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You have probably seen the colorful rubber bracelets with a magnet, which are supposed to improve your balance, strength and flexibility. They cost around $30.

Can they really help you with your tennis fitness and performance?

The American Council of Exercise (ACE) sponsored a study to help determine if wearing a Power Balance bracelet will indeed enhance your performance. John Porcari, Ph.D. and his research team at the University of Wisconsin tested a college athletes, where each athlete performed two sets of four exercises: balance, strength, vertical jump and trunk flexibility. For one set of exercises, they wore a Power Balance bracelet, and for another set they wore a placebo rubber bracelet for $0.30. The order of wearing the bracelets was randomized and double-blinded, i.e. neither the athletes or the researches knew which bracelet was being worn for each trial. The results of the trial showed no significant difference in strength, vertical jump, balance, or flexibility between the $30 Power Balance bracelet and the $0.30 rubber bracelet. All subjects did better in the second round of tests – a phenomenon called the “order effect” – the athletes were either more warmed up, or got used to the task.

This explains why the public sales demonstrations of Power Balance appear to have an effect on balance, strength or flexibility. In reality, these demonstrations are just a trick. The sales people can easily change the outcome by the way how they apply the force to the body. They can push in certain direction, change the angle a little bit, or push or pull slightly differently.

Power Balance sold over three millions bracelets 2008-2011. If you bought the bracelet and feel cheated, the company promised to offer refunds to the customers who feel they have been misled. If you like how the Power Balance bracelet looks, you can find the cheaper, yet colorful versions anywhere online.

The complete ACE study can be found at www.acefitness.org.

There are no shortcuts to improve your tennis fitness. You need to strengthen your body, stretch after your training and perform myofascial release to let your body heal and recover.

Books and e-books on strengthening, stretching, myofascial release and improved performance are available here, in the tennis fitness love store.

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“What was the hardest thing you have ever done?”

Suzanna interviewed by Tommy Mischke (CBS radio) in his Night Show program, on March 15, 2011. 17 minutes.

Suzanna interviewed by Tommy Mischke (CBS radio)

Through my training years, I’ve tried protein powders of all different brands and flavors. The last few years I’ve been using plain, no flavor whey protein isolate by NOW and was very happy with it. Until I got my hands on ProteinPlus by PowerBar. Oh, yum yum! Besides being super yummy, it contains three different kinds of proteins for different speed of digestion: whey protein for fast digestion, soy protein for medium digestion and casein for slow digestion. Blended together, the ProteinPlus digestion rate is sustained over prolonged periods and your muscles get valuable nutrients during and after your training. ProteinPlus protein drink comes in two delicious flavors, chocolate and vanilla.

One 33-gram scoop contains 20 grams of protein, 5 grams of carbohydrates, 2 grams of fat and 130 calories. It mixes easily in 8 oz water. The drink is nicely thick and I have discovered that if I use less water, the texture is almost like melted ice cream. Mmmmm, yum. And with even less water, it’s like a pudding.

I am not sure if I like chocolate or vanilla better. Both are delicious. Sometimes I blend some frozen fruit into the vanilla powder, use a bit less water to make it thicker and it tastes like a real ice cream.

ProteinPlus Drink is my new favorite now!

Delicious Chocolate and Vanilla Flavor

Ingredients:
TRISOURCE™ PROTEIN BLEND (ISOLATED SOY PROTEIN, WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE [FROM MILK], CALCIUM CASEINATE), FRUCTOSE, COCOA POWDER (PROCESSED WITH ALKALI), CALCIUM PHOSPHATE, NATURAL CHOCOLATE FLAVOR, HIGH OLEIC SAFFLOWER OIL, SALT, SOY LECITHIN, NATURAL FLAVOR, XANTHAN GUM, ACESULFAME POTASSIUM, SUCRALOSE. MADE ON EQUIPMENT THAT PROCESSES EGG.

Thank you for your purchase! Hope your new products will help you to learn how to read the wisdom of your body, because everything that you ever need to know is within you. By practicing an increased awareness, you will become your best doctor and healer.

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Calm mind, flexible body, quick feet.

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The table below shows calories burned per 30 minute activity for people of 125, 155 and 185 lbs. Approximate your calorie expenditure if your weight is in between. The activities are from the least to the most vigorous.

(This table was printed in the July 2004 issue of the Harvard Heart Letter. For more information or to order, please go to http://www.health.harvard.edu/heart.)

Workout trends come and go, and the 2010 has been the trend of kettlebells, a centuries old piece of cast iron ball with a handle. Kettlebell training is intense, fun and fat burning. Increasing popularity of kettlebell training across the country and world motivated the American Council on Exercise (ACE) to look into the science behind this workout trend. They analyzed the energy cost and exercise intensity by studying 10  male and female volunteers at ages 29 to 46 years. They wanted to look and see how much of an aerobic workout you do get and how many calories you really burn. The entire study is below:

http://www.acefitness.org/getfit/studies/kettlebells012010.pdf

The Results of the study:

During the 20-minute workout, the average calorie burn was 272 calories, not counting additional calorie burn due to the substantial anaerobic effort. The researches estimated oxygen consumption and how many calories the trainees were burning aerobically, and it was 13.6 calories per minute. They also measured the blood lactate, and the trainees were burning another 6.6 calories per minute anaerobically. Which means that they were burning at least 20.2 calories per minute, which was off the charts — an equivalent to running a 6-minute mile pace or crosscountry skiing up hill at a fast pace!

The average heart rate was between 86 percent and 99 percent of the kettlebell maximum heart rate, which means that the kettlebell workout is extremely vigorous and much higher intensity than regular weightlifting workout. In addition, it will improve your aerobic capacity as well, which is great for people and athletes who don’t have much extra time.

Keep swinging and get fit fast. Kettlebells are great for tennis as well: improving your explosive power of the hips, strength of your core and legs and shoulder stabilizing muscles. See more articles on kettlebells here:

1. Kettlebell training for tennis players
2. Kettlebell training for beginners
3. Advanced kettlebell training
4. Extreme kettlebell

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To make sure that you are completely satisfied with your decision to buy “Tennis Fitness for the Love of it”, you can view sample material from the book in the resources below. Enjoy the viewing.

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Table of Contents

Introduction

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Sample Chapter 13 — Calf Myofascial Relase

Sample Chapter 28 — External Hip Stretch

Epilogue

I am glad to announce, that the book “Tennis Fitness for the Love of it. A Mindful Approach to Fitness for Injury-free Tennis” that  many have been so impatiently waiting for, is available on Amazon.com for $14.95. Get your copy here now! For bulk orders, please contact me.

To all the tennis players of any age and skill level, who always strive for improvement and who never stop believing that the impossible is possible, and who know that there are no limits to growth and performance other than the human mind.

It is Never Too Late to Become Functional, Fit and Healthy

It is possible to play pain-free tennis for the rest of your life. One of the prerequisites is improving your fitness. However, it is not just any fitness. It needs to be mindful, purposeful, and perfectly suited for you. Nobody can tell you what is perfectly suited for you, only your body can. Listen to it because it will ask for what it needs. In your pursuit for maximum fitness and tennis performance, you need to be aware, patient, and disciplined.

Carry this little book with you always and reread the chapters often. Each time you will discover something new. Learn to understand your body. Every exercise you do should be performed with the goal of increasing awareness of your body, and gradually building a new relationship with it. Learn how to free up the tightness and how to balance your strengths. The less pain you experience, the healthier and more functional you are, and the more your energy will increase. Treat the moments of stretching and myofascial release as time for meditation, relaxation, and introspection.

Create daily routines that fit your lifestyle and treat them as essential for your fitness, well-being, and tennis performance. Think of your health and fitness in the long term. Be patient and disciplined in applying the new ways of exercising and treating your body. Remember that even modest effort applied over the long term will bring excellent results. Therefore, do not postpone your fitness until tomorrow and start today, even if it is just a little bit. Treat your body with respect and love. Treat the fitness as one of the necessary elements of your tennis game. Become fit for tennis and you will become fit for life, and tennis will be in your life forever. Practice your tennis fitness, for the love of it.