Tidying up fitness imbalances: How fit do you have to be to play in English Premier League?

Tidying up fitness imbalances: How fit do you have to be to play in English Premier League?

Athletes would then receive a detailed report including graphics and graphs, to help them understand what’s working well and what needs improvement. The athletes’ data then gets compared to normative information collected from Speedworks, a company run by renowned performance consultant Jonas Dodoo.

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Eberechi Eze’s switch to Arsenal illustrates just how Premier League transfers are an incoherent mix of art and craft

Eberechi Eze’s switch to Arsenal illustrates just how Premier League transfers are an incoherent mix of art and craft

Except, it wasn’t really a hijacking at all. Arsenal had actually struck the principles of an agreement with Palace as early as the morning of August 10. They managed to keep it extraordinarily quiet as illustrated by how it was only after Wednesday evening’s sensations that multiple sources were willing to talk about it.

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Why Liverpool’s Mo Salah is prolific: He spends time on meditating and visualising  matches, then studies goalkeepers

Why Liverpool’s Mo Salah is prolific: He spends time on meditating and visualising matches, then studies goalkeepers

Mohamed Salah’s performances last season were an accumulation of many factors, both on and off the pitch. The thread that connects them all is his willingness and desire to do everything he can to perform at his best, no matter what his age.

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Mohamed Salah: A fitness ‘freak’, who like wine, is delivering better performances as he gets older

Mohamed Salah: A fitness ‘freak’, who like wine, is delivering better performances as he gets older

Salah is also a Pilate’s devotee, and has stationed a Pilate’s reformer among the squat rack, weight stacks and treadmill in his home gym. “When you’re playing any sport, it takes movement away from you,” explains Rosenblatt. “A footballer might lose range around their ankle, hip or thoracic spine (the middle section) and Pilates will help restore that.”

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It’s all systems go as Kenya confirms readiness for August 2 kick-off of CHAN soccer tournament

It’s all systems go as Kenya confirms readiness for August 2 kick-off of CHAN soccer tournament

The visibility and public awareness of the tournament were also commended, with CHAN 2024 branding prominent across the city and a growing sense of excitement on the continent.

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Diogo Jota’s deftness on the ball dazzled and puzzled fans, which is why his cruel death in burning car has hurt Liverpool

Diogo Jota’s deftness on the ball dazzled and puzzled fans, which is why his cruel death in burning car has hurt Liverpool

Jota was beloved not just because of his prowess as a striker, but because of his warmth and friendliness as a human being. Darwin Nunez, his fellow Liverpool forward, said he would always remember his “smile, as a good companion on and off the field” and he wasn’t alone.

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Arsenal trophy mess diagnosis: The Gunners suffered 36 separate ‘time-loss’ injuries blamed on manager Arteta intensity

Arsenal trophy mess diagnosis: The Gunners suffered 36 separate ‘time-loss’ injuries blamed on manager Arteta intensity

Arsenal feel that muscle and tendon damage are up in general – and while the lack of an official audit of Premier League injuries makes that difficult to authoritatively corroborate, several industry professionals have confirmed they believe such issues are on the rise in football. But Arsenal have still suffered more than most.

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Man United to offer Barcelona star Gavi a contract the Catalans will find too ‘unattainable’

Man United to offer Barcelona star Gavi a contract the Catalans will find too ‘unattainable’

Ralf Rangnick wants Manchester United to pay the release clause of Barcelona prospect Gavi. That’s according to Todofichajés, who claim the midfielder was one of the transfer options Rangnick presented to the club when first getting involved. The German is currently serving as United’s interim manager to the end of...

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