There has been a lot of talk on the forums lately about endurance and being able to perform late into matches. I thought Iâd take the opportunity to address some frequently asked questions and hopefully give you a game plan for taking your endurance to the next level. We all want to be able to
Today I want to discuss one of the most important and often overlooked aspects of getting and staying in shape: motivation. It seems to me that this is one of the hardest things that we need to overcome in order to maintain this wonderful organic machine that we know as the human body. By now,
It's time to wrap up our earlier conversation about Olympic lifting and how we can incorporate it's elements into our tennis fitness regiment. Today we'll look at one of the most complex lifts and break it down into smaller elements that we can more easily apply to our own routines. Why Learn the Clean and
What are some images that come to mind when you hear the words âOlympic Weightliftingâ? Big, barrel chested men in unitards, chalk flying everywhere, meaty guys in the gym lifting dangerous amounts of weight, or maybe just thoughts of that time in high-school when you tried to squat a heavy load and the plate fell
The lowly push-up, long regarded as simply an exercise for guys that just received a high-and-tight haircut and now have to call everyone "sir", or a simple, P.T. type movement that doesn't really do much. I want to revisit the push-up and hopefully give you some different looks at this old, dusty standby that will
We've been having some good discussion on the forum about stretching, so I wanted to write a follow up article about some stretches you can incorporate into your on-court warm-up before the serious hitting starts. You can thank John in Real Life for this supplement, as he recommended I put up some pre and post
How important is stretching to you? Probably ranks right up there with going to the dentist or cleaning out your gutters, right? I have to admit that the idea of stretching, putting my body into uncomfortable positions and producing pain for myself is not my idea of fun. Now, how important is flexibility and preventing
Fluids and You Well, itâs Australian Open time and that means watching the top men and women players in the world playing tennis down under in Melbourne, Australia. With the south Pacific being on the other side of the globe from us, they are now experiencing summer, which can be notoriously hot in Australia. While
Let's have a little chat today about the core - what it is, the role it plays in exercise, and how we strengthen it. Recently in the fitness world, "Core Training"Â has been a new an popular phenomenon. Entire workout programs have been developed, countless exercise videos and devices have been fashioned, and the American
I want to have some discourse today on the topic of plyometrics. You've probably heard the word before and may even know that it involves exercise, but may not know any details past that. I am in the gym at least three days a week and I can tell you that I rarely if ever
