Pierce Mattie Public Relations New York

Tennis of yesteryear had such high profile players like Venus and Serena Williams, Andre Agassi, Monica Seles, Steffi Graf and Anna Kournikova. Sure Venus is still very much in the press (more so for her endorsements than tennis) and Roger Federer has begun to bring an interest back to the sport. But it appears that the game of tennis is making a comeback not as an instructional sport, but instead a fitness class with a focus on cardio.

Playing tennis has always been about form while the new cardio tennis classes focus on keeping the heart rate up, burning calories and hitting the ball (without having to go after the ones you missed!) The cardio tennis classes are taught as a group fitness class, as interval training and mimic all other fitness programs with a warm up and cool down. While there is no doubt you are bound to improve your tennis skills taking this class, you are bound to lose weight and get fitter faster than taking up traditional tennis.

Are you currently taking a cardio tennis class?