We're talking about Lukaku's fitness, arent we?
Lukaku has hit the weights
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We're talking about Lukaku's fitness, arent we?
Maybe he has and he's using the beard to cover it up
Yeah, he could be packing a couple of extra chins under that monstrosity and no one would ever know.
I hope Ole will work their asses off and improve the fitness. I remember Klopps team ran out of gas in his 1 and half season there. So, the supposed high pressing game will take some time to be implemented. Having said that, the likes of Lukaku, Martial and Rashford needs to work on their stamina.
He's overweight in the sense of just mass. The problem is his mass is made up of muscle and not necessarily fat. 5kg of muscle and 5kg of fat means he's carrying around 5 extra kg no matter where it's from. This sort of stuff matters in football where being light but explosive is more important than sheer size.
As a guy who's studied exercise physiology this is a keen interest of mine. He really needs to eat only vegetables and fats. Drop all protein from his diet for a good 2-3 months in the off season so he can get muscle wasting. Him at Everton size was as good as it's going to get for him in terms of size for football
I think he needs his eyes tested also as he couldn't see the defensive line that chelsea were holding at all.
He was taking lessons from Higuain. That guy was born offside ass SAF would say
He was absolutely knackered in the second half.
I couldn´t be bothered about that because the rest of his game is even worse.
I couldn´t be bothered about that because the rest of his game is even worse.
He could never fix his physique during the season. From previous interviews it sounds like he's tried and he is a bit leaner but thats got to take it's toll on you in terms of fatigue.
He looked like the bloke from The Green Mile out there yesterday......in the part where he has the ball and chain locked to his feet in the movie
Can't remember the last time Rashford made a 60 yard flat-out sprint.
Lukaku us just very big. He's not a Utd striker, he's lazy and as braindead as the rest of the team (which I think is our biggest problem).
Tom Hanks?
He was class in the first half yesterday.
It seems like his lack of fitness caught up with him.
After he did that great run on a counterattack he looked spent, he probably could've been brought off without too many complaints and that was only about 30 minutes into the match.
The guy was hungry. Give him a burger (with loads of cheese of course) at half time.
No way a cheeseburger alone would fill him, he's an absolute unit.
He'll be fine next season
Whether that is here or somewhere else is the question.
Whether that is here or somewhere else is the question.
nothing wrong with his eyesight, all to do with fitness. He knows he can't beat th defenders for pace so he tried to gain every advantage ... move a second early, stray a yard off, all hoping the linesman didn't notice.
And once VAR is in place for all games, any advantage gained is neutralized.
Be hard for linesman to miss the slow moving muscle man 3 yrds offside
He looks like he would be more suited to rugby. I wonder what he is like at catching egg shaped balls.
More like heavyweight boxing.
Take the piss all you want but usually he's one of the best in the business at timing/bending his run to stay onside.
Don’t know why some are getting hung up on whether he’s fat or muscular. It’s irrelevant for this sport. He’s bloody ripped - he whipped his top off weeks ago to show us.
He’s clearly still too heavy and you only need to look at his old photos to see the difference. Rooney was the same - look at photos of him during 08-10 and it’s no mistake that was the best of Rooney in a United shirt.
He’s clearly still too heavy and you only need to look at his old photos to see the difference. Rooney was the same - look at photos of him during 08-10 and it’s no mistake that was the best of Rooney in a United shirt.
He’s not fat but he is overweight. As an athlete your body needs to be functional to your sport and his isn’t. It’s like a boxer carrying excessive muscle which hampers movement, agility, speed and stamina. You just don’t need it. He isn’t suited to any sport at the moment because he has the stamina of a sedentary person
Caf experts out in force.
Not really He’d get constantly run over in rugby. Plus he’d be too unfit for that too.
I just can't begin the fathom how that is possible from a top level, elite player, at an age when everything should be at its peak, more so from one who knows the pace of the league so well.
And even if that were the case, then surely he needs to pace himself more.
If it's true that the Italian league consistently play at a much slower pace to us, then one of them must look at him and want throw what we want for him at us, because he was unplayable for a period yesterday.
He's lost his agility after bulking up too much. Same happened with Depay.
Absolutely spot on ... we allowed Depay to bulk up after arriving and he lost all his mobility/agility -- will this club ever learn..
The clubs dietiticians/nutritionalists/sports science bods all need replacing if they can't control players physiques.
I don't see similar issues at City or Pool its just another symptom of a badly run club.
We didnt "allow" Depay to bulk up and even he said as much. His body type lent itself to gaining mass far more easily than other players resulting in increase muscle growth. Considering he was only 21 and his body was still in a key development phase, its not shock to see that it changed dramatically.
It bemuses me that semi intelligent people cannot comprehend that the human body is different based on the characteristics of your body type. There is literally, a shit tonne of evidence supporting the three different body types being Endomorph, Mesomorph and Ectomorph. The characteristics of these mean that training programs, dietary requirements etc all need to be tailored to the individual and its not a cookie cutter, one size fits all type scenario when it comes to nutrition.
Not every player can simply do what Ronaldo does. The guy is a fecking genetic freak and can maintain that physic because his body is designed for it which may be inclusive of his metabolism and how effective it is.
We also know from sports science that diet and recovery go hand in hand. For somebody like Lukaku, he has to eat to effectively recover. Big muscles require big energy which requires calories as fuel. The down side to that being, if he attempts to consume less, his body won't recover and he'll be more prone to injuries. Not only that, he effectively has to recover from game to game which results in reduced training programs and meal programs.
But to summarise for all you muppets. It is nearly impossible to maintain performance and lose weight. Your body is caloric deficit which means that it will be pretty much eating itself. When it does that, it effectively goes into starvation mode which induces the body to slow the metabolism and energy consumption, which in affect, reduces performance output.
Source? I lost 90kg... I know what the feck im talking about.
Btw this was a year and a half back.
Unbelievable. Others still look sharp to make it worse.
Shameful for a pro. And Pogba is the last one
This is exactly what he was like in the game vereve VakenciV this year. That was the game I decided I disliked him as I have never seen a footballer player move or try less than he did that day.
Yes even Martial tried a slight but more
Great post. Still so many fossils around when it comes to dieting and performance. Believe what hey were told in th 80’s and that is all that matters.
Still doesn’t explain of why he seems the only footballers in top flight suffering from this ‘body type’, and why he’s easily runs out of breath every game.
I look at him sometimes and I genuinely wonder if a la Rooney he's already hit his peak and is on the way down. Time will tell, but if he does go to Italy I think it would be a wise and forgiving choice for him.
Having said that I think being a striker for United currently must be the most thankless job in all of world football.
Having said that I think being a striker for United currently must be the most thankless job in all of world football.
Lukaku has hit the weights- Hope the weights didnt break down into pieces from his touch.