“Tennis is great for cardiovascular health, agility, and coordination,” she said in an interview published in late August. “It’s multidirectional, which keeps joints and connective tissue engaged. But it’s still primarily aerobic and doesn’t provide the mechanical load needed to stimulate muscle hypertrophy or significant bone remodeling.”

While Patel stated that ankle weights are good for elevating the workout, the doctor also said that it might not be enough.

“Ankle weights are a fun way to add low-level resistance to daily movement, but they won’t trigger the same adaptations as structured strength training,” Dr. Pinkey Patel said. “Listen, by 55, sarcopenia, which is fancy for age-related loss of muscle, can accelerate, and bone density can decline 1% or more each year. The only proven way to counteract both is progressive resistance training.”

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