Any tennis players here?
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PASinterference
Yes, I know I'm working late.
542thruNthru
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He said can you be a driver not a wheelie chair racing champion.
DriverNerd
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How do you folks manage to balance out working st ups and working out (ifyou do exercise)? How many hours do you work at ups? Do you workout in Morning or evening ? How many days a week do you workout ? How many calories do you eat a day ? What kind of exercise do you do (cardio , barbell...
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Read that. Lots of UPS employees workout outside of their at work "workout".
PASinterference
Yes, I know I'm working late.
I didnt want to be the one to tell him that if a corporate guy is crippled from playing tennis, a driver will need a skeleton transplant in 2 years from doing it.
Poop Head
Judge me.
Jackburton
Gone Fish'n
If your tennis courts have lights, why not.
No1 Special
Long time listener, first time caller.
I had to switch to playing Pong, it is much like tennis but easier on the knees.
trickpony1
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Let's find some more cool ways, besides tennis, to subject our ankles, knees and hips to abnormal G force:
- skydiving
- power lifting
- worlds strongest man contest
I'll think of some more in a while....
....and then wonder why we can't walk when we retire.
- skydiving
- power lifting
- worlds strongest man contest
I'll think of some more in a while....
....and then wonder why we can't walk when we retire.
Method Mensch
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Try squash, instead.
You can do it, just gotta listen to your body and take care of yourself. Figure out what's going on with your knees and address it, if you're no good at self-diagnosis go see a sports doctor/ PT, it might be as simple as doing some strengthening exercises to give more support to the tendons. Plenty of guys at UPS workout/ play sports, no reason you can't do the same.
Pro players are usually done by their early thirties, often with injuries along the way. How long do UPS drivers last? Into their 50's? Seems to me if you regularly play a sport that's hard on your knees you will reduce your UPS working years considerably. Might get a gym membership and use low impact machines. Or swim. I was with FedEx and started having real problems at 54. Retired at 55 and just walk for exercise. Now 58, not as bad as at 54.
Old Man Jingles
Rat out of a cage
Well I use to be a good tennis player in my younger years.
I played almost daily from the time I was 12 until 51 when my balance and knees deserted me.
I will relate my story and consequent beliefs later in this post ...
but first, get your butt to an Orthopedics doctor and have him/her check you out and offer advice.
I wish I had!
If you are training for tennis, you know that you work on your lower body strength
and tone your upper body with lower weights and more reps.
If you are not training, then learn the basics of tennis training and stretching.I will sum up my downfall as being "big-boned and heavy".
Tennis is a great sport for smaller and naturally less muscular people.
I am a big guy ... in high school I was 6 ft and weighed 160 pounds.
I have a short inseam 28 inches so I have the torso of a man 6' 8".
I had a 54 inch chest along with that long torso so most of my weight was disproportionately
This allowed me to have short steps which is essential to tennis.
However, this put a lot of stress on my knees.
I ran 5 miles 5 times a week in under 34 minutes.
However, this put a lot of stress on my knees.
When I was 35 and 210 pounds, my partner and I were 5th in the state of Georgia for men's 35 Doubles and I trained daily spending over 35 hours a week on the tennis court or training on the stepper 3 - 5 times a week at level 9 for 45 minutes.
However, this put a lot of stress on my knees.
And then I became diabetic at 37 so no more serious tennis,
and I didn't change my exercise routine ...
this put a lot of stress on my knees and stress either mental or physical is not good for a diabetic.
I quit playing at 51 because of my knees.
That's all of my story that is relevant to your question.
Old Man Jingles
Rat out of a cage
We had a girl who was a Loose Lucy and one day she practiced without any panties on.
Watch tennis then go workout...
I still remember that and her ... one way to make an impression.
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