The questions players actually ask.

  • Calf and Achilles problems after twenty five The calf takes six to eight times body weight every stride and is the least trained muscle in football. Why it starts going in your late twenties.
  • Sit ups do not build a footballer's core What your trunk actually does during a sprint, a duel and a shot, and why the exercises most players do train none of it.
  • Do you need the gym to play football? Club training is built for the average of a squad, and nobody is the average. What the team session cannot cover, and how to fill the gap.
  • Does lifting weights make you slow? The oldest myth in football. Where it came from, what actually happens when a footballer gets stronger, and the two ways lifting genuinely can cost you.
  • Why groin problems build up quietly Adductor strains are among the most common injuries in football and almost never happen without warning. What the warning looks like.
  • What actually prevents hamstring injuries Hamstrings tear at the end of a sprint, lengthening under load. That is the position to train, which is why stretching does not help and Nordics do.
  • How many gym sessions does a footballer need? Two. Done properly, every week, for months. Here is why two beats five, what each session contains, and where they go around a fixture.
  • A training block is not four identical weeks Why repeating the same session until you get bored stops working, how a month should actually be shaped, and why the easy week is the one doing the work.
  • Seasons are lost in February Why players who trained all preseason fall apart in midwinter, and what keeping your strength through a season actually takes.
  • Knee pain in growing players A sore point under the kneecap at twelve is usually a growth plate. How to tell, why resting is the wrong answer, and how long it takes.
  • You get hurt when you stop Most non contact injuries happen while slowing down or landing. Why braking is the harder half of football, and how to train it.
  • When you are actually ready to play again Why the pain going away is not the same as being ready, what the gap between those two actually is, and how to close it without getting hurt again.
  • Sleep is the strongest recovery tool you own It is free, nobody sells it, and it beats every supplement combined. What sleep does for a footballer and how to get more of it.
  • The forty eight hours after a match What is actually happening to your body for two days after ninety minutes, and what to do on each of them. Most players get the day after wrong.
  • The exercise hierarchy for footballers Not every exercise earns its place. How to rank what you do in the gym so the forty five minutes you have actually changes how you play.
  • Three games in eight days What to actually do in the gym when the fixtures pile up. Why cutting training entirely is the wrong answer, and what to cut instead.
  • What football conditioning actually is Football is not a running sport, it is a repeated sprinting sport. Why long steady runs prepare you for the wrong thing, and what to do instead.
  • What to eat before a match A footballer runs on carbohydrate, and most players are eating nowhere near enough of it. What to eat three hours out, one hour out, and at half time.
  • Why you cramp in the last twenty minutes Cramp is not a salt deficiency and bananas will not stop it. What the evidence actually says, and the four things that do reduce it.
  • Why your ankle keeps giving out The same ankle goes every season because resting it fixed the swelling and left the cause. What actually rebuilds an ankle, and in what order.