretches plus the actual dance, I found myself having all sort of sore muscles after wards that apparently weren't used in soccer. The same happened with other physical activities. So do a variety of things you like for exercise. That way you don't get bored with one, it's more fun and you get an overall better workout of more muscles. [ Dragonflymagic's advice column | Ask Dragonflymagic A Question ]
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