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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