As well as a personal trainer in London, I’m a big fan of tennis, both to play and to watch. I love following the fortunes of the world’s top ten, and there’s been a lot of ‘changing of the guard’ in the last couple of years, with the retirement of Roger Federer, the near-retirement of […]
It’s the second Monday of Wimbledon, and I’m watching as much as possible between personal training clients. Luckily one of my clients in London EC2 is a tennis fan and insists on having the TV on while we train. It’s all 4th round matches today. Who will go through to the quarter finals? Andy Murray […]
It’s round 3 of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships, arguably the best grand slam in the tennis calendar. Andy Murray has a day off today, spending it on the practice courts with his Swedish hitting partner Jonas Bjorkman. His coach Amile Mauresmo is 7 months pregnant so she’s taking a break from hitting with Andy. Nick […]
It’s Wednesday, the first day of July, and day 3 of Wimbledon. Temperatures exceeded 40 degrees C on court today, making it officially the hottest day ever at Wimbledon. Liam Broady During his match against David Goffin, Liam Broady had a laugh when a rogue PA announcement asked an official to go to the tea […]
It’s Wimbledon again, and the weather looks set for a hot fortnight, with temperatures soaring to 31 degrees C in the shade this afternoon. As a London personal trainer and tennis fanatic, I’m interested in both the physical conditioning of the players and their skills on court. Andy Murray Andy, who has had a fantastic […]
As a personal trainer in London, I find tennis a very effective way to challenge and boost all-round fitness: cardio, strength, muscular endurance, speed and agility, and flexibility. So I thought I’d write a blog post about the 2014 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals here at London’s 02 Arena. Live coverage of this fantastic tennis […]