Cardio Tennis has put on a show in Melbourne\u2019s City Square to help celebrate national Heart Week.<\/p>\n
For two hours, celebrities such as Michael Hurley (Essendon footballer), Stephanie Hickey (snowboarder at 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics) and Alice McNamara (Australian rower) participated in the brand new tennis fitness program.<\/p>\n
Hurley said the program was fantastic, and said it may even find a way into his training schedule.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think something like that (would be good) to change it up, and you get a bit of a sweat up,\u201d Hurley said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think the boys down at Essendon would love it… all you have to do is get the ball over the net, so I think most could do that without a sporting background, so it\u2019s very open to anybody.\u201d<\/p>\n
Olympic rower and Empire State Building stair-climbing champion is no stranger to a good workout and\u00a0said Cardio Tennis was a great way to work out for an hour without realising you\u2019re exercising.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a really good general cardio workout, so it is enough to get your heart pumping and it\u2019s high energy and it\u2019s really fun, so time flies,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah I seriously will go back to the coaches and say, \u2018next time we have a chance to do a session of our own, let\u2019s do Cardio Tennis\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cardio Tennis is a social, group tennis fitness program for people of all ages, fitness levels and abilities. Participants wear heart rate monitors, exercise to music, use low-compression balls and use a variety of equipment during the work out, including agility ladders.<\/p>\n