Attention Total Gym PickleBall Peeps! 5 Great Total Gym Exercises to Elevate Your Game
Hey TG Team! It’s Master Trainer JayDee and fellow pickleball fanatic here to share 5 exercises with 3 simple, practical goals:
- Increase Your Pickleball Level
- Decrease Your Chances of Injury
- Increase Your Fun Factor!
It’s simple math Team. 1 + 2 = 3. If you’re playing better (#1) and staying healthy (#2), you can’t help but have more Fun (#3) when you’re out there!
If you haven’t tried pickleball yet, use all that strength your Total Gym gives you to crawl out from under your rock, and try it. Super Fun – Great Exercise, and my wife and I just realized we have over 50 new friends we didn’t have just 2 years ago!
Quick back story of my pickleball addiction! Due to competitive hockey and football injuries, as well as years of teaching high-impact exercise, I wore out my darn hips. Either that, or I joke I’m part German Shepherd!
The good news? 9 years ago, I got New & Improved ones! Thanks to my Total Gym, I rehabbed quickly. Seriously, my Physical Therapists were astonished by my robust, swift recovery! Yep, I let them in on my “secret”.
Heeding my doctor’s advice, I sadly gave up my beloved tennis and beach volleyball so I wouldn’t wear them out again! The biggest bummer, my competitive outlets were now gone. And then, as if sent from heaven, along comes Pickleball. A lot less impact. More Fun! Voila! Competitive juices restored, and a new passion is ignited!
OK, back to business. Check it out – any exercise you do on your Total Gym is going to improve your body and thus your pickleball game. The hardest part of this vlog was whittling it down to just the 5 that would have the most impact on your pickleball life.
Here we Go! Check out the Video for The Fab Five:
- Pilates Side Skate – Caution here, kids: The lower the level is, the more precarious and challenging this exercise can be because there is less control. So start out at Level 5 and then play around with lowering the level to see which one feels best.
- Low Back Hinge/Extension – We often neglect training this too important muscle area, which is why so many people have low back issues! We chase this with a yummy, body-weight assisted stretch and then right into…
- Forearm Curls – Besides your legs, the most used muscle in your pickleball game.
- Oblique Rotation – We demonstrate lots of “Twist-n-Shout” options!
- Pilates Pickleball Pelvic Peels – Strengthens your lower back and hamstrings, but the super benefit is a supple, flexible spine!
Enjoy TG Team! If you likey :), send us some feedback, and I’ll follow this up with the next top 5 Total Gym pickleball exercises on my list.
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