Training and family games

The authorities of several countries are beginning to weaken the quarantine and restrictive measures introduced in connection with the coronavirus pandemic, which means that some athletes are gradually returning to their usual schedule. Those who are less fortunate continue to while away time in four walls.

As you know, repair takes no less effort than full training. Rangers striker Artemy Panarin took advantage of this to keep fit. He proposed an option for classes for which nothing is needed except a paint roller and a wall.

“We make a throw. At the same time, you twist the roller so that it does not stop, ”Panarin explained.

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Gymnast Aleksandra Soldatova adheres to more traditional training methods. While she was doing stretching exercises, the cat Sinabon joined her. He also did not lag behind the mistress and showed perfect flexibility.

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Perhaps one of the most spectacular tricks in recent years was performed by MMA fighter Alain Ngalani. The 44-year-old heavyweight performed the famous twine of Jean-Claude van Damme, which became his hallmark. Cameroon is located between two chairs, while holding a bowl of berries.

“Confidence is the most important thing. Just eating strawberries in style (making sure the calories are burned), ”wrote Ngalani.

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Athlete Ilya Ivanyuk continues his studies in nature. Previously, he used a log as a rod, but now he has built an impromptu crossbar in the field. However, simply doing the jumps was not enough for him, and during one of the attempts, he flew over his wife Angela. According to him, joint training bore fruit, and in one of the other attempts, his result on an impromptu projectile was 196 cm.

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Family members are attracted to homework not only by Ivanyuk, but also by many other athletes. So, the forward of “Washington” Ilya Kovalchuk arranged a joint training with his wife Nicole, daughters and sons. At the same time, parents did squats with the youngest children on their shoulders, while the older ones trained with dogs in their arms.

Gymnast Arthur Dalaloyan has repeatedly admitted that his daughter Nicole should follow in his footsteps. This time, he decided to move from words to deeds and began to prepare an eight-month-old girl for a professional career, which he announced on his Instagram page. The athlete threw her several times, turning on the fly turning 180 °. Judging by the joyful expression on the face of the child, she liked the exercise.

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In turn, the striker of Barcelona Antoine Griezmann himself acted as a sports projectile. At family gatherings, his girlfriend Erika Choperena and her friend arranged a table basketball game. They threw small balls into a basket mounted on the head of a football player.

Household chores and summer work

Thanks to self-isolation, athletes became closer to their fans, not only because they began to actively interact with them through social networks, but because they showed themselves to be ordinary people doing their homework. So, the Tampa Bay defender Mikhail Sergachev went fishing on a jet ski and returned home with a catch.

Ural striker Pavel Pogrebnyak and his wife Maria visited the farm. The girl was pleased with the communication with her inhabitants, each of whom she tried not to deprive of affection.

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Maria does not have a sense of humor, as her Instagram followers have already seen. She published a photograph on which she sunbathes in the white sand. The footballer’s wife admitted that she “dug an exclusive flight to white sand”, as she could not stay at home for the May holidays. Some users of the social network were enraged by such irresponsible behavior, and someone, on the contrary, wished her a good rest.

However, soon Pogrebnyak showed how she created a “beach” on her own site with her own hands.

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Someone is a burden to household chores, while someone like two-time Olympic champion Elena Isinbaeva enjoys them. The former athlete demonstrated that she does not lose time on self-isolation.

“They do not trust me to mow the lawn, but to take the cut grass to the field - please ... Well, I do not mind switching from the digital world to the real one, it’s a pleasure!”, Isinbaeva admitted.

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Spring is the time to work in the garden, which is what another titled Russian athlete Svetlana Khorkina does. She continues to elevate her suburban area. After working in the greenhouse and planting trees, the ex-gymnast took up raspberry bushes.

“Well, I got to raspberries, otherwise it was completely overgrown. Like me right. I’ll soon learn the profession of hairdresser, ”Khorkina joked.

Transforms and Tricks

Indeed, maintaining an attractive appearance under quarantine is not an easy task, and you can fail in trying to do it yourself. Gymnast Nikita Nagorny decided to change his image and shaved his whiskey, leaving most of his hair intact. His wife Daria Spiridonova did not appreciate the efforts: “Have you turned into a dinosaur? Tin. " To restore justice, the athlete turned to subscribers with a request to evaluate the new hairstyle.

To avoid such blunders, Nagorny should immediately turn to his second half, as Juventus defender Matthews De Ligth did. The girl Anneke Molenar helped him transform, shaving his thick hair. Moreover, the “client” was not very grateful and during the procedure constantly commented on the process and even expressed dissatisfaction.

With the hairstyle of the defender of “São Paulo” Dani Alves it is difficult to come up with something unusual, so he decided to distinguish himself in another way, creating an unusual headdress from a bunch of bananas. The footballer recalled a curious incident that took place at the Art Basel exhibition at the end of 2019. Then the artist Maurizio Cattelan glued the fruit to the wall and exposed it as an exhibit. Its options were sold for $ 120 thousand each, which caused bewilderment among many art lovers.

In turn, Alves asked to estimate the cost of his headgear.

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Alexander Kerzhakov, the head coach of the Russian youth football team, continues to delight with his parodies on the covers of famous music albums. First, he and his family members sat around a buckwheat plate, depicting a quarantine version of Presence of the British rock band Led Zeppelin, and then made a portrait with packages from grocery stores, which easily guessed a picture of American punks Ramones on the album of the same name.

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Some athletes on self-isolation have established themselves as excellent magicians. So, the defender of the London "Arsenal" David Louis performed a trick with cards. First, he showed the deck to the camera, and then took it out of his mouth.

The Tula Arsenal defense player Maxim Belyaev trained his skills on a dog named Vint. He repeated the trick, which became popular some time ago, when the owner stands in front of the pet in the doorway, throws up a blanket and "disappears" behind it. The rally was a success, but the dog clearly did not appreciate it.

“We are afraid that after this the Screw will no longer believe us. Forgive the fools, Vinchik, ”Belyaev joked.

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Publication by Maxim Belyaev Chris Belyaev Larina (@ maximbelyaev6) May 5, 2020 at 12:14 PDT