An activity cost is the amount of energy required to perform the given movement. It was once determined bowling for a continuous hour produces a caloric expenditure of 288 for the average 160 pound individual. It was also scientifically derived bowling has a metabolic rate of 3.5. Interpretation of this measurement reveals bowling requires 3.5 times more effort than the normal resting metabolic rate. Coaches, this is a little physiological ammo you can keep the next time someone challenges our sport.
All sports require physical effort translating into work.
Bowling, no different from other sports in this respect, also demands sport specific physical exertion. Numerous combinations of muscular contractions generate the movements required to produce the aesthetically pleasing smooth roll of a bowling ball. These same muscular contractions equate into calories burned, energy expended and kinetic and heat energy created. Particularly strong muscular force is required throughout a bowler's push away, approach, pivot step, forward armswing, release, follow through and finish position. Avid bowlers often adhere to exercise training and nutrition guidelines similar to other sport and recreation enthusiasts.