Many peopled – even some who are not particularly tenacious fans of tennis – have recommended to me Andre Agassi’s autobiography Open.
It’s very good, and kind of surprising just how much even a great tennis player like Agassi talks about LOSING in this book.
The coolest part, to me, was learning about the “team” of friends, trainers, family, and mentors Agassi assembled to accompany him over his career.
Notes and quotes…
This got me to add Russian Twists to my morning workout routine – I had kinda forgotten about them ;)
4412 Next we concentrate on my midsection, beginning with a special machine Gil designed and built. As with all his machines, he chopped it, cut it, re-welded it. (The blueprints in his da Vinci notebooks are stunning.) It’s the only machine of its kind in the world, he says, because it allows me to work my abs without engaging my fragile back. We’re going to stack heavy on your abs, he says, work them until they’re on fire, and then we’re going to do Russian Twists: you’ll hold a forty-five-pound iron plate, a big wheel, and rotate left, right, left, right. That will burn down your sides and obliques.
- Read Open by Andre Agassi