Take Rodger Federer for example. He was into 40s still playing tennis at the top level. Tennis in particular seems absolutely brutal to body. Not only does it require you to hit the ball million times a day over and over again the same movement.
But it requires extremely fast change of speed and direction of your movement. I mean chasing the ball to the left and sliding or sliding to the left and suddenly realizing the ball is going to the right, aborting the slide and sliding to the right.
How do athletes like these keep their ankles, knees and hips healthy. I’m 24 and feel like my knees were done almost 5 years ago.
I wanna know what they do, how do they excercise and what drugs and shots they take.
In: Biology
They stay strong and healthy BY being athletes. Being an athlete in a sport which is hard on your body does not degrade your body, it is actually the opposite.
Take powerlifters for example: people 50+ years old who have been lifting weights for most of their life are very strong and healthy, Mike Burch, for example, is 72 years old and deadlifts over 500lbs.
Studies have shown that people who lift weights have bone density up to 10x the average.
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