Why is serena williams so bulky after doing all that running playing professional tennis?

Question

tennis is one of the most cardio excercising sports out there with all that running and stopping and going in all directions. But serena seems to be out of shape...why is that?

Answer 1

she doesnt have much "fat" on her... she has a ton of muscle

Answer 2

She is definitely fat.  She always has been.  Some people are saying that it's muscle.  Well, yes, some of her body composition is definitely muscle, but there's definitely a lot of fat as well.  She's a far cry from Navratilova, who happened to be all muscle.  Serena might be big and strong, but she's also fat, and would be a better, less injury prone, tennis player if she lost weight.

Answer 3

She's bulky with muscle allright but she aint fat either. If she was out of shape like in 2006, then she'd have dissappeared at the All England by now.

She's muscular!

Answer 4

Yeah it always seemed to me that she is less fit than her early playing days, around 2000 and 2001. Sometimes it hurts to watch her scramble but she is surprisingly nimble to her credit.

Answer 5

most people put weight on when they get older.

Answer 6

Serena doesn't have the usual tennis body.  She is not tall and slender like Venus and so many people can't seem to understand how she is that muscular and that good.  She has great muscle tone and is very muscular.  She is not fat as many people think.  She is just very strong and that is why it is so hard for anyone to even return to her.  I am glad that both she and Venus has changed tennis if you notice many more women with bigger bodies are in the game.  They may not be firm and muscular like Serena but they all realize they don't have to be flat like a pancake like Sharapova and others.  Many of the Russians have bigger bodies and are doing well.  Thanks to Serena she made young women realize that you can be any size and still be good in sports.

Answer 7

Serena is different than usual tennis players...there was speculation that she was on steroids, but who knows if thats true or if it isn't. She doesn't have much fat on her, she is very muscular. If you go back to last year when she started back again, she did have some fat, but over the past year she has trimmed down and has gained her muscle back again.

She's not out of shape. If she was she wouldn't have won the Australian 07, and be doing so great and be top 10 in the world!

Answer 8

she has a lot of muscle, not much fat at all

Answer 9

Serena doesn't have the average tennis players body. She has breast and butt. I don't think she is fat at all. Just because she is not a stick figure that doesn't make her fat. She is very muscular and to me she looks very nice. If you have a problem with the way she looks then don't look at her. And as for her being out of shape, NEGATIVE!!!! If she was so out of shape she wouldn't be ranked in the top ten, she wouldn't the defending Australian open champion and she would be playing in the semifinal at Wimbledon.

Answer 10

She has a more of a power game she is not involved in much of the big rallies she either hits an winner or makes an unforced error so she has very less running to do!!