The 16-times grand slam doubles champion and one-time top-20 singles star regularly works out in his home gym in Melbourne and also keeps active while away ...
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The grand slam great says he is still coming to terms with the shock diagnosis after an 'awful' episode in his home gym.
“It’s been a wake-up call to me to make sure I look after myself. With good monitoring and a bit of mild medication moving forward, I’ll be fine. “If I take care of that I have the ability to be fine into the future.
Former tennis champion Todd Woodbridge has opened up after a serious health scare last week, pleading with others to take care of their health and speak to ...
“I didn’t think it was going to happen to me,” he told Neil Mitchell. The broadcaster said the heart attack was his “wake up call” and it “should be everybody’s wake up call”. “I like doing my exercise, I eat well.”
The 16-time grand slam doubles champion has been steadfast with his health after retiring in 2005. It's why the episode has prompted him to speak about his ...
If it can happen to me it shows that it can happen to anybody.” “And you’re personally still coming to terms with somebody like myself who I consider to lead a pretty good fit healthy lifestyle — I keep active, I eat well, I do all the right things, I enjoy doing that. Watch Tennis Live with beIN SPORTS on Kayo. Live Coverage of ATP + WTA Tour Tournaments including Every Finals Match. The popular TV commentator says he was “shocked” when he experienced chest pains and other symptoms he now knows to have been a heart attack. Tennis great Todd Woodbridge was “shocked” when he experienced a heart attack while going through his regular daily routine.
'Didn't think it was going to happen to me': Aussie tennis great reveals he had heart attack.
If it can happen to me it shows that it can happen to anybody.” “And you’re personally still coming to terms with somebody like myself who I consider to lead a pretty good fit healthy lifestyle — I keep active, I eat well, I do all the right things, I enjoy doing that. Live Coverage of ATP + WTA Tour Tournaments including Every Finals Match. “It was last Thursday, I tried to keep my routine having travelled to the US Open and London and I was just exercising and had chest pains and every symptom when you look up google — full sweats and I felt awful,” he said. Watch Tennis Live with beIN SPORTS on Kayo. The popular TV commentator says he was “shocked” when he experienced chest pains and other symptoms he now knows to have been a heart attack.
The 16-time grand slam doubles champion says he 'had chest pains and every symptom' and has urged others to have a health check.
“I’ve hit that age now where I need to make sure that I have regular testing, get to the doctors,” Woodbridge said. “It’s been a wake-up call to me to make sure I look after myself. But if you don’t take care of that, you are putting yourself at risk.”
Australian tennis legend Todd Woodbridge is urging everyone to be vigilant with their health, after sufferi...
"I feel like I manage my workloads well. I like it," he said. "The message is don't put off what you've been saying you'll do. "I'll certainly be doing all my check-ups. "I knew it wasn't just something minor. "I'm busy, but I like being busy. "It started to spread across my chest. It wasn't pain, it was like a heavy pressing. A lot of people have said that I do a lot of stuff, and my reaction is yes, but I don't find that stressful. "But I think a lot of people will just think, it will be right. "I sort of knew I would have that, but I hadn't done anything about it over the last couple of years. "I'd done a bit of a warm-up, started to do some weights, and I got a bit of a feeling, like one finger being pushed into the middle of my chest," he told Wide World of Sports.
The tennis legend has opened up on a serious health scare and wants Australian's to be proactive about their health.
Following years of high school sport and weekends spent playing cricket or avoiding a harrowing injury on the rugby field, attention turned to mixed netball as a means of keeping fit... Ever been scared at the top of a high-diving board? Erling Haaland is the most talked about footballer on the planet. Cutting down on saturated fats and unhealthy food is the most effective way of lowering cholesterol. [Wide World of Sports](https://wwos.nine.com.au/tennis/todd-woodbridge-heart-attack-urges-australians-to-get-checked/01bcc0a8-e579-424d-9e73-86ba16aada84), “I’d done a bit of a warm-up, started to do some weights, and I got a bit of a feeling, like one finger being pushed into the middle of my chest. The three key risk factors of cardio-vascular issues are high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and smoking. A heart attack will usually be preceded by pain in the chest or arms, which causes continued discomfort. A day becomes a week, which becomes a month, then six months and before you know it a year has gone by and you haven’t done what you need to do for your health,” he said. “I consider (myself) to lead a pretty good fit healthy lifestyle – I keep active, I eat well, I do all the right things, I enjoy doing that.” “One of the things that really stood out when I was going through all my tests is that I had really high cholesterol,” he said. “It’s been a wakeup call to me to make sure I look after myself. The player-turned-commentator maintains a regular work out routine at his home gym in Melbourne and keeps active while away from home.