{"id":233,"date":"2019-11-21T10:12:16","date_gmt":"2019-11-21T10:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/ahslibrary\/?p=233"},"modified":"2019-11-21T10:12:16","modified_gmt":"2019-11-21T10:12:16","slug":"training-secrets-of-the-worlds-greatest-footballers-how-science-is-transforming-the-modern-game-by-james-witts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/ahslibrary\/2019\/11\/21\/training-secrets-of-the-worlds-greatest-footballers-how-science-is-transforming-the-modern-game-by-james-witts\/","title":{"rendered":"Training secrets of the World&#8217;s greatest footballers: How science is transforming the modern game by James Witts"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 411px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/611o6zK2l3L._SX409_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg\" width=\"411\" height=\"500\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Training secrets of the Word&#8217;s greatest footballers by James Witts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Professional football is more demanding than ever. Top internationals reach speeds of 36km\/hr, run 12km each match and play up to 60 games each season. Sports scientists are now key figures at every top club, applying cutting-edge techniques to boost fitness, accelerate recovery and forge lean, mean, winning machines.<\/p>\n<p>This illuminating book uncovers the training and fuelling secrets of today&#8217;s greatest footballers, drawing on access to the world&#8217;s best clubs, including Barcelona, Manchester City, Manchester United, Liverpool, Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain and many more. Why does Cristiano Ronaldo have his own cryotherapy chamber? Why does Paul Pogba wear custom-made compression socks? Why does Sergio Ag\u00fcero altitude-train when returning from injury? From virtual-reality units to the omnipresence of GPS vests, taking in brain-training, innovative gear and performance nutrition along the way, you&#8217;ll discover what it takes to reach the top of the game &#8211; and how to apply this knowledge to your own training.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professional football is more demanding than ever. Top internationals reach speeds of 36km\/hr, run 12km each match and play up to 60 games each season. Sports scientists are now key figures at every top club, applying cutting-edge techniques to boost fitness, accelerate recovery and forge lean, mean, winning machines. This illuminating book uncovers the training &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/ahslibrary\/2019\/11\/21\/training-secrets-of-the-worlds-greatest-footballers-how-science-is-transforming-the-modern-game-by-james-witts\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Training secrets of the World&#8217;s greatest footballers: How science is transforming the modern game by James Witts&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1521,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-books"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/ahslibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/ahslibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/ahslibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/ahslibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1521"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/ahslibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=233"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/ahslibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":234,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/ahslibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233\/revisions\/234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/ahslibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/ahslibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sh\/ahslibrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}