Susan turns to ping-pong for fitness

Los Angeles: Oscar-winning actress Susan Sarandon has taken to playing table tennis to keep herself fit and has become a great fan of the sport. The `Stepmom` star, who has started playing ping-pong at her local gym, is in awe of the fact that anybody can play the sport, OK! magazine reported.

"I love the whole idea that it crosses all age barriers. You can have little girls beating muscle-bound 35-year-old men. And you can play it until you die. We have members that are really, really good that are in their 80s, and little tiny seven-year-olds that come in and kill everybody," said Sarandon. The 63-year-old actress also loves the fact that it is an egalitarian sport enjoyed by people of every gender. "It`s one of the few sports I can think of where girls and boys and men and women are on the same plane. We have a tournament every Friday we play for money, so we play really hard. I love that it`s fast, and fun," she said. Despite her enthusiasm, Susan admits she`s not the most talented player and gets her thrills from creating a good atmosphere when everyone plays. "I`m not good. I`m more of a ping-pong propagandist than a ping-pong player. I like to make the atmosphere for people to play," said Sarandon. PTI