8 reasons why I recommend IM8

At the top of women's padel, whole tournaments turn on a few points. I can't control the draw, the wind on an outdoor court, or the pair across the net. What I can control is how I arrive: rested, fuelled, sharp. That part is on me.

So I started treating my daily nutrition as seriously as I treat my hours of training, because both are inputs I actually own. IM8 became one of them — one daily drink that covers what my body needs, so I'm never the reason a final slips away.

A padel career is built on thousands of matches, and every one of them leaves a mark on the body. I plan to be competing — and living well — for a long time. IM8 is part of how I look after myself for the long run, not just the next tournament.

I compete at the top of professional padel, which means I'm subject to anti-doping testing like every other athlete at this level. One contaminated supplement could end the career I've spent my whole life building. I'm not allowed to guess what goes into my body — and I wouldn't want to.

IM8 is NSF Certified for Sport and WADA-compliant. Every batch is screened against the strictest standards there are. For me, that's not a marketing line; it's the one reason I'd ever put my name on something I actually swallow.

I used to travel with a pharmacy. Different pills for energy, for gut health, for immunity, for recovery — half of which I'd forget to take anyway. It was a mess.

IM8 is one sachet. 90+ ingredients, nine organ systems, one glass of water in the morning. It took the most important habit in my day and made it the easiest one.

The finals that get away are the ones lost in the closing games, when the energy dips and the unforced errors creep in. What I want on court — and on a long working day away from it — is energy that's steady rather than spiky, so it's still there in the moment it matters most. That's what IM8 supports: clean, sustained energy that holds through the hardest stretch instead of crashing right when it counts.

The professional padel tour rarely stands still: back-to-back tournaments, different countries, and a body that has to perform whatever the time zone says. So much of this job is staying in motion and still being ready when the first point starts. IM8 is one of the few things that never changes. A sachet goes in my bag and the routine comes with me — Madrid, Barcelona, Dubai, it doesn’t matter. It’s the constant that keeps my body feeling like mine, whatever time zone I wake up in.

Tournament padel is brutal on the body — repeated sprints, lunges and smashes, with matches stacked through the week. Then you do it all again in the next round. The ones who last aren’t just the most talented; they’re the ones who recover well enough to do it again. IM8 is part of how I recover and how I sleep. Better sleep and a faster bounce-back is where the next result is quietly won — and recovery is the half of this sport that nobody at the top is allowed to skip.

I'm careful about where I attach my name. I recommend IM8 because I believe in where it's going: co-founded with David Beckham, built with a world-class scientific team, and held to a standard I'd actually stake my reputation on.

You don't put your name behind something you don't use. I use it every single day.