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Each Wednesday the WPH features the WPH Wednesday Workout, designed to help you become a stronger, fitter, faster, and better handball player. From leg and shoulder strengthening exercises to HIT Training, biking, balance, footwork, agility, coordination, first-step explosiveness, hydration, cooling down, upper body strengthening, circuit training, altitude training, swimming, jogging, and much more, the WPH Wednesday Workouts focus on the areas that every handball player needs to reach their peak form.
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On this WPH Wednesday Workout, we’ll showcase former WTA #1 Simona Halep’s training regime.
Simona Halep is widely regarded as one of the fittest women’s players on the WTA, winning 22 singles titles and two Grand Slams (Wimbledon and the French Open). At 5’6”, the pride of Romania is one of the shorter players on the WTA Tour, meaning she needs to use her legs, conditioning, and quickness to overcome her lack of height, power, and reach. How does she do it? Training and more training.
Halep Training Routine
- Box Jumps (2 feet)
- Medicine Ball Spikes into a jump and sprint on the beach
- Front-facing diagonal double jumps over agility hurdles into a sprint on the beach
- Forehand target practice to cones (coach feeding side to side): down the line, cross court, inside out, inside out, short balls, deep balls
- Running arena stairs
- Kettlebell squats
- Jump squats with band assist
- Dumbbell row (for back)
- Pull ups on bench press bar
- Backhand rally with coach
- Forehand rallying with coach
- Baseline rallying with coach
All of these exercises will help you become a stronger and better handball player. *Substitute forehand and backhand practice for strong hand and off-hand practice.
Simona Halep Training video HERE
David Fink
WPH Fitness Director