The Farmer’s Carry What it is: Carry heavy objects from point A to point B. Rest. Repeat. What it does: Basically works all of the muscles of the upper body. The arms, shoulders, and traps must isometrically contract to keep the weight up. Grip strength is challenged. Resistive forces from the core must be applied
There has been a lot of talk on the forums lately about endurance and being able to perform late into matches. I thought I’d 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,
Fluids and You Well, it’s 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
Energy Systems and Work to Rest Ratios Michael La Monica, BS, CSCS Tennis involves both aerobic and anaerobic components of fitness and each has different modes of training. The difference between aerobic and anaerobic lays in the fact that aerobic uses oxygen for energy whereas anaerobic does not. Your aerobic component uses type I muscle
