I Tested Roger Federer’s Warm Up Routine #tennis

I just tested Roger Federer's 10 minute warm-up routine and found it super interesting. This is one of our favorite exercises we always do. And in this video I'm going to show it to you from start to finish while sharing my thoughts with you. Be sure to watch all the way through to the end as I'm sure you'll find some exercises that you can add into your warm-ups and workout routines. Let's check it out. I'm always fascinated by how the greatest tennis players live and train. You may have seen my video testing Novak Djokovic's morning routine. Well, looking deeper into their daily habits and routines can help us to understand a little bit more about what it takes to separate yourself from the rest. What's special about this video is Roger actually talks us through his thoughts too. This is one of our favorite exercises we always do. And I like to mess it up but, you know, he's... It has had a bit of an evolution over the last sort of 10 years, these exercises here with me. We always laugh about it. This is also one thing I do so much more now than ever. It's the whole warm-up thing. I used to jump up and down when I was a teenager. Now it's much more than that. As we know Federer is one of the best movers on court that we have ever seen. But what was even more incredible about his legendary career was how little he got injured. This was down to his very efficient game style and the way he prepared. Not only for his matches but also his training sessions too. This warm-up was purely for a training session that he had later on with Lucas Puyol. So the stretching I've already done at home. Also core exercises. I always do them at home and then when I come to the tennis then I just do my fitness warm-up. What I found really interesting about this warm-up was not only the variety of exercises that he did but also the frequency. Federer was barely doing an exercise for more than 30 seconds before he would change to do the next one. So Pierre and me, we know each other since almost 20 years. Or more than 20 years. 22 years. And we speak French together. It's his first language. It's a language I had to learn when I was young when I got to know Pierre. And it's the habit that we speak. One leg. I was cheating a bit, wasn't I? I'm really feeling it on the lungs now. I'm only like five minutes in. Tennis players need to adapt quickly to many situations and it requires not just physical skills but tons of cognitive skills too. As you can see, every part of this warm-up serves a purpose. Federer was raising his heart rate through the jogging, sharpening the connections between his eyes, his brain and his hands, warming up every single muscle group, doing different exercises but also training different footwork patterns, including up and back and lateral movements. So we've done the side to side now. Now this was back to front. So I don't know what else we're doing now. But just got to warm up everything. It's true really. So you can start faster as well with the tennis because we'll be playing points shortly and all six years for me. Okay, so number one, two, three, four. Gotta play tennis after this. Oh no. If you're enjoying this video or finding it valuable, I'd love it if you could do three things that would really support the channel. First, click that like button, then leave a comment below letting me know what you think of the video. And finally, if you'd like to see more of these videos, consider subscribing to the channel. It's about 25 degrees. I'm starting to feel it now. No, I'm joking. Starting to know the drill now. You'll see that Roger is always athletic with a low and wide base and anytime he's doing a ball skill, his eyes are locked in and ready to pounce. One thing for you to think about when you're planning your warm-ups is they should make you sweat. I was glad to see that it wasn't just me that was out of puff. Almost made it. It's almost going to be easier to play tennis than these warm-ups these days. Before the end of the video, I've got to say a special thank you to our coach Andrew Palmer for feeding me balls and acting as coach during this warm-up. Andrew's actually set up his own Instagram account, so head over there and give him a follow. I'll pop his handle just below here. It's like in the circus. Come on. Thanks, buddy. That was good. Good time to grab the racket. Now I see why Roger was puffing. So now I've tested Novak's morning routine and Roger's warm-up routine. Let me know in the comments who and what you'd like to see next. Thanks as always for watching. I look forward to seeing you in the next video. Take care.