We’ve had Wimbledon, the World Cup and we’re now in the thick of preparations for the Commonwealth Games. Sporting events have been everywhere this summer, and while many of us are embracing the excitement of watching the athletes compete, for those that don’t enjoy watching or participating in sport, the sporting schedule can feel like overload. Here are a few tips for surviving the summer of sport: Watch a film: just as the summer is the … [Read more...]
The Wimbledon Diet: What Type of Foods Fuel our Favourite Tennis Players?
This year’s Wimbledon tournament has started. For the next two weeks, we all become tennis fans and avidly follow the successes and defeats of the players, marveling at the levels of physical and mental fitness on display. So how do these players achieve the fitness required to compete at the highest level? One of the most important aspects of the rigid fitness programme followed by athletes is a healthy diet. So what are the foods that enable … [Read more...]
Wimbledon and our Inner Tennis Player – A ‘The Green Rooms’ Report
The Wimbledon Championships Around the end of June every year, we welcome an annual sporting event that has long been a fixture on our televisions during the summer: the Wimbledon Championships. For this two-week period the most prestigious tournament on the tennis calendar takes place, the British nation become tennis fans, and tennis courts around the country are full of budding tennis players. So what is it about the Wimbledon Championships … [Read more...]
