Tennis Drill - The Aussie 2 on 1

Posted January 15, 2010 – 6:15 pm in: Coach's Corner, Endurance Training, Tennis

An oldie but a goodie, the Old Aussie 2 on 1 drill can get the heart rate up and provide a great physical workout for solo hitter. Watch Ashley here work out with Chucky Adams and Aaron Webster at the beautiful Riviera Country Club in Santa Monica, CA.
This is a typical morning workout [...]

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TRX Suspension Pushup with Weight Vest/Perfect Pushup

Posted November 19, 2009 – 6:54 am in: Amelia Island Personal Training, Coach's Corner, Personal Training, Strength Training, Tennis Fitness

As you can see from my latest blogs, I’ve been using my TRX Suspension Trainer quite a bit. Bob Dykes, my client from last night, called me, “Q”, from the James Bond movie. “Q” was the person in charge of giving 007 all of his latest and greatest gadgets. I [...]

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Single Leg Squat with the TRX Suspension Trainer

Posted November 11, 2009 – 11:50 am in: Amelia Island Personal Training, Coach's Corner, Pegasus Internet Training Program, Tennis Fitness

The single leg squat with the TRX Suspension Trainer has become my favorite leg exercise. I have always felt that double squats were bad for the lower back and hindered movement.
Here is former number 1 player from Florida University, Tyler Hochwalt training in my gym. Although today was the first [...]

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Training with the TRX Suspension Trainer - Inverted Row

Posted November 5, 2009 – 2:27 pm in: Amelia Island Personal Training, Coach's Corner, Strength Training, Tennis Fitness

I love new tools and gadgets that will help build my business and get my clients fitter and stronger the right way.
When I drove 40 mins to pick up my new TRX Suspension Trainer, I knew I was getting something that was going to enhance my gym and training [...]

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Pauly P Lateral Shuffle - Interval Training

Posted November 2, 2009 – 2:26 pm in: Amelia Island Personal Training, Coach's Corner, Pegasus Internet Training Program, Tennis Fitness

As you can see from this video, Interval Training at High Intensity, is a form of training that takes the individual into a high heart rate arena, and inflicts major pain. Having said this, I love interval training because it raises the anaerobic threshold of the individual, can be broken down into different [...]

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Over Training - What are the signs?

Posted November 1, 2009 – 10:26 am in: Amelia Island Personal Training, Coach's Corner, The Pauly P

In this article, I explore the always lurking syndrome of “overtraining”. For athletes and coaches, it is something that can make or break you; both literally and figuratively. If you are not close to 100% physically and mentally charged for your competition, you are only robbing yourself and your team. [...]

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Field Workout - 20 yard Sprints - with Resistance

Posted October 23, 2009 – 1:43 pm in: Amelia Island Personal Training, Coach's Corner, Personal Training, Power Training, Strength Training, Tennis Fitness

I have never been a fan of squats. Whenever I did them I felt that there was significant risk of injury to the lower back and that the muscles being used were primarily the mid to lower back muscles. Athletes need to run, not jump from spot to spot. This [...]

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Training with RG - Swiss Ball Pushup and Ab Roll

Posted October 16, 2009 – 9:16 am in: Coach's Corner, Tennis Fitness

Before the USOpen, Robby and I had a couple weeks to get ready for the last slam of the year. He had appendix surgery earlier in the Spring and lost a lot of weight and muscle mass.
I had to pick out exercises that were designed to keep him loose and flexible, as [...]

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Continuous Platform Jumps

Posted October 10, 2009 – 1:15 pm in: Amelia Island Personal Training, Coach's Corner, Personal Training, Power Training, Tennis Fitness

There are many ways to get faster and one of them is by performing different types of plyometrics. Plyometrics is defined as “a type of exercise using explosive movements to develop muscular power, esp. bounding, hopping, and jumping.”
I like having some of my more advanced clients perform about 20 to 30 [...]

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Why P90X is Over-Rated

Posted October 9, 2009 – 9:30 am in: Coach's Corner, The Pauly P

From Vin Miller of www.NaturalBias.com
Why the P90X Exercise Program is Overrated
by Vin Miller
Everyone is talking about the P90X exercise program and ads for it are taking the internet by storm. In fact, I’ve even been seeing ads for it on websites like Miriam Webster. Is all of this hype justified? Not if you [...]

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