Simply through the act of playing, tennis provides the ultimate cardio workout. Unlike football or baseball, tennis doesn’t require an entire team for you to enjoy all of the benefits it has to offer. When you’re focused, your brain wills your body to do an amazing combination of sprinting, jumping, stretching, and contorting, all in an effort to get your racquet on that fuzzy yellow tennis ball before it bounces a second time. The thrill and pleasure you experience upon executing a shot correctly motivates you to want to do it again and again.
Because you’re ultimately executing all the strokes by yourself, you’re also exhausting a lot of energy… which translates to a demanding but gratifying workout.