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New Free Sport-Specific Workout: Tennis by Coach Paul Pisani

Love to play tennis? Here's a strength and conditioning program designed just for you. Workouts written with the special performance needs of a tennis player in mind.

Mindith Rahmat

Written by Mindith Rahmat Last updated on December 17, 2012

Do you play tennis and want to get stronger and faster for your sport? Here is a 12-week program designed just for you. Tennis players need strength, power, endurance, speed, and balance. They also need to remain light and agile. These workouts, written by professional and collegiate tennis coach Paul Pisani, can help you build the best body you need to improve your tennis performance.

Paul has trained American tennis professionals on the ATP and WTA tennis tours. He himself was a competitive tennis player as well as a professional cyclist on the 7-11 national cycling team. Paul has designed this 12-week program exclusively for Breaking Muscle and has based it on years of experience maximizing the potential of his tennis students.

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Mindith Rahmat

About Mindith Rahmat

Mindith is a born mover. She has spent her life exploring various athletic disciplines, starting with ballet and modern dance from an early age. She went on to become a E-RYT 500 certified yoga therapist and teacher and discovered CrossFit after the birth of her daughter.

Mindith coached CrossFit at a number of boxes near her home in Southern California, which lead to her involvement in Russian kettlebells and Olympic weightlifting. She has coached a wide variety of populations and cares deeply for women’s health, specializing in pregnancy and postpartum fitness. She is currently studying the principles of Natural Movement and Kettlebell Sport, and is working to complete an additional teacher training in the Taoist art of Yin Yoga with Master Paulie Zink.

Mindith founded Breaking Muscle in 2011. Over 5 million people a month have visited the site, hundreds of thousands of them follow Breaking Muscle on social media, nearly 2,000 coaches have written or appeared on its pages, and there are thousands of free, fully-formed training plans freely available. Breaking Muscle has won numerous awards in the industry and is recognized for pioneering new approaches to fitness and coaching techniques. In 2021, Breaking Muscle was acquired by Barbend. Mindith continues to devote time to her kids, pursue her doctorate in psychology, do research, and teach.

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