Here's how ARDA GULER lives in MADRID and REAL 🤯
Arda Güler gained 8 kg of muscle in 9 months to stay at Real Madrid. In this video, we're going to tell you about the Turkish talent's fantastic transformation to fulfill his dream: how he trains, where he lives, what kind of car he drives, and whether he has a girlfriend!
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Fighting for his place
In the summer, Real Madrid won a big fight with Barcelona to sign Arda Güler. The way the Blancos wanted to see the Turkish talent in their squad made it clear that they were banking on the guy at the Santiago Bernabeu.
However, the start of his career in Spain did not turn out to be as sweet as one might have hoped. Before the start of the season, the Turk suffered a meniscus injury and had to miss nearly 2 months.
Just when it seemed that Güler was about to return and make his debut for his dream club, he suffered another injury - this time a muscle one. This injury will put him out of action for another month, but he will feel the consequences of two different injuries until the new year.
In some mediocre club, this situation would have been perceived as an unfortunate coincidence, but Real Madrid don't work like that. They immediately started asking questions and looking for answers.
Why did a player who had never had problems with his knees or muscles before suddenly suffer two such injuries in a row? What has changed for him compared to Fenerbahce? What can be done to prevent set backs and new injuries? How do you develop a player in the right way to avoid harming him?
The Madrid club had to solve all these problems and approached them with great responsibility.
The first right decision was to let the player recover in peace and not to force his return to the first team. It became quite obvious to the coaching staff that the physical loads in Real Madrid and Fenerbahce are very different.
The young player had never before experienced such a strain on his young body, and this could well have caused injuries. Therefore, Arda was not only allowed to recover normally, but also provided with all the time he needed to adapt to the new demands.
The second decision was a logical continuation of the first. Guler had to gain muscle mass to prevent new injuries and be able to compete with adult men. Here, the legendary fitness coach Antonio Pintus, whose brilliant work has helped Real Madrid win multiple Champions League titles, took charge of the player.
Zinedine Zidane singled out this coach as one of the keys to his successful period at the club. So Arda fell into good hands.
When the Turk arrived at the Bernabeu, he weighed 62 kilograms. In 9 months of training, the midfielder was able to gain 8 kilograms of pure muscle, and now weighs 70 kg. For comparison, this is how he looked when he first joined Real Madrid and this is how he looks now. Talk about progress! Antonio Pintus knows what he's doing.
Like this video if you are impressed with Arda's progress! There's a joke on the Internet that when a player gets to this coach, his routine starts looking something like this.
We said that Arda made such progress in the 9 months he has been at the club, but it is worth noting that he gained most of his muscle mass in recent months, when he fully recovered from his injuries. That's because recovery imposes restrictions on gym activities. From this point of view, the player's progress is even more impressive - all in order to fulfill his dream of becoming a key player for Real Madrid in the future.
It is also worth noting that although it is visually striking that Arda has become bigger in the shoulders and developed arm muscles, the focus was actually on the legs. We remember that the number 1 objective is to make sure that the player gets fewer injuries. Without further ado, here is a photo of Guler's leg at the start of the season and now. You will agree that the progress is quite evident.
In addition to working out in the gym, Arda focuses on proper nutrition. Although this is not a big deal nowadays, there is an interesting fact that a personal nutritionist is always with the player. Having such a specialist by his side was almost the first thing Guler took care of when he joined Real Madrid.
At the moment, Real Madrid are focused on the gradual development of the player and are in no hurry to throw him into action so that he does not get another injury. The reason why Arda plays very little is not only in the big competition, but also in the club's long-term planning.
At the moment, Güler has 7 matches for Real Madrid, of which he started only once. Usually, the midfielder gets only a few minutes on the pitch. An interesting fact: in two matches for the Turkish national team, Arda played 107 minutes, while for the entire season for Real Madrid he has played 98 minutes.
9 апр 2024
