When it comes to accomplishments, there aren’t many basketball players in history (male or female) who can hold a candle to Candace Parker. Going back to her days at the University of Tennessee all the way through her professional career in the WNBA and overseas, Parker has won just about every award that an athlete can possess.
But still, Father Time is undefeated, and Parker turned 32 earlier this year and has been playing professional hoops for a decade. In the debut episode for UNINTERRUPTED’s newest series “The Grind,” Parker shows off some of the work she’s doing with famous trainer Travelle Gaines — whose work with a different professional athlete is highlighted in each episode — to stay at the top of her game as her athleticism begins to wane.
“It’s difficult when you hit 30, because you’re not out-athleticising people anymore,” Parker says in the video. “Maybe a handful of people are, but when you’re not able to do that you have to find other things, and I think it’s more of just body maintenance and figuring out and mastering taking care of your body.”
The video shows some of the work Parker puts in as she strives to continue to be one of the best basketball players on earth, and also highlights her relationship with Gaines, who says he “had zero desire to train her, or to ever train any female athlete” because he “wasn’t educated.”
Going forward, the series will feature Gaines as he trains some of the other athletes on his lengthy list of clients. While the specific clients that will be featured is under wraps for now, Gaines is hardly short on options, as he’s trained a number of athletes in the NBA, NFL, and MLB.
