I think a little bit is okay but tennis is a anaerobic sport.
Distance running is aerobic.
I think a little bit is okay but tennis is a anaerobic sport.
Distance running is aerobic.
Lane Stephens wrote:
I think a little bit is okay but tennis is a anaerobic sport.
Distance running is aerobic.
One thing I noticed was when I gave up tennis and skiing years ago to focus on running I had hip issues. I did not realize that the lateral motion was beneficial in that I was working my hip stabilizing muscles.
Lane Stephens wrote:
I think a little bit is okay but tennis is a anaerobic sport.
Distance running is aerobic.
If it helps, that means you aren't running enough to run an optimal 5k, and the more tennis helps, the less it means you have been running.
my best running times were when I was playing tennis on the side. But this is coming from someone who naturally has very little raw speed. Only downside is that tennis is a quick route to injury from all the lateral movement and shifting of your weight on one foot.
Flagpole wrote:
Lane Stephens wrote:
I think a little bit is okay but tennis is a anaerobic sport.
Distance running is aerobic.
If it helps, that means you aren't running enough to run an optimal 5k, and the more tennis helps, the less it means you have been running.
Yep. Nonspecific exercise is better than complete inactivity, but it is very poor training compared to sport specific training.
All else equal, someone who plays tennis for an hour per day will be a better runner than someone who never exercises at all, but someone who runs for even a few hours per week will be a much better runner than both of those people.
There are gals/guys that play tennis year around. Tennis alone is not optimum XC but it is far better than being a couch potato. I had a sub-16 5K hs XC teammate who played tennis 9 1/2 months a year, hours a day. He played 2 1/2 to 4 hours a day five or six days a week.
otter wrote:
Lane Stephens wrote:
I think a little bit is okay but tennis is a anaerobic sport.
Distance running is aerobic.
One thing I noticed was when I gave up tennis and skiing years ago to focus on running I had hip issues. I did not realize that the lateral motion was beneficial in that I was working my hip stabilizing muscles.
Why don't you run sideways.