Did you know…Roller skating: - Burns up to 600 calories per hour?
- Is recognized by the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports as one of the top three activities in the nation for all–round fitness?
- Improves balance, strength, agility and endurance?
- Is twice as safe as a playground?
- Is three times safer than football or baseball?
- Is four times safer than basketball?
- Is five times safer than bicycling?
- Improves blood circulation throughout the lungs, heart, and other organs?
- Is great for girls who are hesitant to participate in school sports or other physical education programs? (63% of roller skating's 22 million annual participants are women!)
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