Physical exercises

Benching slowly and with heavy weights is not good for TT. Benching quickly with medium weights helps develop speed in the muscles.

bethgough said:

Normal Exercise are very helpful for getting fit and healthy body for playing Table tennis. Yoga, Walking, Stretching are best exercise for stay fit in table tennis.

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Ok, 100% agreed with u bro..

Nice to see that there are a few other people who recognize the benefits that Yoga can have. I have found the fact that I practice Yoga extremely useful as I developed the skills I have acquired over the last 2.5 years in Table Tennis. I would never have become anywhere as good on the table without the fact that I practice Yoga the way I do.

But lately I have also been noticing that, if you loop, you need to have strong brachialis and brachioradialis muscles. Hammer curls will help your loop and will help make those muscles strong so that, if you loop a lot, you will not get repetitive stress injuries in your elbow from looping. I don't think you want to use a lot of weight here, just like with any other weight training exercises used for Table Tennis. Lighter weights and probably going for higher repetitions or bursts of speed with the weight would be what you would want.

Also, if you did Hammer Curls you might want to do them on a day when you were not going to play TT the next day and after you had already trained on that particular day. If you really got those muscles worked you would probably not want to loop after or the next day.

There is also some great physical exercises that Dimitrij Ovtcharov's strength and conditioning coach shares on his Facebook page. You can find them all here: http://www.tabletennisdaily.co.uk/f...94-Dimitrij-Ovtcharov-s-Personal-Trainer-Vids