Yes, not all footballers spend hours in the gym and the proof of this is what the Newcastle striker explained Callum Wilson and the West Ham striker Michael Antonio on weight lifting.
As detailed in the podcast Footballer’s kickthe two Premier League goalscorers have revealed that they don’t usually go to the gym to lift dumbbells as it could affect their pace.
Callum justified that “weapons are … uniquely natural.” “If you’re a soccer player you don’t want those extra muscles, so you need to press bank? No, not really,” she said.
The Newcastle forward doubts weightlifting in the gym will ‘make a difference’ on the pitch. “You feel like you have natural strength, so I stay away from weights at the gym, believe it or not,” he explained.
For his part, Michail Antonio warned that “just by looking at weights” he already gains weight and gains “instant volume”. “If I’m going to do something, it will be something nucleus and with my own body, so I won’t add anything,” he added.
The West Ham forward said if he goes to the gym and gains muscle he will become “slower and stuff like that”. “Because I’m getting older, I really don’t want to lose my groove,” he joked on the podcast.
