By Brigitte Lessard 
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 August 7, 2025 
 
 🏓 Could Sports Be the Holy Grail of Youth?                                                      (Or Just the Best Excuse to Wear a Bra That Could Double as Body Armor?)                                                                                                            Let’s talk about aging.                         Not the “wine gets better” kind — the “why did I just pull a muscle putting on socks” kind.                                                      When I turned 60 this year, I had a moment. Not a crisis — more like a WTF whisper from the universe:                                                      “Hey, remember when you used to be competitive, athletic, fierce?”                                                      Yeah. I remembered. Vividly.                                                      I was an athlete.                         Hockey, tennis, soccer, fastball — I didn’t just play sports in my 20s, 30s, and early 40s. I competed. I trained. I had calves that could crack walnuts and a confidence that could crack glass ceilings.                                                      Then came:                         💍 Marriage                         👶 Kids                         🦠 A pandemic                         💔 A divorce                         (Yes, I collected the full set of adulting milestones.)                                                      And somewhere in the shuffle…                         I stopped playing.                                                                                                            🥒 But Then… Pickleball.                                                      Yes, pickleball.                         The name is ridiculous.                         The game is revolutionary.                                                      It’s like tennis and ping pong had a baby — and that baby saved my life.                                                      I started playing.                         Then I started loving it.                                                      Pickleball reignited something in me.                         It got me moving, sweating, laughing, trash-talking, and yes — feeling young again.                         Not “I’m 25 and invincible” young, but “I’ve survived some serious sh*t and still look good in a skort” young.                                                                                                                         Recently, I played with a                                              mother-daughter duo                                               — the mom was                                              89 years old                                               and absolutely                                              crushing it                                               on the court. She had style, sass, and a killer forehand. And I thought:                                              If this is what aging can look like... SIGN. ME. UP.