Myrna Jones has been playing tennis now for more than 48 years. She is a former multiple ladies club champion and is currently the club’s Honorary President. Up until 12 months ago Myrna was still playing competitive tennis in the Avon Summer League. Retirement beckoned as she felt that she no longer had the necessary fitness to compete.
Every Monday Myrna passed by the cardio tennis session watching with great enthusiasm and decided in November 2012 that she would give it a go! Ever since, Myrna has been attending a 45 minute cardio session on a Wednesday morning! Having been a regular for the past 3 months she is now threatening to come out of retirement! Speaking to Myrna about her cardio tennis experience she said:
“The best thing I love about cardio tennis is the coaches’ ability to adapt the feeds to the individual, so you can have a real spread of ability and fitness and everyone can get the most benefit from the session. Personally I am also very pleased with my improved level of fitness which is enabling me to get to those balls that I couldn’t do 3 or 4 months ago when I play tennis with friends – Bring on the Cardio tennis revolution!”
Janette I am a 67yr old female with Atrial Fibrillation who enjoys social tennis. I started cardio tennis about 6 months ago and was doing 3 sessions a week. I really enjoyed it and felt my fitness was improving considerably and my pulse rate although still irregular was at a steadier pace.
During the month of January I attended a calorie busting cardio camp and was doing 6 sessions a week including a super Saturday session of 1hr 15mins. I have thoroughly enjoyed this and feel that apart from increased fitness my movement in tennis has also improved. I now regularly beat my husband at tennis and intend to keep doing cardio at least 4 times a week.
The coach is very encouraging and tailors the workout and shots to your ability and kept the sessions going despite the snow!
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