On Tuesday, Dec. 22, the Peachtree City Tennis Center and World Gym Fitness Center announced a new alliance. The members of the Tennis Center will be able to go to World Gym and get specialized training to build strength and conditioning as well as to stave off injuries. "As a coach, people have asked me what kind of exercises they should do," said Virgil Christian. " Before today, I could not recommend anything. I would not want to be counterproductive. Our juniors now have a fitness center to coordinate their training, preventive and strengthening workouts. They now have a fitness center to call home."

The World Gym Fitness Center is operational now and the Grand Opening will be at the end of January. The fitness center features state of the art equipment throughout the gym, including the 1999 models of Life Cycle's treadmills and stationary bikes, as well as freeweights and nautilus machines. World Gym features day care and personal training sessions with certified personal trainers.

"To be able to recommend to the 1,000 plus adults that play tennis out of the Tennis Center a fitness and wellness environment at the high caliber of World Gym is outstanding," said Jamie Farnham, director of adult programming at the Tennis Center.

The staff will set up training programs specifically for the tennis players. "They probably don't need to focus on conditioning as much, but it will be important to build strength in certain areas that get used frequently," said Christian.

The Peachtree City Tennis Center has won four major awards in the past two years: USTA Facility of the Year, Georgia Junior Program of the Year, Georgia Professional of the Year, Georgia Tournament of the Year. The Tennis Center will host the Peach State Junior Championships again on Memorial Day weekend and then a professional woman's tournament in August. "We want to be the best facility in the country," said Christian. "This association was important for us and our members in pursuing that quest."

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