If you’re serious about improving your tennis performance, you need to look beyond the court. Tennis Fitness (formerly known as the Martin Method) provides structured, professional online fitness programs trusted by Wimbledon champions, competitive players and recreational tennis nerds worldwide.
What is Tennis Fitness?
Tennis Fitness is an online tennis fitness training platform created by renowned coaches Nathan and Giselle Martin. With over 20 years of experience working with professional players, competitive adults and junior athletes, they specialize in improving physical performance, reducing injuries and helping players train with purpose off the court.
Nathan and Giselle have worked with tennis legends including:
- Martina Navratilova
- Lleyton Hewitt
- Sam Stosur
- Casey Dellacqua
They are recognized pioneers in tennis-specific fitness training worldwide and have trained five No.1 tennis players.
Check their official website for info about the different programs available. Get 10% off your subscription when using the code TENNISNERD at checkout.
Why Tennis Fitness Matters
Most tennis players focus exclusively on on-court practice, but professional players know that what happens off the court is equally important. Proper tennis fitness training improves:
- Speed and agility on court
- Movement efficiency and footwork
- Power in groundstrokes and serves
- Endurance for long matches
- Injury prevention and recovery
- Strength and stability
- Balance and coordination
As Lleyton Hewitt says: “I love the professional approach that Nathan brings day in day out. As a professional athlete I know he can get the best out of me and take me to the next level.”
The Tennis Fitness Approach
What sets Tennis Fitness apart is their tennis-specific methodology. These aren’t generic gym workouts – every exercise, every set, every rest period is designed with one goal: improving your performance on the tennis court.
Key Questions Tennis Fitness Answers:
- Who are these exercises for? Any tennis player that wants to improve – from juniors to seniors, beginners to competitive players.
- What are they supposed to do? Improve speed, agility, change of direction (COD), braking abilities and power transfer. These lead directly to enhanced court movement and power.
- Is there transfer to court play? Yes. The programs combine the right exercises with the right sets, repetitions, rest periods and intensity levels to ensure real improvement in match situations.
Tennis Fitness Programs: Find Your Path
Tennis Fitness offers self-guided, step-by-step online programs with clear weekly structure, video demonstrations and training plans you can follow from anywhere. Train anytime, on any device – no gym membership required for most programs.
Junior Tennis Fitness (Ages 7-18)
Build fast, strong, and confident young athletes with programs designed for growth, physical development and long-term progression.
Includes:
- Junior Strength Development – Learn the basics of movement, use bodyweight exercises and progress to lifting weights. Three levels of progression.
- Junior Strength & Conditioning – Designed for young players with a basic strength foundation. Covers strength (using resistance bands), speed, agility, power, core, serve and endurance. Includes warm-up and recovery programs.
Focus Areas:
- Strength and movement quality
- Speed and coordination
- Injury prevention
- Long-term athletic development
Adult & Over 40s Tennis Fitness
Stay strong, mobile and injury-free with tennis-specific workouts created for real bodies and busy schedules.
The Over 40s Program is specially designed for players between 40-75 years old, based on 20-40 minute workouts, 1-3 times per week. No gym membership or extensive fitness equipment needed.
Perfect if you:
- Feel you have no time to train
- Worry about pulling a muscle or getting injured
- Were once fit but feel your endurance is declining
- Experience aches and pains that make you hesitant to train
- Have limited balance and core strength
- Want something simple, effective, and easy to follow
Focus Areas:
- Movement efficiency
- Strength maintenance
- Recovery and mobility
- Long-term joint health
- Injury prevention
Benefits:
- Fast results
- Downloadable, yours forever
- Easy to follow
- 1-3 sessions per week
- 20-40 minute workouts
- No gym required
- Money-back guarantee
High-Performance Tennis Fitness
Train like a professional with advanced strength training, speed, power and conditioning programs used with competitive players and elite athletes.
This is Tennis Fitness’s most detailed and in-depth program, designed for high-end athletes or aspiring athletes. It encompasses all the necessary exercises and programming needed to help players reach their true potential.
Includes:
- Detailed exercises and programming
- Periodized planning
- Comprehensive strength training
- Speed and agility development
- Power development
- Advanced conditioning
Focus Areas:
- Elite-level performance standards
- Demanding physical preparation
- Professional-level training protocols
Social & Recreational Tennis Fitness
Social Strength & Conditioning is designed for social players who want to move better and feel better. Includes on-court and off-court strength programs, plus speed, agility, footwork, core, and endurance training.
Perfect for recreational players who want to:
- Improve movement on court
- Build functional strength
- Prevent common tennis injuries
- Play pain-free
- Extend their tennis playing years
Speed, Agility & Power Program
A focused 6-week program designed specifically for players who want to improve court movement, brake better, change direction easier, and generate more power in groundstrokes and serves.
Features:
- Downloadable, yours forever
- For all ages and levels
- 30-40 minute workouts
- No gym required
- Easy to follow
- Fast results
Perfect for players who need:
- Faster first-step quickness
- Better braking and change of direction
- More explosive power
- Improved agility on court
Yoga and Injury Prevention
This tennis-specific yoga program is for any player wanting to improve flexibility and mobility. Easy to follow and effective, it can also be used for players coming back from injury.
Focus Areas:
- Flexibility and mobility
- Injury prevention
- Recovery
- Body awareness
- Breathing techniques
Premium Options
Junior Tennis Fitness Academy (Ages 8-18)
The Junior Tennis Fitness Academy is Tennis Fitness’s most comprehensive long-term junior pathway, providing young athletes with structure, guidance, and accountability required to train consistently and develop physically and mentally for competitive tennis.
What your child receives:
- Weekly customized online tennis fitness plans
- Live mentoring and direct coaching support
- Clear structure and accountability
- Strength, speed, agility, and endurance development
- Mindset tools and confidence building
- Regular testing, tracking, and progression
- Year-round guidance to stay motivated and consistent
Customized Programming and Training
Every player is different. Your training should be too.
Tennis Fitness creates personalized tennis fitness programs based on your goals and schedule.
Your Custom Plan May Include:
- Tennis-specific strength and conditioning
- Speed, agility & movement training
- Mobility & injury prevention
- Structured weekly programming and coaching support
Perfect for juniors, adults, and coaches wanting a program built specifically for them.
Bundle Programs: Maximum Value
Combine multiple programs and access a complete tennis fitness system covering strength, conditioning, mobility, and injury prevention.
Why players love the bundles:
- Access a full range of targeted tennis fitness programs
- Strength, conditioning, mobility, and injury prevention all in one place
- Incredible value for players of all ages and levels
- Lifetime access to your programs
Train smarter, save money, and get the complete tennis fitness system trusted worldwide.
Court Balance and Movement
Modern tennis demands great movement. Tennis Fitness focuses heavily on:
- Balance – Maintaining stability during rapid direction changes
- First-step quickness – Explosive acceleration to the ball
- Braking – Decelerating effectively to set up shots
- Change of direction – Moving efficiently in all directions
- Recovery steps – Getting back to optimal court position
These movement skills are trained through specific drills and exercises that translate directly to on-court performance.
What You Get with Tennis Fitness
Access and Convenience
- Lifetime access to purchased programs
- No ongoing subscriptions for standard programs (one-time purchase)
- Train anywhere – programs work on computers, smartphones and tablets
- Available on app – download from Google Play or Apple App Store
- User-friendly platform designed for easy navigation
Support
- Tennis Fitness Community access within the program platform
- Unlimited questions – someone responds within 24 hours
- Video demonstrations for every exercise
- PDF downloadable resources
- 7-day money-back guarantee (if no PDFs have been downloaded)
Session Duration
Including warm-up and session time, most workouts take 30-60 minutes depending on the program and your level.
Testimonials from Tennis Legends
Martina Navratilova: “Nathan & Giselle Martin are the consummate professionals when it comes to tennis training. I had the pleasure of working with both Tennis Trainers Nathan and Giselle while on the tennis tour for 3 years and was truly impressed with their training methods and expertise.”
Lleyton Hewitt: “I love the professional approach that Nathan brings day in day out. As a professional athlete I know he can get the best out of me and take me to the next level.”
Tony Roche: “I have worked with Nathan the last few years in preparing Lleyton for the Australian Open. He had Lleyton in the best shape which enabled me to get the most out of him.”
Our Experience with Tennis Fitness
As someone who loves tennis with a passion but has struggled with consistency and injuries, Tennis Fitness has been a game-changer. The structured, professional setup gives you everything you need in one place.
What I appreciate most:
- Clear progression – You know exactly what to do each week
- Video demonstrations – Easy to follow along on your phone
- Tennis-specific focus – Every exercise has a purpose for on-court performance
- Injury prevention emphasis – Particularly important as we age
- Flexibility – Can train anywhere, anytime
The programs genuinely improve your speed, agility, power and movement on court. If you want to see real change in your tennis, there are simply no shortcuts – you need structured, purposeful off-court training.
I have had Nathan as a guest on the podcast twice and used his courses a lot to improve my footwork, strength and conditioning.
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Getting Started
Ready to take your tennis to the next level?
- Assess your needs – Junior, adult, over 40s, high-performance, or specific focus (speed/agility/power)?
- Choose your program – Browse the Tennis Fitness website to find the right fit
- Start training – Follow the structured plan with video demonstrations
- See results – Improved movement, power, and confidence on court
Check the official website to explore all programs available. And don’t forget… get 10% off your subscription when using the code TENNISNERD at checkout.
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