For those over 40, how often do you play?

[Deleted member 23235]

His step-by-step progressions are excellent and truly effective. The beginning exercises look easy and you are tempted to skip them and move straight to the harder stuff, but that would be a mistake. The "easy" stuff really conditions and prepares your body. Not just your muscle, but more importantly your tendons and ligaments. It's a whole different type if strength as compared to weight training

yeah only thing i hate about gymnastic resistance training, is that it's hard to quantify improvements.
With weights, when I was "stuck" i even bought 1.5lb weights to put on the bar, to give myself a mental bump that i'm improving.
With body weight stuff... take the transitions from pushup toward planche pushups (eg. ultimately to planche, by pushing your hands back toward your hips),... my improvements are literatlly millimeters over weeks Or with back levers,... going from tuck to straddle is taking me forever (like over a year already).

 

[West Coast Ace]

3 - 4 times a week?!?!
Y'all must be rich, retired and rejuvenated.
I have neither the time, money or energy to play 4 times a week. 2x a week if I'm lucky.

5 or 6 for me. Singles or workout with the ball machine - 2 hrs either way. Why does it cost a lot of money for you? Plenty of public courts in So Cal. And while I will fantasize about being retired, I work 60 hrs/wk.

What exercise will give you more power on the tennis court?

Don't feed the tr*ll... But you might want to consider light lifting - building a little muscle sends a signal to the body to keep the bone structure in tact.

 

[r2473]

With body weight stuff... take the transitions from pushup toward planche pushups (eg. ultimately to planche, by pushing your hands back toward your hips),... my improvements are literatlly millimeters over weeks Or with back levers,... going from tuck to straddle is taking me forever (like over a year already).

He suggests in the courses he sells online that he overestimated the foundational strength of adults. In the courses, he starts you more basic.

This is what I meant above by saying that he has you do basic stuff that you might be tempted to skip, but that would be a mistake. I came to this stuff reping 500 dead lift, 400 squat and so on. But I had to start from the beginning on gymnastic body weight. At first I skipped ahead (because I was too awesome for the basic stuff). All it did was slow me down, as I ultimately had to check my ego and start from the beginning

 

[mikeler]

5 or 6 for me. Singles or workout with the ball machine - 2 hrs either way. Why does it cost a lot of money for you? Plenty of public courts in So Cal. And while I will fantasize about being retired, I work 60 hrs/wk.

Don't feed the tr*ll... But you might want to consider light lifting - building a little muscle sends a signal to the body to keep the bone structure in tact.

My game is in the toilet right now, this is the time to change something.

 

[Taiss]

What are you doing for yoga / gymnastics? That is what my "resistance training" is. I'm following gymnasticbodies.com foundation and handstand courses. I'll probably add the stretch courses soon.

Creating new stuff and writing how people can achieve quickly, how to prevent n manage injuries....

Kind of creating new courses, the future

 

[mad dog1]

What about the leg press?????

isolates the leg muscles too much. i'd recommend squats, dead lifts and clean & jerk type exercises over leg presses. these recruit more muscle groups as they require balance.

 

[GuyClinch]

isolates the leg muscles too much. i'd recommend squats, dead lifts and clean & jerk type exercises over leg presses. these recruit more muscle groups as they require balance.

I like to lift some - but come on people do we REALLY have to turn this thread into a lifting discussion. Look at Roger Federer and just admit to yourself that guy doesn't even lift. He might to some calisthenics but come on - that dude does not lift. You know it - I know it.. And he is the best tennis player in the world..

Lift if you want to - its good for you sure. But let's not pretend physical strength is a big component of tennis. It's just not. Untrained (in terms of weight lifting) men are strong enough to play tennis.

Now don't get me wrong - untrained me are likely to fat, too slow - but your 'stock' base numbers of say 175 bench, 275 deadlift, 200 squat - no reason why that dude couldn't play tennis well beyond 5.0..

 

[pantam]

Just turned 47 and im playing tennis every day. In public court as much as I can. Usually my family is there playing tennis or doing something else in the park area, so we all have a good time. We are a big group of friends (we all met there and socializing because of tennis).
I wake in 7:00am
15:00 arrived at home and half our later I putting the stress and anxious away in courts

 

[Deleted member 120290]

...Why does it cost a lot of money for you? Plenty of public courts in So Cal...

Ok, not having enough money is just an excuse esp. with free public courts. And while I don't like to brag, I have amassed enough wealth to become a multi-thousandaire.

 

[Alien]

45 years old, now hitting 3-4 times a week plus 2 sessions of an hour of physical training for tennis (I have added this a couple of months ago).

I have never felt any decline whatsoever compared to when I was 20. I keep weighting the same and similar body look (I lost my hair though lol). In the physical training I am faster than the guys in the group who have 27. But then I have always been fast.

I might lose to players 20 years my junior but never because of my age, but because of their tennis (or mine).

 

[silentkman]

I try to play at least once during the week and on Saturday and Sunday. I would prefer singles but I'll take what I can get. I played five set of doubles yesterday, then I went to a bar to watch the Colts get blown out.

 

[Tee1Up]

47 and my son and I play everyday. We do about an hour of drills and then a set or 2 ten point tie breaks.

 

[Todd Hicks]

I'm 42 and play about once a week in the warm parts of the year.

 

[dlk]

46 & 1-2x per week. I know it's backwards, but I play more in Winter than Summer (total will go to 2-3x per week).

 

[samarai]

3-4 times per week. only doubles just because I havemore time now that the kids are older

 

[DonDiego]

I think it would be interesting to know from the posters if they play on hardcourts or clay. I myself realize that if I had access to clay courts, I could still play 4 times a week. But since I only have access to hardcourts, my knees won't be able to take 4 matches a week now that I'm 41.

 

[Gemini]

When I'm fully engaged, meaning having regular hitting partners and leagues available, I'll play 4 times per week. When I'm not, once a week max. It could be once a month at worst.

 

[Deleted member 23235]

I think it would be interesting to know from the posters if they play on hardcourts or clay. I myself realize that if I had access to clay courts, I could still play 4 times a week. But since I only have access to hardcourts, my knees won't be able to take 4 matches a week now that I'm 41.

I play a mix of hard and clay (~50/50)
I hate playing on clay, but realized I need to listen to my body, and generally start avoiding hard courts, given an opportunity.

i have friends in their 30's that also exclusively play on clay due to injuries, etc...

 

[Gemini]

Also, I play most on hard. I wish I could find more clay courts.

 

[DonDiego]

This read this morning made me think about that: http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/news/us-open-2015-kubler-overcoming-adversity

 

[donquijote]

I am 47 and I started playing tennis when I was 42. I am in the Top 15 in my club in a 100+ competition so I think I am doing relatively well but usually think that I can do better. So always looking to improve.

I play 3 times a week, sometimes 4. Two of them are usually doubles and I play at least one singles match every week.

When I play two days in a row, I do feel it especially on my legs. So I need a day of recovery after every match or otherwise I don't perform well on court. I am not doing any fitness exercises but I try to bike regularly which I found to be very good for the knees.

 

[tlm]

Yesterday was my 5th day in a row. Not all point play some rally practice and serving thrown in. Will only weight train tonight then go fishing and get off the court for a night. Then back to tennis tomorrow.