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TennisFitnessTips.com Special Report – January 1, 2007

Copyright 2006 TennisFitnessTips.com

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SPECIAL NOTE: I think this might be the most powerful and revealing reportever written on tennis fitness training. It covers the hidden secrets that thetennis industry big shots don’t want you to know. There are others out therethat are aware of much of this information, but very few actually put it to use andrecommend it to others. It is even dogged and ignored by most high profile

guru’s, for reasons I will share with you. I strongly suggest youprint out this report and read it more than once.

What you are about to read is more valuable to you than what you will find inmany tennis training books and systems you’d have to pay for. This is aHUGE report. Take your time to read it all – your game will thank you for it.

Todd in his “office”, demonstrating some of is Tennis IgnitingPrograms from his Monthly Video Series about Tennis Specific Fitness Training

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Disclaimer

This book is not intended for the treatment or prevention of disease,nor as a substitute for medical treatment. Programs outlined hereinshould not be adopted without consultation with your healthprofessional. Use of the programs herein is at the sole choice and

risk of the reader. The author is neither responsible, nor liable for anyharm or injury resulting from this program or the use of the exercisesdescribed herein.









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Table Of Contents

Section One: Exercises to Improve Your Serve

I. Standing Oblique Cable CrunchII. Hanging Leg Raise

III. Hanging Oblique CrunchIV. Prone Cobra

V. Squat Jump

Section Two: Exercises to Improve Your Ground Strokes

I. Band Resisted Rotation

II. Lunge with RotationIII. Reverse Fly

IV. Open Stance Isometric Lunge with Medicine BallV. Closed Stance Isometric Lunge with Medicine BallVI. Open Stance Isometric Side Lunge with Medicine Ball

Section Three: Drills To Improve Your Speed and Quickness

I. Shuffle Stops

II. Sprint Stops

III. Back Pedal Stops

Section Four: Stretching for Improved Flexibility

I. Rear Delt Stretch

II. Lunging Stretch

III. Lat/Tricep StretchIV. Quad/Hip Flexor Stretch

V. Groin Stretch

VI. Cross Over Hamstring Stretch

Section Five: Tips to Design Your Own Workout

Section Six: About the Author









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Who I Am and Why You Should Listen to Me

There are thousands of tennis programs and dozens of peopleclaiming to be experts. However, very few of these so-called "Tennisexperts" do much more than try to home in on technique... week after

week, month after month, year after year. And they rarely, if ever, do what it really takes to seriously ramp up their game - or the game of their students.

The fact is, only a select few have the credentials to advise you past which grip the popular pros use, how to tap a kick serve, or the propertechnique for a volley. Take them off the court, and they're like fishout of water. Since you're probably wondering how this program is

different, here's the entire story.

I've been playing tennis for 19 years and competed regionally for 13.I've also been involved in fitness for a little over 10. Having been in

both the tennis and the fitness industry as a personal trainer,nutritionist, motivational coach, competitor, and freelance writer...Tennis and Fitness is my life - it's all I've ever done.

You may have seen my photos or articles in some of the magazines oron the internet: I'm a training advisor to Men's Fitness and Muscle &

Fitness Hers magazines and co-author of "The Power of Champions."I've written over 117 articles on fitness, performance training, sportspecific programming, and tennis fitness programs, and you can findmy articles featured on dozens of websites worldwide includingTheTennisPodcast.com, MensFitness.com,MucleAndFitnessHers.com, About.com, DaveDepew.com,KellyHuggins.com, TheTennisPodcast.com, StrengthRadio.com andtoo many others to mention.

I'm a certified fitness trainer through the International SportsSciences Association and American Council on Exercise (ISSA, ACE).I'm a member of IDEA, the National Strength and Conditioning

Association (NSCA), and the American College of Sports Medicine(ACSM). I'm the owner of a high performance training facility inBaton Rouge, La and a two-time state champion tennis player.









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One more thing - and this is important - I learned to play tennis as akid along side my buddies growing up... And I continue to competelocally today while most of my old pals have given up the gamealtogether. This means I've been playing tennis practically my entirelife. And it wasn't until I began applying specific fitness strategies tomy game before I began climbing the ranks. Leaving my friends andteammates scratching their heads in wonderment. You can literally leave your competitors in the dust and on the bench using thisprogram without spending an extra second on the court - and I'mliving proof!

Years of Study, Research,Trial, Error and Experimentation

I've spent my entire life studying tennis, fitness, and sport specifictraining. Ever since I was an early teen, I wanted to know everythingthere was to know about gaining an edge on my competition - I've

been absolutely consumed by it. So I started studying - not justtechnique and fundamentals - but pulling strategies from othersports, coaches, experts, and everything I could get my hands on. Ithen applied it to my tennis game.

When I was in college studying strength and conditioning, I'd spendhours at the library. I'd take home truck loads of journals aboutfitness, sports performance, and tennis and study every word. At onepoint I had saved up over 1,150 tennis, fitness, and bodybuildingmagazines and had read every single word from cover to cover -including the ads! My library quickly grew to over 225 books and Ihad read every word nearly to the point of memorizing all of them.

Then, I Turned Myself Into A Walking, Talking Lab Rat!

Book knowledge is one thing, but it's not the same as knowledge fromexperience. I didn't just want my brain chocked full of scientific fact,strategies, and theories; I wanted to experience the effects firsthand... the good with the bad. Personal experience is the only trueteacher, and believe me...









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I Tried Everything!

I tried super slow training with one set per muscle per week. I tried

the big bodybuilder and power lifting routines. I tried super sets, tri-sets, and circuits training. I tried cycling, jogging, cross country, onhills and up levees. I even tried - get a load of this - the so-called"Negative Training For Sport" Program (when you lower the weightreally really slow, and have to have a spotter lift the weight back intothe starting position - for EVERY REP.)

And then there was my experiment with "H20 Tennis." Yes all my training was done in a swimming pool, 3 days per week I'd use lightresistance and pump out 100's of 1000's of reps at a time - all

underwater. I also tried - or shall I say, wasted my money on - virtually every fitness training program from Billiards to Rugby.Believe me, I've tried it all.

If you have even the slightest desire to dramatically improve yourgame and have more fun playing tennis (rather than being laid up fora few days after a tough match), as do millions of other people on thisearth, I am going provide some explosive information that you needto hear. I mean it! Put whatever you are doing aside and readcarefully, because what I am about to reveal in the comingdays will shock the tennis industry to its core.

Now, I know I can get in big trouble with some of the tennisauthorities by releasing this information to the general public. They simply don’t want this information becoming common knowledge.I’m really hitting them below the belt with the truth in this report, butif I can help countless people achieve their improve their game by training it to “learn” faster on the court, enabling you to actually hitthe ball with authority as your instructor teaches… in the shortest

possible time, I know it will be worth it.

And that’s why I am giving this information to you FOR FREE. I willeventually sell this report in the future, but for now I want to makesure I get this knowledge in as many frustrated hands as possible

because there’s just too much false and misleading information outthere about fitness and conditioning for tennis... that or it’s written on









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a phd level for the author to ‘impress’ his or her peers. What good isinformation if someone without a doctorate can’t fully understand it?

What good is it if the programs use equipment only found in highperformance training facilities?

Please read the following information with an open mind and anunderstanding that what I am revealing in this report took years of trial and error to cull out the exercises that weren’t up to snuff and

will answer many of the questions you’ve probably asked yourself time and time again regarding getting yourself in peak physicalconditioning for tennis… all without the use of a million dollartraining facility.

Please share it with your family, friends, and anyone else who is

trying to improve their game - you owe it to them, and it will be one of the best things you’ll ever do for your well being, and theirs.

Are you ready? On to my report…

Is Your Training Program Improving Your Game or Turning You Into a SLUG?

If you're making the same deadly training mistakes as most other

people, you might feel like your fitness level is improving temporarily, but you'll actually be WORSE off in the long run. Tennis is amisleading game... many people believe you must train specifically foraerobic endurance, but it's really a lot more complicated than that.

And if you believe the myths and follow the hype that's been passeddown decade after decade, your training program will never work -

you can't train and condition your body to perform in a certain way and then expect it to be 100% when you ask it to do somethingcompletely opposite - You have to work with the game and itsdemands, not against it!

There was a time, not too long ago, when many people thought thattraining with weights would hurt your game. Generally speaking,athletes seldom lifted weights, they were weaker and less muscularthan the athletes of this era.

More recently, however, as tennis players began to experiment with









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different weightlifting regimes, many began to see benefits of doingso. Hence, as time progressed, while lifting weights was oncesomething that very few tennis players did, it became somethingevery serious tennis player *had* to do to remain competitive -- theexception became the norm.

This is a classic example of an little-known practice becoming soeffective that eventually everyone had to jump on board just to keepup. This is a general principle for life, as the human being attempts toevolve and progress - it is vital for you to have somewhat of aninsightful view into the future and be able to reasonably foresee whichof today's "exceptions" will become tomorrow's "norms".

When it happened that weightlifting became more mainstream in the

sporting community, naturally, sporting people took advice from thepeople well- versed in the field of weight-lifting -- namely,powerlifters and/or bodybuilders.

And That's When Elite Athletes Began BeingTurned Into Has-Beens or Worse... Never-Will-Be's!

It is these people that a vast, vast majority of weightlifting programsfor sport come from and it is for this very simple reason that common

weightlifting (yes, even the type advised for most Tennis Training

programs) is actually *inferior* for the versatile, Tennis Competitor --especially those looking to improve their game.

It's also important to note that there are very few people or trainers you will ever hear this from (in fact, this report is most likely theONLY place) simply because a vast, vast majority of these trainers areonly trained to teach in the fields related to powerlifting and

bodybuilding.

Don't blame them, they're only regurgitating what their numb-minded teachers and fathers told them!

When I finally figured out what was going on in the tennis industry, I was mad as hell, and I decided I had to do something about it: Ipoured everything out of my head onto paper and began coachingathletes using this new monthly tennis fitness system I developed.









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Now, for the first time ever, the same tennis specific training systemthat has helped the college elite and touring pros and hundreds of tennis enthusiasts improve their game, increase their endurance,create laser beam focus, and smash strong shots point after point isavailable to you in a 'take-you-by-the hand,' information packedmonthly Inner Circle “Forbidden Secrets To Igniting Your TennisGame On FIRE” monthly Program.

Keep reading, the below pictures and descriptions are only a morselof what I’ve got stashed away in my tennis specific fitness trainingfiles…

Section One – Exercises for Improving Your Serve

Standing Oblique Cable Crunch

Stand with your feet shoulder width apart holding the handle next to your head.

Keeping your hips stable, flex your abdominals, rounding your back. During the

downward motion, twist your torso and your elbow toward your opposite knee.Return to the starting position. Perform 3-4 sets of 12-15 reps for each side.

Hanging Leg Raise









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Using a chin up bar, let your legs hang, keeping your feet off the ground. Slowly lift your

knees toward your chest. Be sure to allow your hips to round forward to effectively targetthe abs. Hold for 1 second and repeat. Perform 3-4 sets of 12-15 reps.

Hanging Oblique Crunch

Similar to the hanging leg raise, but instead of lifting your legs straight to your chestrotate to the right or left to activate the obliques. Perform 3 sets of 12 reps for each

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Prone Cobra

Lay face down on the floor. Slowly contract your lower back bringing your upper body

off the ground. Try to extend your arms above your head as shown in the picture. Hold

this position for 30-120 seconds. Perform 2-3 sets.









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Squat Jumps

Stand with your feet shoulder width apart. Slowly lower into the squat position. Drive

your feet into the ground, explode up and off the ground. Return to starting position and

repeat. Perform 4 sets of 15-20 reps.

Squat Jumps should be included in every tennis fitness program. It will help increaseexplosion and power in both the ground stroke and serve. They will not only help you

increase power, but it will help develop greater vertical, lateral, and forward leaps.

Increasing your power is a necessity in creating lightning fast speed. There’s nothingmore frustrating than playing an opponent that can reach every shot.









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Section Two – Exercises for Improving Your Ground Strokes

Band Resisted Rotation

Attach a band to a stable object located at chest height. Grab handle with both hands and

walk laterally away from the anchored band until you reach the desired resistance.Contract your obliques twisting against the resistance. Return to the starting position.

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Lunge with Rotation

Start with one leg out in front, making sure the knee does not pass the toes. Place the

other leg behind you on its toes. Make sure that feet are pointing forward throughout therange of motion. Placing the hands on core ball at chest level, begin the motion by

bending the back knee straight down, into a 90-degree angle. The front leg should follow,

by also bending into a 90-degree angle. Never let the back knee touch the ground. Whileholding this position, extend the core ball directly in front of the body and rotate to either

side. Hold for 20 seconds. Rest 30 seconds and repeat. Perform 3-4 sets on each side

Reverse Fly

Bend over from the waist until back is flat and parallel to the floor, holding the weightsstraight down, palms face each other. Keeping elbows slightly bent, squeeze the shoulder

blades together & raise the elbows up towards the ceiling, stopping at shoulder level.

Lower to starting position and repeat. Perform 3-4 sets of 12-15 reps.









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The purpose for the following exercises is that your abdominals work isometrically toresist excessive rotation which is the common cause of back injuries.

Open Stance Isometric Lunge with Medicine Ball

Hold a medicine ball in your right hand, step out into a lunging position, and stretch

forward so the medicine ball is at arms length away above your head. Make sure your

back is straight, but not rounded. Lean into a wide forehand volley. Hold 30 seconds.Perform 2 sets.









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Closed Stance Isometric Lunge with Medicine Ball

Hold a medicine ball in your right hand, step across into a lunging position, and stretch

forward so the medicine ball is at arms length away above your head. Make sure yourback is straight, but not rounded. Lean into a wide backhand volley,. Hold 30 seconds.

Perform 2 sets.









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Open Stance Isometric Side Lunge with Medicine Ball

Place a medicine ball in your right hand, step into an extreme side lunging position, and

stretch to the forehand position so the medicine ball is at arms length away above your

head. Make sure your back is straight, but not rounded. Lean into a high forehandvolley,. Hold 30 seconds. Perform 2 sets.

Place a medicine ball in your right hand, step into an extreme side lunging positionopposite your dominant arm, and stretch to the backhand position so the medicine ball is

at arms length away above your head. Make sure your back is straight, but not rounded

Leaning into a wide backhand volley. Hold 30 seconds. Perform 2 sets.









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Section Three – Speed and Quickness

The purpose for the following exercises is to increase your quickness in

stopping and changing direction. Pay close attention to the leg angle. It’s

important to plant and spring into a different direction to decrease the time it

takes you to get back to the crossing shot.

Shuffle Stop

Place cones 10 yards apart (or one cone on either singles line). Start at the left cone and

shuffle to the right cone full speed using good form. Practice stopping using the correct

leg angle to quickly change direction. Perform 5 sets shuffling right and 5 sets shufflingto the left.

Speed and agility training is paramount in retrieving every ball that crosses the net. Have

you ever played an opponent who seems to get to every ball you hit at them? If you want

to turn into the player that frustrates opponents you have to increase the speed in which

you change direction. Now instead of being frustrated at passing shots, you can frustrateyour opponents into submission.









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Sprint Stops

Place cones 10 yards apart (or one cone on the baseline and one cone on the service line).

Start at the back cone and sprint forward full speed toward the front cone using goodform. Practice stopping using the correct leg angle to quickly change direction into a back

pedal motion. Perform 5 sets.

Back Pedal Stops

Place cones 10 yards apart (or one cone on the baseline and one cone on the service line).

Start at the front cone and back pedal at full speed toward the back cone using good form.Practice stopping using the correct leg angle to quickly change direction into a back pedal

motion. Perform 5 sets.









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Section Four – Stretching for Improved Flexibility

Rear Deltoid Stretch

Stand with your arms extended at chest level. Place the backs of your hands together.

Keep your right arm straight and pull it across your body with your left arm stretching

your right rear deltoid. Hold 20 seconds. Repeat on opposite side.

Lunging Stretch

Kneel in a lunging position with your right foot forward. Keeping your back knee off the

ground thrust your hips forward. Hold for 20 seconds. Move immediately into thehamstring stretch. Place your hands beside your front foot and straighten your lead leg.

Try to keep your back foot from coming off the ground to stretch your calves. Hold for

20 seconds and repeat with other leg.









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Lat/Tricep Stretch

Extend your left arm above your head and flex the elbow to 90 degrees. With your right

hand, grab your left elbow to stretch the triceps. Lean to the right to stretch both triceps

and lats. Hold for 20 seconds and repeat on other side.









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Quad/Hip Flexor Stretch

Hold a secure object (or place your hand on a wall) with your left hand. With your right

hand reach around and grab your right ankle. Pull ankle and lower leg so they areextended behind your body. Hold for 20 seconds.









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Groin Stretch

Spread your legs out wide and lower yourself into a side lunge position by bending your

right knee and keeping your left leg straight. Lower your hips until you feel a deep

stretch. Hold for 20 seconds.

Cross Over Hamstring Stretch

Cross your right foot over your left. Keep your back straight bend forward until you feela deep stretch in your left hamstring. Hold for 20 seconds and repeat with right hamstring

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The Ideal Form Of Exercise ForFiring Up Your Tennis Game

Ask ten people what type of exercise they should be doing to fire uptheir tennis game and they’ll all probably tell you the same thing. They’ll tell youthat you need to jog 5 miles per day 3-5 days per week, or cycle, hit the stairclimber, elliptical machine, etc. 30-40 minutes a day a couple times a week forendurance. They’ll probably also tell you that more is better…4 times per week would be better than 3, and 5 times per week would be even better.

They’ll tell you to stick to really light weights and perform 2 sets of 12-15 reps of afull body circuit 1-2 days per week… or they’ll tell you to stay away from weightsall together because it makes you big bulky, and slow, and increases your chances

of injury on the court.

I am here to tell you there is a better way. Sure, your fitness levels willimprove a little while you’re going nowhere on the elliptical machine, it may evencause you to have more energy throughout the day. But you won’t be preparing yourself for the courts with this type of exercise.

For one, aerobic exercise, done in the target heart rate as suggested by theexperts, is easy to do. It’s easy on your body. It might be hard to do the first few sessions, but after that it’s easy. And anything that is easy will not yield resultseven close to what’s challenging for the body to accomplish. Not very effective.

Secondly, this type of energy system training is only used 20% of the time on thetennis court. That’s why even though you jogs miles and miles per week, you’relegs still get tired beginning in the middle of your match. It’s not doing anythingfor the latter stages of your game. When you really need to be a step ahead of your opponent. Not very efficient.

The Anaerobic vs. Aerobic Exercise Difference

The secret is that conditioning for tennis requires the proper application of three elements most often ignored by those who attempt it. Those three elements

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Intensity

Volume & Frequency

Progression

The intensity is how hard it is to perform for you, given your current condition.The volume and frequency are how much and how often you perform theexercise. The progression is related to how much the demands increase from workout to workout. Most times, weight training, or anaerobic exercise, iscarried on for too long and performed too many times per week. It is treatedmuch the same way as aerobic exercise. But they are vastly different. In fact,they’re complete opposites.

Aerobic exercise typically is characterized by low to moderate intensity, high

volume and frequency, and little if no progression. Anaerobic exercise, or weighttraining, must be performed at a high intensity, low volume and frequency, and with progression to be as effective as possible – anerobic exercise transfersdirectly to the courts if done correctly. No amount of weight training performedat a low or moderate intensity will provide any strength, power, or explosive benefit beyond the first few weeks. It is the combination of high intensity,coupled with attempting to increase either the number of repetitions of a weight training exercise or the amount of weight used each and every workoutmaintaining the appropriate variables for tennis constantly changing that willkeep your body evolving into the ultimate tennis machine!

Now, most of the ladies reading this report are probably thinking,“But I don’t want to train with weights, I’ll get too bulky!” It is such a shame that many tennis players think this way because it’s just not going to happen. Not with theright system.

You see, when you train for hyperplasia rather than hypertrophy, it won’t happen.

The difference being in the types of reps performed and the amount of weightlifted. Train to failure with extremely heavy weights and you’ll like causehypertrophy – the thickening of a single muscle fibers.

Train for hyperplasia, you’ll use enough weight to allow you to explosively

perform the reps without going to failure. This causes the muscle fibers to splitinto 2 separate fibers rather than thicken. The result is MORE strength andpower without added ‘bulk’. Just what the doctor ordered for someone who wantsto improve their strength and power but is afraid of getting too “bulky.”

Those bodybuilders you’ve seen on TV and in the magazines are the geneticcream of the crop for muscle development and they train to failure with theheaviest weight possible for every single workout – not only that they’re on every









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type of muscle enhancing supplement from creatine to the most dangerous typesof steroid. Don’t be fooled by these images, or the fitness trainers that scare youinto thinking this way. You’re putting yourself in the best position tosucceed with your tennis goals when you perform properlyconducted intense weight training with monitored rest intervals that

won’t allow you to train heavy or to failure. And you won’t turn into Mr.or Mrs. Arnold Schwarzenegger. I promise.

The Most Efficient Way To Condition Your Cardiovascular System for Tennis

Not only can properly conducted weight training create an unstoppable tennismachine, it can also sufficiently stimulate and condition your cardiovascular

system. Being strong and powerful is not enough. You also want to reap the benefits of have a well-conditioned vehicle that doesn’t run out of gas on thehome stretch.

Again, it’s all about the importance of improving your stamina and endurance onthe courts, and not in the traditional sense. Would you rather spend 5-6 days per week for hours at a time running on a treadmill orin aerobics classes then end up knock-kneed on the tennis court or performing 2-3 20-30 minute sessions of proper weight training? If so, be my guest, and joinhundreds of thousands of countless lemmings unhappy and miserable when they walk off the courts – and even worse when they wake up the next morning after along battle on the courts.

The secret to pulling the cardiovascular benefits out of the same exercise thatTransfers directly to the courts is the intensity combined with the pace at whichit’s performed. You may have seen weight trainers at your gym performing oneexercise and then resting for a few minutes before moving on to the next one.This is the common method. If you follow this method, you’ll still be begging forthe match to be over with in the 3rd set – not caring one way or the other if you win or lose. I’ve been there, my friend. And I always limped off the courtsregretting it once I ‘caught my breath.’

The Need For SpeedIn order to condition your body for the courts with weight training, you mustgradually reduce the amount of time between exercises to 2o seconds or evenless- moving from one exercise to the next in using small circuits of 3-4 exercises.

When training with full-out high intensity during your weight training exercises,it will be a challenge to continue on to the next one in your routine without taking









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a few minutes to rest. But you’ll quickly adapt to this and you must strive toreduce the time between your exercises. Don’t let this fool you into rushingduring the actual exercise. The performance of the exercises themselves should be controlled and deliberate – though not always. Keeping your time betweensets less than 60 seconds or so will blast your stamina on the courts through the

roof. You won’t have to worry about crawling to the bench for water again! And all of this is done within the same workouts you’re using to fire up your strength, power, and explosion.

Why Understanding How Your Body RespondsTo Exercise Is Vital To Your Success

In order to reap the benefits form the high intensity weight training program you’re performing, you must get adequate rest. The muscles are only

stimulated during the workout, the strength and power improvement only occursduring the rest periods. And especially during sleep, which is the ultimate restperiod for your body.

If you don’t get enough rest or sleep, you’ll have a very difficult time building thePower & Strength that will transform your game. That’s why we can’t work outtoo long or too often – especially considering your tennis schedule. When givingthe body an intense stimulus, such as proper weight training, you can’t keephammering it into the ground. If you did this, you’d quickly over train yourmuscles and destroy your body’s ability to recover from exercise – and worse, you won’t be able to recover between matches. This is similar to what happened to me

when I was discussing getting sick from too much aerobic exercise. So make sureto keep at least a day or two of rest between your workouts, or you’ll be short-circuiting your chances of success on the courts.

The Power of Sleep

As I mentioned before, sleep is the ultimate recovery tool, and not only forrecovery from exercise. It’s a recovery tool from any stress you take inthroughout the day. Whether it’s from family pressures, work issues, or finances,etc., increased stress can only be dissolved by adequate sleep. And don’t think you can improve your game when you’re over-stressed by other things in yourlife. Again, this will shut down the effectiveness of your ability to improve yourstamina on the courts, among other things.

So make sure to get adequate sleep. What’s ideal? Seven and half hours pernight should do the trick. You’ll wake up feeling well-rested and energized, and your muscles and recovery ability will show their appreciation.









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How A Simple Change In Your Mindset WillSet You Free In Your Quest For A Great Body

I’ve given you a lot of great information in this report - stuff you can go out anduse right away. But most people will read this report with the mindset of wantingto improve their game. That’s not enough.

You hear a lot of people lamenting about not being up to snuff and saying, “I needto make my game better”, What you don’t hear them saying is, “I want toimprove my game and keep improving my game day in and day out.” They may want to improve their game constantly, but their mindset is focused on getting‘better’. This makes you more susceptible to the fads and latest tennis gimmickson the market. You’re so focused on improving your game that you’ll try almostanything regardless of how silly it might seem, because you’re only trying to get

better.

A simple change in the “quick fix” mindset to one of long term success will steer you down the correct path. You’ll be less enticed by the magazine hype, andmore focused on doing the right things most of the time. We’re after life longimprovement here. A person who is still hammering away at the courtsin their 50s and 60s is a lot more impressive to me than someonewho is dominant in their 20s and 30s. That’s because the dedication tomaintaining their game for the rest of your life is rare to find. It’s a rare mindset.

If you really want to transform your game into an unstoppable force, you must no work on it from all angles – not just hitting balls against a backboard or going outto the courts with a partner. The good news is that the info I’ve provided in thisreport is fairly easy to follow. It doesn’t require you to give up your life’s

pursuits so that you are in the gym six days a week, and it doesn’t require you togive up court time or following some other wacky program that will leave youinjured and on the bench. Making this information a part of your game is aprocess, but it doesn’t take as long as you think. After a few months it will becomepart of you, and in just under a year, you will have taken your game to new heights.









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Report Summary

I really enjoyed writing and preparing this report for you, and I wouldpersonally like to thank each and every person who took the time outof their busy lives to soak up this life-changing information. Isincerely hope you learned at the very least one new thing about how to proceed with your goals of getting a lean, shapely, and healthy

body. Or I hope at least that I validated some of the secrets that youknew in your heart had to be true.

In the future, I plan on writing additional reports on various topicsrelated to tennis fitness training. I’d like to help as many people aspossible, and that includes those in unique circumstances. Forexample, I created a specific program using many of the secrets Idiscussed in this report for my girlfriend after she developed tenniselbow. It disappeared in record time! I’d also like to start doing moresurveys with my readers and translating their questions into somesolid answers on tennis fitness training. So please stay on the lookoutfor future reports.

And finally, I hope you will take the knowledge I have given you andpass it on to others you care about - your friends, family, andneighbors. They deserve to reap the benefits of healthy and energizingtennis lifestyle, too!

‘til Next Time, Train Hard & Win Easy!

Todd Scotthttp://TennisFitnessTips.com















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About Me (Todd Scott)

I've been playing tennis for 19 years and competed regionally for 13. I've also been involved infitness for a little over 10. Having been in both the tennis and the fitness industry as a personaltrainer, nutritionist, motivational coach, competitor, and freelance writer... Tennis and Fitnessis my life - it's all I've ever done.

You may have seen my photos or articles in some of the magazines or on the internet: I'm atraining advisor to Men's Fitness and Muscle & Fitness Hers magazines and co-author of "ThePower of Champions." I've written over 117 articles on fitness, performance training, sport specificprogramming, and tennis fitness programs, and you can find my articles featured on dozens of

websites worldwide including TheTennisPodcast.com, TennisNews.com, MensFitness.com,MucleAndFitnessHers.com, About.com, DaveDepew.com, KellyHuggins.com,TheTennisPodcast.com, StrengthRadio.com and too many others to mention.

I'm a certified fitness trainer through the International Sports Sciences Association and AmericanCouncil on Exercise (ISSA, ACE). I'm the owner of a high performance training facility in BatonRouge, La and a two-time state champion tennis player.

One more thing - and this is important - I learned to play tennis as a kid along side my buddiesgrowing up... And I continue to compete locally today while most of my old pals have given up thegame altogether. This means I've been playing tennis practically my entire life. And it wasn't untilI began applying specific fitness strategies to my game before I began climbing the ranks. Leavingmy friends and teammates scratching their heads in wonderment. You can literally leave yourcompetitors in the dust and on the bench using this program without spending an extra second onthe court - and I'm living proof!

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