Serena Williams And Her Fitness Guru Behind Her Comeback

Many people credit Patrick Mouratoglou for the amazing game of Serena Williams even as her age increases. However, there’s one unsung hero from Serena’s life who deserve an equal share of credit.

This man is known as Mackie Shilstone. He’s a fitness trainer of Serena Williams who’s been with her for more than a decade now. In fact, he’s been a key factor behind the career extension of Serena.

His shoulder program helped Serena in making sure her serve was perfect even when she was suffering from injuries. His affiliation with Serena has also helped her in improving her fitness on par with modern athletes. Let’s find out the kind of relationship that the two share with each other.

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What kind of relationship do Serena Williams and Mackie Shilstone share?

The 67-year-old Mackie is not really in touch with the modern world. However, Serena made him an internet sensation when he got popular on the Internet as “Medicare Mackie”.

As he was throwing out balls to her during a tough drill, he said – ” I can do this and I’m on Medicare!”

The two are so close that he even officiated Serena’s wedding. However, the two didn’t meet by themselves but through a mutual connection. Mackie famously helped Riddick Bowe defeat Evander Holyfield in the Boxing ring.

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This prompted Cora Berry, the chairwoman of the D.C. Boxing and Wrestling Commission to recommend him to Oracene Price, the mother of Serena Williams. Talking to USA Today about how incredible Serena is, Mackie Shilstone had this to say –

“More than what she does on the court, which is what you know her for, I think what she’s gonna do is show women everywhere, mothers, who have complicated pregnancies, who have to face adversities, I’m not talking about losing on the court,” he said. “I’m talking about within three hours of dying … I think Serena is gonna set the tone for mothers facing true adversity to weather the storm. I think that’s a bigger story than her winning the next Slam.”

Mackie Shilstone is way more equipped to talk about the greatness of Serena Williams than we are. He only reiterates what we already know. Serena Williams is one of the toughest athletes in the entire world and will be remembered as one throughout history.