Fancy training
Athletes all over the world continue to invent original training methods to come to the resumption of competition in the best shape. Not all of them have the opportunity to engage in sports fields, so any suitable premises located within walking distance are used.
Russian tennis player Daria Kasatkina hones her skills in an underground parking lot. For this purpose, a wall with markings located at the grid level was ideally suited. The rivals of the two-time winner of the WTA tournaments should beware: she chose a trick to simple elements, referred to by some fans as “Roger Federer kick”.
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Publication by Daria Kasatkina🐬 (@kasatkina) Apr 2, 2020 at 6:06 PDT
It is worth noting that a few days ago the Swiss himself conducted a similar training in the parking lot near his house.
The break in the tennis season was extended until July 13, and for such a long time, simple classes can get boring. It is unlikely that the first racket of the world Novak Djokovic has no suitable place to practice, so we can assume that an impromptu match with pans in the living room was just a way to have fun. However, here the Serb proved himself to be a real ace, having successfully completed several shortened ones and even performed a spectacular blow from behind.
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Posted by Novak Djokovic (@djokernole) Mar 31, 2020 at 1:41 am PDT
An unusual way to train at home was invented by two unprofessional tennis players living in neighboring houses. They shuffled each other's ball, standing on the balconies. Unfortunately, it was not possible to identify the winner: after the next unbreakable strike, the shell fell down.
It is worth noting that another version of the game in self-isolation - window tennis - also does not lose its popularity. Participants in such matches send the ball, leaning out of the windows. Swiss Stan Wawrinka suggested that if quarantine continues, it will soon be possible to conduct real tournaments in a new discipline.
When there's a will there's a way 😅
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But the Australian tennis player Alex de Minaur decided to devote his free time to a new sport - golf. Plastic cups replace the holes, and for practicing twisted punches, he uses various obstacles.
However, the career of the newly minted golfer ended, before he even started. Feeling confident in himself, de Minaur proceeded to practice outdoors. After another unsuccessful blow, he got so angry that the club flew from the balcony.
“I'm officially retiring ... Due to the fact that I lost my club. Sorry neighbor, ”the tennis player wrote, adding the hashtag # anger management.
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Posted by Alex De Minaur 🇦🇺 (@alexdeminaur) Mar 31, 2020 at 4:58 am PDT
It can be assumed that it is especially difficult for football goalkeepers to train in quarantine, since most of their skills involve interacting with field players. However, the goalkeeper of “Liverpool” Alisson found his own way to maintain shape. He practices in the courtyard of his house, practicing throwing the ball. The Brazilian is making progress: after the next throw, the shell flew into the open window located on the roof of a three-story villa. He noted his achievement by mimicking Cristiano Ronaldo.
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Publication by Alisson Becker (@alissonbecker) Mar 31, 2020 @ 12:12 pm PDT
Diet
However, maintaining regular fitness may not be enough. Proper nutrition is of great importance, as the Greek tennis player Stefanos Tsitsipas showed on his example.
“The first couple of days I tried to cook, but I'm already tired! I mainly order delivery from restaurants. I avoid fast food, I take only wholesome food. In order to stay in shape, I eat foods rich in nutrients and a lot of natural products that are good for my body, ”the official website of ITF quotes Tsitsipasa as saying.
Unlike other sports, biathlon is less affected by the coronavirus pandemic. The last stage of the World Cup, as well as some internal starts, fell out of the competitive calendar. The start of the new season is still far away, and the two-time owner of the Big Crystal Globe Dorothea Wierer has found an unusual and not the most sporty way to entertain herself in quarantine.
“I now have enough free time, to put it mildly, but there are not many cases. So I'm trying to play a housewife. Of course, there are better classes, but for now only like this. I cook and drink wine. I like. In general, drinking wine is always a pleasant way to pass the time, ”Virer told Expressen in an interview.
Interestingly, the Italian is far from the only athlete who allowed herself to break the regime a little. A few days ago, the ex-first racket of the world Serena Williams admitted that for the first time in a long time she tasted the brandy brought by her husband, businessman Alexis Ohanyan. And the Russian swimmer Julia Efimova decided to combine business with pleasure, working out on a treadmill with a glass of wine in her hand.
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- Drafts 2.0 (@ drafts_2) March 31, 2020The head coach of the Russian national football team Stanislav Cherchesov preferred a more traditional workout on the appropriate simulator and dispensed with alcohol. Coaches, like athletes, also need to keep fit, and the 56-year-old mentor set a positive example for his colleagues.
“During the quarantine, I try to spend time at home profitably,” wrote Cherchesov.
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Posted by Stanislav Cherchesov (@ stanislav.cherchesov.official) Mar 31, 2020 at 7:17 am PDT
The attacker “Lazio” Ciro Immobile in quarantine is not allowed to miss three young children. However, the football player himself is not averse to joking with them. During lunch, he played his youngest son Mattia: twice he pretended to want to feed him, but ate everything himself.
“No fun,” joked Jessica Melena, Immobile’s wife.
Boredom
Self-isolation mode is the most important condition for stopping the epidemic. This was again reminded of this in the Russian Football Union (RFU). The organization’s press service published on its page a video calling not to leave home without the need. The corresponding inscription appeared on the roof of the main stadium of the country “Luzhniki”.
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Publication from Russian Football Union (@rfsruofficial) Apr 3, 2020 at 2:00 PDT
Of course, it is not easy to be in the four walls for a long time, however, athletes and teams try to cheer their fans in different ways. So, Moscow CSKA released a funny video with tips on what is better to do in quarantine.
“Sleep for the whole working year, do exercises, do not forget about hygiene, wash your hands more often, do not communicate with strangers, read more, prepare culinary delights, but eat in moderation,” are just some of the army’s proposals.
Free time can be devoted to watching movies. They compiled their comic selection in Sochi. In it, each of the films is associated with the players of the team: “Rescuers Malibu” - with Adil Rami (his ex-girlfriend Pamela Anderson played in it), “Office Romance” - with Ivan Novoseltsev and Nikita Kalugin (by the names of the main characters), “Secret of Coco "- with Alexander Kokorin.
If movies and TV shows are bored, you can rethink old matches in anticipation of the resumption of the season. For example, a meeting of the first round of the Football National League (FNL) between Seagull and Chertanovo. The scoring episode from there was played by the players of the Moscow team - each from his own home.
The ex-goalkeeper of Zenit Vyacheslav Malafeev and his wife Ekaterina recorded their video. They spoofed the popular video “While Mom Is Not At Home,” in which the father plays the famous Freaks song on the trumpet, and his son beats the rhythm with the oven door. Instead of the original “tools,” the couple used a mop and magazine.
“It was the fifth day of quarantine,” wrote Malafeev.
It was the fifth day of quarantine 😀🙆 It was the fifth day of the quarantine 😷 # Better Home # StayAtHome # FamilyM16pic.twitter.com / 7OhyEQxHde
- Vyacheslav Malafeev (@ malafeev16) April 1, 2020Shaquille O'Neill does not bore itself and loved ones. The legendary basketball player had a small party with his sons Shakir and Sharif right in his kitchen. At the same time, the ex-athlete himself acted as a DJ, standing up for a portable remote control.
Biathlete Olga Podchufarova, over the past few days has become a real star of social networks, talking about her everyday life in quarantine. She already found out that “exercises” on the couch are more effective than online yoga courses, watched documentaries about the end of the world to distract from news about coronavirus, and was also outraged by the behavior of fellow citizens who did not observe the regime of self-isolation.
This time, the athlete published a photo from a home workout on an exercise bike. In the background, attentive subscribers noticed a TV screen on which there was a man with a naked torso.
“Naked men help concentrate on work,” explained Podchufarova.
Apparently, UFC fighter Paige Vanzant is of the same opinion. She conducted a training session in the hall with her husband Austin Vanderford, and both made it completely naked. However, the couple did not stop at fitness. Later, the athlete published a photo on which they cook - exactly in the same form.
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Publication by Paige VanZant (@paigevanzant) Apr 1, 2020 @ 3:54 am PDT