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A few weeks a go you might remember, I wrote a post about how the best 4 movers in men’s tennis are also the 4 most successful players in tennis today. Yet again, the top 4 of tennis shut-out the final 4 places to reach the semi-finals of The Aussie Open. You may also remember…
Speed, agility and tennis (and their relationship) are some of my favourite aspects of my work (and play). In top level men’s tennis, it seems crucial to having the best movement ability (acceleration and agility) to reach the top of the game. In my humble opinion, the top ten movers in men’s tennis are: Novak…
After nearly three weeks of re-charging the batteries it was back in the gym this week. The main goals for my gym work are to increase muscle mass, reduce body fat, increase strength and power, condition for tennis and minimise the likelihood of injury. This week, my workouts were as follows: Tuesday – Pushing Patterns…
In the first part of this blog-post, I discussed how important a pre-workout stretching and mobilization routine is in the base conditioning phases of training. However, As the training becomes more intensive and moves into maximal strength, power or speed training, then this type of pre-stretching can be detrimental. If a muscle is stretched beyond…
So why has Djokovic got so much quicker? Firstly, if you have a food sensitivity, it creates inflammation in the gut. Inflammation in the gut will cause a reflex inhibition of the core-abdominal musculature. A lack of core function will create instability in the joints and reduce strength, speed and power. Removing the offending foods…
