Prone Bench Rows for Upper Back Strength
This week’s featured training exercise is another gem glimpsed in the Carlos Alcaraz: My Way docuseries. It is another foundational strength movement that elite players use toRead More
The Bench Press: A Foundational Strength Move for Tennis Players
This week’s featured training exercise once again comes from the Carlos Alcaraz: My Way docuseries. It features a foundational movement that elite players like Alcaraz incorporate intoRead More
Power Squats: Building the “Go” Muscles
This week’s training spotlight continues the series inspired by the Netflix docuseries Carlos Alcaraz: My Way. Once again, the cameras offer a brief but telling glimpseRead More
Frankenstein Walk
This week’s featured training technique is once again drawn from the Netflix docuseries Carlos Alcaraz: My Way. In this segment, Alcaraz performs a brief dynamic warm-upRead More
Cat, Cow, and Child’s Pose
This week’s featured training technique is once again drawn from the Netflix docuseries Carlos Alcaraz: My Way. In this clip, Alcaraz moves through a short yogaRead More
One Arm Overhead Chop with Reverse Lunge?
I generally work under the basic assumption that any exercise the top professional tennis players are seen performing is beneficial for tennis. Such is certainlyRead More
Dumbbell (and Kettlebell) Wrist Rotations
This week’s featured training technique is once again gleaned from the Netflix docuseries Carlos Alcaraz: My Way. It is an injury rehabilitation exercise that Alcaraz usedRead More
Split Squat Cable Row
This week’s featured training technique once again comes from the Netflix docuseries Carlos Alcaraz: My Way. In addition to inside access to the up-and-coming player, theRead More
Slide Board for Clay Court Mobility
Maria Sharapova once famously described her clay court mobility as a “cow on ice.” My own footwork on clay is not nearly that graceful. A few years ago one of my doubles partners who is a clay court specialist recommended
Train Like Alcaraz: Why Lateral Dumbbell Raises Should Be in Your Arsenal
The Netflix docuseries “Carlos Alcaraz: My Way” gives viewers a behind-the-scenes look at the training techniques that fuel one of tennis’s most explosive athletes. Amid theRead More