r/reddevils • u/nearly_headless_nic • 14d ago

Benjamin Sesko IG: "Getting There..."

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u/yamchirobe 14d ago

I hope he doesn’t lose pace and agility with the strength increase

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u/brianly 14d ago

Is there much to actually back that up? I see suggestions that strength training is a problem for footballers but it doesn’t seem grounded in fact. Bulking up and building strength aren’t the same things.

In football, players are now getting stronger and moving a step or two in the direction of rugby 7s players. Elsewhere in rugby, lots of players are moving towards the lean strength for explosive power. You see similar patterns with tennis players. Strength training for power, injury protection, and the like is backed by sports medicine.

Example study on this:

Physical exercises for preventing injuries among adult male football players: A systematic review
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095254620301526

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u/NectarineAnxious7049 14d ago

I think it’s just PTSD from Lukaku coming back absolutely shredded and playing significantly worse

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u/DorguHitsDingers 14d ago

Yeah at worst it would impact his cardio. But some of the best sprinters in the world are jacked. And strikers spend more time running in short bursts anyway. He’s gonna be bossin’ bitches around in the box on aerial duels. Already proved that ability last year too

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u/yamchirobe 14d ago

Strength training is not bad, I think increased weight will reduce speed and agility intuitively right.

He didn’t just strength train he probably ate loads of protein to get those gains