Physically demanding training

Our training sessions are primarily a mix of squash and physical activities. The physical activities are on court and involve a mix of timed sprints, lunges with toe touching, side sprints etc. I guess all these are aimed at improving our movement in the court.
These physical exercises can be killing to say the least!! Though we are nowhere closer to the demanding standards of physical fitness required by high-standard squash, even these set of exercises are good enough (or bad enough!!) to leave us in a pool of sweat with every muscle and sinew in our aching body protesting- especially the warm-up!! This warm up, after a bit of loosening, consists of timed sprints up and down the court. By the time we finish these sprints, our lungs are starting to register the initial signs of protest!! Then without any rest, these sprints are then followed by lunging walks up and down the court – all the while ensuring that we touch the court in front of the outstretched leg with the opposite hand!! I have literally come to dread these walks – they really set the body on fire!! By the time I finish 3 rounds up and down, my ankles are screaming!! It feels as if my legs are going to come off my body – after 3 or 4 rounds, it I cannot really feel my legs anymore and the brain really has to command the body to do a couple of more rounds!! By the end of these lunging walks, my legs are wobbly, lower back is quivering in pain and I am standing in a pool of sweat so deep that I can swim in it!! But this is not the worst phase – by no means!! The worst phase happens when the mind starts becoming cloudy and you can see three squash balls – you try and hit the middle one!!
This primeval torture is then followed by a minute’s rest – to be followed by the second round of torture – squash drills and rallies!! Don’t get me wrong – all this fun but the physical strain of doing these extremely intense activities with minimal break in between is extremely high. All the muscles and ligaments are screaming for rest by the time we finish our training.