Coaching
What is Cardio Tennis?
Cardio Tennis is a fun, sociable group fitness class with a tennis twist. This tennis workout is open to anyone – all ages and abilities!
Great music, great cardio and great people – what’s not to like? You’ll get to hit lots of tennis balls during your class, build up your skills and work up a sweat.
You might be wondering, “is tennis good exercise?” – the short answer is yes! Tennis offers a great workout from a cardio fitness perspective as well as working out muscles across your body, from your core to your glutes.
What is a typical Cardio Tennis class like?
Each class is an hour long, with a short warm-up, a 40-minute full body workout, and a cool down.
- Warm up
Some dynamic stretching, skills and cardio tennis drills to get your body warm and mind sharp, ready for the workout to begin!
- Aerobics
Here’s your chance to hit loads of shots – forehands, backhands, serves, you name it – all mixed with a variety of fitness activities.
- Tennis
Put your shots into practice with fun tennis games. You’ll never play one-on-one; your teammates will be with you all the way.
- Cool down
Well done, you did it! Now it’s time to recover and stretch.
- It’s social – playing Cardio Tennis with friends doubles the fun.
- It’s fun and entertaining – with varied exercises and great music, Cardio Tennis will have you and your friends fit, firing and feeling great!
- It’s energising – you’ll feel great afterwards.
- Opens up a new tennis world – it will naturally improve your tennis skills (whether you have played or not)
- It’s results-focused – as it helps women burn 1260 to 2100 kilojoules per hour and men can burn between 2100 to 3360 kilojoules per hour.
- It’s adaptable – appealing to all abilities and levels of fitness, so you get the most out of it.
WEDNESDAY
Cardio
18:00-19:00
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