Monthly Archives: August 2009

US OPEN - Ginepri vs Pavel / Kendrick vs Arguello

When both PisaniTraining athletes take the stage early next week in New York, they will both be underdogs in their opening rounds. The ATP rankings do not base their numbers on court surfaces but on overall performance. PT.COM is telling it as it is, and both Ginepri and Kendrick should win these [...]

Exercise of the Week - Multi Movement P.U. to AB Roll

Two exercises that I like are the Pushup and the Prone Knee Lift. If combined, this compound exercise will surely provide you with a full body, functional workout, that can be done just about anywhere.
As you will see from the video, this exercise works the entire body and you need a solid [...]

Peaking for the US Open

With the US Open tennis tournament just 9 days away, Robby and I have started to taper down the training at Old Towne Athletic in Marrietta, GA, with the goal to show up at the Open, peaking, and at 100 %.
As we all know the US Open is 3 out [...]

Backhand Rippage - ATL style

Here is Robby hitting some backhands and inside forehands on his indoor court in Atlanta, GA.
Robby had a great day with practicing with Scoville Jenkins again. Sco can really hit the ball hard and it is great training for RG.
As you can see from this video, Robby is looking strong [...]

The Offense Defense Drill

Here is our tennis drill of the week and it is called Offense/Defense.
Here is Robby Ginepri at The Olde Towne Racquet Club, in Atlanta GA.
The objective of the drill is to work on pounding balls consistently to one corner of the court.
After you hit a forceful shot, more often [...]

Exercise of the Week - Standing Chest Press with Neps

Here is a great exercise to do after you perform a dumbbell chest press to add extra endurance to your routine.
Here is my boy, Robby Ginepri performing this one with the black band. The black band is the band that has the most resistance out of all the bands. … Actually RG [...]

Pisani Training Heads to Atlanta

With the US Open looming 3 weeks from now, Robby Ginepri made a couple changes in his coaching staff , and asked for some help from long time friend, Pauly P. With two small workouts under the belt, the pair plan to train hard and smart this week in Mr. Ginepri’s home base [...]

White Shadow Readies for Youzny

Kendo and I arrived in D.C. late Friday night and got things cooking in the gym the following morning. A light tennis workout with Kevin Kim in the afternoon and some strength training afterwards, was all we did on Saturday. Rob was still a bit banged up from last week and his [...]

The Rest Day

Laying right next to knowing how to work hard, lies the concept, knowing how to rest. One thing my coach Lenny Preheim would always remind me was, “you have to make your hard days harder than you can imagine, and you easy days, easier than you can imagine.”
Knowing how to rest is an [...]