PODCAST - Fitness Special

The ATP Tennis Radio Podcast

LORENZO BELTRAME ON CHARACTER - ‘Every person has to decide what person they want to become and build into that space. To me character is the automatic version of attitude. Attitude is what we can drive everyday with effort, so today I can choose my attitude and the more I choose the attitude I want to have, the more I build character and eventually it becomes part of my normal behaviours’.

JULIA GÖRGES ON LEARNING TO RELAX - ‘From being scheduled 24/7 to not being schedule 24/7, that’s already a huge chance for body and mind and beside that we’ve got to get some yoga and meditation stuff in, so I really enjoy it. I’m writing a blog every two to three weeks and it’s about mental health, meditation, goal-setting, stress release, supplements and nutrition, all what is good for your body. I feel there is a lot that can be improved in the world and if I can help someone just one per cent, I’m super happy about it’.

JOE SALISBURY ON MEDITATION - ‘It’s definitely helped both on and off the court, just feeling you’re more in control of your mind. You can always help the thoughts that come into your head, the emotions that you’re feeling, but it just helps you deal with them better’.

DAVID O’HARE ON DIET AND NUTRITION - ‘When I was a player I had an unhealthy approach to food in viewing it all as fuel. Now I just think it’s one of life’s great pleasures that you can enjoy and I think your relationship to food is really important, so I think that me stressing or feeling guilty over having an ice cream probably has more of a negative effect on me then having the ice cream itself. A little bit of everything isn’t going to hurt’.

MARC BOADA ON MANAGING THE PHYSICAL ASPECT OF ATHLETES BODIES - ‘With Novak Djokovic you always feel like all his shots are in perfect control. In order to hit the ball harder, you don’t need to be stronger, you need to use your body better and this is a main goal.

-Show presented by Seb Lauzier

-Interviews by Jill Craybas