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As dominant athletes go, Novak Djokovic has always been a little different. Not many World Class tennis players would come out and swear their allegiance to a poodle named Pierre. He also bounces the ball about a million times before each serve. But this latest wrinkle might be the best Djoko-fact we've seen so far.
See that egg-shaped pressure chamber below? That's Novak Djokovic's secret weapon.
That photo's from a feature in Monday's Wall Street Journal. As Hannah Karp reports...
Ever since last year's U.S. Open, Djokovic has been trying to improve his fitness by climbing into a rare $75,000 egg-shaped, bobsled-sized pressure chamber.
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The pod, which is seven feet long, three feet wide and seven feet high with the lid open, looks like a cross between a tanning bed and the giant egg Lady Gaga emerged from at the Grammys. CVAC says its pod is different from other pressurized chambers on the market because it combines altitude pressure with cyclic compression (a combination some studies suggest is more effective than one or the other). Because the pressure, temperature, air density in the CVAC pod can be adjusted, the company says it enhances an athlete's ability to adapt to a range of conditions.
"It's like a spaceship," Djokovic said. "It's very interesting technology." And good for him. But, the real question: does Pierre get to enter the egg with him, or does he have his own, mini-egg chamber?
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