Gold’s Gym Douglasville Enewsletter

By Chris Fortney, Gold’s Gym Douglasville Tennis Pro

PLAY TENNIS LOSE WEIGHT

Weight loss is about getting your mind right, sticking with it and making a change in your life. I’m not sure why more people don’t incorporate tennis into that change. I have known numerous people that have had drastic weight loss through tennis.

START WITH A TENNIS LESSON

One 40 plus woman, started playing tennis because her boys played. She wasn’t really interested in playing just wanted to know how to keep score and what the game was about. She started taking a beginner’s lesson every week. She laughs when she tells me her body hurt so bad it took her a week to recover from the lesson, and then she would come out and do it again. She started doing some simple stretches to help with the soreness. After a few months, she joined a tennis team and began doing a team drill and a private lesson a week. She had already lost 25 pounds. Now she was hooked, not only was she having fun learning a new sport, but also there was the added benefit of weight loss. She began adding a little cardio work out to help with breathing during tennis. Over a 10-month period, she lost a total of 55 pounds, going from a size 16 to a 6. And with tennis in her life, she has kept in off for over 4 years.

TENNIS MAKES IT EASY TO STICK WITH IT

She made a change in her life, her mind was right and she stuck to it. But, she had so much fun doing it, it never seemed difficult. What a great way to lose weight! One of the most difficult parts of losing weight and keeping it off is sticking with it. A lot of people get bored, feel like the changes are too difficult to continue with, or when they get to their ideal weight, stop doing what got them there. Tennis is a great maintenance program and a great way to keep exercise in your life in a fun atmosphere. So think about joining a tennis team as part of your fitness program. You’ll be making a change for life.

See for yourself how playing tennis can help you lose weight.

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