Belinda Bencic is an Olympic athlete known for her incredible skills on the tennis court. The tennis player from Switzerland has ranked as one of the best players in the world and has even won a gold medal in the 202 Olympics in Tokyo. “Here we go again😅 did I miss this?😁💪🏽 physical testing and.. Let’s go! 🔥🚀#podpodpodpodpod,” she said, with a positive attitude. Bencic is always willing to put in the work for her career.
As a professional tennis player, a big part of her workout routine involves her practicing. According to Better Health, “playing tennis is a good sport to maintain your health, fitness, strength and agility. It has been calculated that an hour-long game of singles tennis burns around 600 calories for men and 420 calories for women.”
She watches what she eats and prioritizes healthy dishes to keep her fueled and energized. “I’m watching what I eat. I need to stay fit, of course, and healthy and of course, watch my weight all the time. So I’m just trying to eat healthy and just see what works best for me. I have like a routine before the match. I eat rice with olive oil and salt. I think it’s the best for me,” she said.
She makes sure her routine involves sunscreen. “I always wear sunscreen when I go out. I think that’s the most important rule. Of course, because we are always playing in the sun and my skin is all the time hydrated and sometimes even oily. So I don’t use much extra hydration and just kind of cleaning, always removing makeup before I go to sleep,” she said.
She warms up before diving into her workout. “We make some mobility and then we do the active up. So the active warm up for the muscles. And I think for me it’s really important to make some core before practice to stabilize and also to stabilize my ankles,” she said. According to the American Heart Association, “before you exercise, think about warming up your muscles like you would warm up your car. It increases the temperature and flexibility of your muscles, and helps you be more efficient and safer during your workout. A warm-up before moderate- or vigorous-intensity aerobic activity allows a gradual increase in heart rate and breathing at the start of the activity.”
As far as good workouts, she thinks it can vary depending on the person. “I think it’s very individual, especially for preventing injury, of course, depends on how your body is and what you have. I’m really glad I found a routine with my fitness coach, and we are doing this before every match and on the tournaments,” she said. “It’s basically, it’s a warm up where he just activates my muscles by massaging them or like, with the hyper ice machine.”