In the past, the body of our soccer players was repeatedly criticized, and even jokingly called "white cut chicken".
Looking back to the years of 2002 when the national soccer team was fighting for the World Cup, the figures of Li Wei Feng, Sun Ji Hai and other players are still clear. At that time, people could not help but associate the performance of the national soccer team with the size of the players.
However, nowadays, Li Tie, the head coach of the national football team, detailed the physical condition of the players, especially their body fat rate in an interview: "Most of the body fat content of our national team is between 8% and 9%, for example, Wu Xi's body fat rate can reach 8.1%, 8.2%, which is quite a good performance. These are not overnight achievements, but need to be accumulated over several months or even one or two years to develop good habits. We can't eat pork and other high-fat foods, and we have to focus on health. As members of the national team, they have high expectations of themselves and I always look forward to guiding them in this regard."
At the same time, Li Tie also emphasized the discipline of the national football team: "I am very strict on discipline. It's a pure lie to be late off the field, to drink or to misbehave in training and then say that you perform well on the field. I think it should be the same on and off the field, only self-discipline off the field can perform well on the field."
It is reported that the standard of the national football team's physical test is to require a body fat rate of less than or equal to 11%. According to Li Tie, the current body fat rate target of the national football players has been far better than the physical test standard.
Body fat percentage is an important indicator of physical fitness. In general, the normal body fat percentage for adult women is 20-25% and for men is 15-18%. While the standard body fat percentage for female athletes is 12%-25%, the standard for male athletes is 7%-15%.
When it comes to body fat percentage, we have to mention the "master of body management" Crow. His body fat percentage is always stable at 7%, which is also a reflection of his strong physical quality.
As Li Tie said, it is not easy to maintain a good body fat percentage, and it requires a long period of self-discipline and enough exercise.
Previously, Chen Xuyuan, president of the Chinese Football Association, also repeatedly mentioned the problem of Chinese players' physical quality. Wu Lei, such a good athlete, to the Spaniards team physical testing, but the muscle quality is not pass. Chinese players abroad generally have the problem of muscle quality is not pass, the reason is that the daily training and nutritional structure has problems. Therefore, youth soccer training should be scientific and systematic planning, not just hiring a head coach can solve the problem.
Overall fitness and muscle mass are more important than a single body fat percentage goal.
Although the body fat percentage and physical fitness goals do not fully represent the players' competitive level and team performance, they can at least reflect the mental outlook of the national football players.
Tomorrow, the national football team will have a closed teaching match with Henan Songshan Longmen. Earlier, Li Tie also said in an interview that the warm-up matches organized by the national football team will simulate the two opponents in the same group of the World Preliminary 40.
