Pickleball’s Surprising Health Benefits

Pickleball is the fastest growing sport in the US, not only because it is super fun, but also because research increasingly shows it has a number of benefits for physical health, brain health, and mental health. In this video, we will review a study involving a 6-week intervention of playing pickleball for one hour per day, 3 days per week. Remarkably, even this small amount of physical activity had an impressive impact on risk factors for heart disease -- hypertension (high blood pressure), LDL and HDL cholesterol, and VO2 max, which is a measure of cardiorespiratory/aerobic fitness.

00:00 Intro + Risk factors for Heart Disease
00:50 Study Background, Methods, Measured health parameters
01:40 Findings
02:00 Significance for heart disease risks
02:35 Significance for physical activity guidelines
03:45 Significance for mortality risk
04:10 Study Limitations
05:10 Cute dog moments
05:28 Key Takeaways