Why indoor training is fundamental for a professional football player

Functional training improves physical condition and has made possible to solve many chronic physical problems, such as back pain or ischiocrural muscles problems: these are some of the benefits obtained by Andrea Schiavone, a midfielder in Bari and raised in the youth teams of Juventus. Schiavone was able to appreciate great improvements by changing training methods and working with Technogym equipment.

Schiavone was able to enjoy greater joint mobility with the consequence of having fewer problems related to muscle shortening of ischiocrurals, which he has often suffered from.

In fact, already in the Juventus youth teams, many of the strength work proposed to the team was focused on the use of free weights and exercises involving the different kinetic chains of the body. With the passing of time and the evolution of knowledge related to the methods of training, this type of method has been always been more present and used.

Kinesis and functional training for football

It is possible to prevent problems with the right warm up routines. Andrea has been able to work effectively and safely on stretching, using elastic bands or with specific equipment such as the Kinesis line. Before training, I usually alternate between small specific warm-up routines in the gym: I always start with postures to do on the ground or on the Flexability Posterior, which I love, for about 3-5 minutes.

Then I alternate core exercises with more specific exercises for the lower limbs using elastic bands or with Kinesis. I like using Kinesis One, which allows me to perform several exercises, both static and dynamic, that involve the whole body and also improve my stability.

Andrea Schiavone trains using Technogym equipment in the teams in which he has played and, thanks to his personal trainer he approached in a specific way both the functional line and Skill Line, designed for the training of athletes like Andrea.

The training potential of Skill Line equipment

Andrea Schiavone dedicates a separate chapter to Skillmill and Skillrun, an equipment that he appreciates so much for its innovative design, different from everything he had seen, as well as for the possibilities of improvement that it offers at a sports level.

I fell in love with these two products. The first few minutes I had to get to know them since I had never been on a non-motorized treadmill and the fact that I was the manufacturer of the movement seemed strange to me, then I enjoyed working with them.

Skill Line is ideal as sports trainer for most of the equipment available on the market. With Skill Line you can train the 4 basic pillars of sports activity (power, resistance, speed and agility). I was training with intermittent races on Skillmill and I used the possible resistance with Multidrive Technology, alternating running exercises with other where I would push against resistance, simulating the thrust of the sledge in the playing field.

The value of the data immediately available to the monitor

Andrea Schiavone was amazed by the amount of data available on Skillrun's screen. I didn't think you could get such direct and immediate data about the quality of the ride. In addition to using it as a normal treadmill, I tried endurance training, both on sleds and parachutes. What do I think? Well, besides to the effort, I have to say fantastic.

Thanks to functional training it is possible to have a better perception of the body during movement.

I think that one day, once I'm fully recovered, I'll definitely want to set up a training area at home. What would I like in it? Skillmill and Kinesis One, some handlebars and some small tools and finally the Flexability Posterior whre I can relax after training.