Treacle

Rescuing a deep Bjorkman tennis/football smash

Ice bath

Matty Little has second thoughts about ten minutes in the ice bath.

Player Box

Good times after the Simon win...

Intervals

Andy deep into his session and making the most of 20 seconds rest...

Stretch it out

Andy and Treacle get ready for a big session on the treadmill..

The boys

Matty, Miles, Andy and Ross

Treacle

Matty Little turns on the style in tennis football...

Matty, Jez and Leon

Coaches past and present compare notes.

Treacle

Matty Little sends down a few serves. The speed gun not needed.

The guys

Andy Matty and Jezmond before practice

Reservoir Dogs

Or not....

Treacle

In the player lounge after the final: Matt Little wears his heart on his sleeve and was gutted for Andy. Andy Ireland's doing his medical notes - something he does after each day.

Practice with Ancic

Being serious...

Not all hard work...

Jez and Treacle relax

Treacle

A lighter moment...

Band work

And again....

Band work

Working on the arms

Core stability

Good job....

Core stability

Press up nightmare....

Core stability

Easy does it....

Core stability

Try this at home, I don't think....

Core stability

Andy hits the Swiss balls with fitness coach Jez Green days before heading out to the French.

Warm down after Eysseric

Warm down after Eysseric

Nice skip there Miles...

Warm down after Eysseric

Warm down after Eysseric

Matty Little watching

Grabbing some food

It's raining, so what else can you do?

Rd 2 vs. Acasuso

Team Murray relax in the player lounge waiting for the call to go out...

Rd 2 - Happy Treacle

Matt Little happy with the day's work

Practice vs. Canas

Talking with the team....

Miles, Matt and Alex

2/3rds (ish) of Team Murray talking shop prior to Andy's first round match.

Practice before Volandri

Andy on the practice court...

New accreditatiion..

I lost mine, so this is the one Helene made for me. Is ok?

Press

Being a high-profile kind of player, Andy gets to meet the press on a regular basis.

After Fed

Andy gets a stretch from Matty Little after beating the World No. 1 in the first round....

Not all serious...

Laugh a minute with these two....

Blam...

Vertically challanged...

Treacle obscured by the bar, and Andy's loving it...

Steady...

Heavy weights there...

Hitting the bar...

Treacle sets up another routine...

Leg pull...

Working the back of the leg with Treacle in control of the weight...

Leg extensions...

Matty Little supervises Andy as the weights session gets underway...

Pushing...

Andy in his own little world of hurt and pain; pushing for the line on another 400 metre lap...

Opening up a gap...

Top of the first bend and Andy's already streets ahead of Treacle as you might expect...

Matty Little...

Looking a little bit rouge after his first 400. Only a shed load more to go on a day for ducks in south west London

Getting ready to start...

Treacle sets his watch. The next half hour is going to be very nasty...

Sprint

Miles Maclagan flying the flag for 30 something guys everywhere - hanging on (sort of) to his player in the early stages of the session. The gap had grown a bit by the end mind you...

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Sprint

Sprint

Sprint

Sprint

Sprint

Sprint

Sprint

...and time to check that split time.

Finish line...

Andy checks the split time on his watch as he crosses the line with about 3 sets to go. You can't see but he's also got a heart-rate monitor around his chest so he can make sure he's at our around the max level that's been set for the session.

Treacle

You can't push your athlete if you're not going through the same pain as them. That's the Treacle philosophy, and he gets the job done....

On the scales with Matty Little...

Under 80KG Matt? I don't think so...

And again...

Treacle and another joke...

Treacle doing what Treacle does...

...best. Cracking gags...

Old guys just hanging out...

Three hours in and the old folk pause for a rest....

Hungry Treacle...

Lunch is being rustled up by the cooks, but Matt Little is struggling...

Team Murray

Some of them anyway, talking shop....

Gone wrong...

Matt Little's profile picture for the new site was spoiled by you know who....

Team Murray

Andy's out, but it's back to the court to work hard, again.

Warm-up 2

Jez Green showing off his skills.

Warm-up 1

Close control from Andy in his 'footy-tennis' warm-up. Crap weather by the looks of it...

Leg extensions...

Jez Green supervises another gym session. Matty Little in the background....

Quads....

Andy works his lower body under the watchful eye of fitness trainer Jez Green....

Hard work...

Andy and Team Murray, albeit without Louis. Caption says it all....

Hello girls...

Miami beach, three tennis guys, and a distinct lack of female attention. Poor effort.

Little back...

Matt didn't get on well with the hotel loungers....

Out for dinner...

Matty Little encourages the food to his bowl....

Matty Little...

Stretching Stretch

Stretch...

Andy gets stretched by Matt Little, LTA trainer....

And some more...

You've got to laugh. It hurts so much, you might as well....

Stretch

Stretch

Chatting

Stretching

Speed work

Speed work

Mr Incredible

aka Treacle

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Stretching with Andy

Stretching

Oh dear...

Andy pretends to be hurt

We're playing them....

Miles lets Treacle know which end of the court to try and kick the tennis ball

Treacle

Not just a fitness expert, Treacle is reasonably handy with a tennis ball. And he drives a big fat BMW.

Er....

Not sure what this is all about. I think they've been out oif the UK for too long.

More plank...

Just in case you've missed the thousands of others in the gallery..

Plank

Oh yeah, you hold these poses from the front too...

Crunch from front...

Matty Little makes sure the correct 'form' is there on all the stuff they do....

Plank

Holds this pose for a minute, then switches...

Crunch...

Didn't look nice this one...

Treacle

Matty Little in his natural habitat - the weights room....

Erm?

Not sure, but they're looking at something on a camcorder...

In the stands...

Ross, Matt and Miles...

Weights

With Matty Little. Andy building up his strength for '08 with new fitness expert Matt Little.

Kill Little

It's not all hard work...

Crunch 1

Crunch 2

Crunch 3

Crunch 4

Crunch 5

Crunch 6

Crunch 7

Crunch 8

Boxing 2

He didn't actually punch it. Just swung the bag a bit...

Boxing again...

Always time for some boxing.,..

The plank

Great for core strength...

Stretching out...

Matt Little makes sure it's all done properly...

Stretching out...

And again...

Yoga

Matt Little makes sure the technique is just right...

Resistance band...

A picture of concentration as he works on those shoulder muscles...

Feeling where it's working...

Hand on shoulder to see where the band is actually working most....

Stretching...

A familiar daily routine...

Stretching...

And again...

Blackberry (2)

Andy talks schedules with Matt Little....