Namita Nayyar:
Introduce us to a day in your life. Your morning begins with.
Elise Mertens:
I start my day around 7.30 a.m. with a healthy breakfast, using my mixer for a shake of spinach, fruit, seeds, almond milk, and cereals.
Warming up at 9-9.30 hrs
Twice a day tennis sometimes once but then with an extra physical practice (10-12:00 hrs and 14-16:00 hrs)
Lunch and rest 12.00-13.30 hrs
Tennis or physical practice 14-16:00 hrs and cooling down massage
Driving back home and spending time with my five dogs and dinner at 19:00 hrs.
Cross words and table tennis with my dad 19.30-20.30 hrs
Relaxing in front of the TV (watching “Thuis” my favorite)
To bed at 22:00 hrs
Namita Nayyar:
Exercises that essentially comprise your workout routine? Five stretching exercises you practice regularly to prevent injury or overcome it? Your advice to beginners in tennis.
Elise Mertens:
Especially for the shoulders, hamstrings, glutes, wrists and ankels exercises.
Advice: Stretching is very important and try to do some exercises to stay agile.
Namita Nayyar:
The diet that you follow to remain healthy and physically fit? Two supplements that are key essential for immunity and enhanced performance.
Elise Mertens:
My food is mostly vegetarian with lots of vegetables, pasta, couscous or rice. I also need to toe at some carbs and after a practice in the day; I take an Etixx shake with carbs and protein. When I do power trainingI only take proteins, no carbs.
If I practice more than one hour, in my second hour, I take a Gel, gummies or something with sugar. I take spirulina or chlorella that I add to my shake in the morning, to enhance performance: recovery shake.
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