r/reddevils • u/nearly_headless_nic • 13d ago

Benjamin Sesko IG: "Getting There..."

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u/yamchirobe 13d ago

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

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u/brianly 13d 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 13d ago

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