Lionel Messi’s fitness is rarely discussed but it’s part of what makes him an elite player for this long. A key part of that fitness is his warm-up and how he prepares his body for training sessions.
In the above video, Dr Rajpal Brar deconstructs two key exercises that he uses in his warm-up based on footage Paris Saint-Germain released prior to his first training session with the club.
Dr Rajpal Brar, DPT, is a physiotherapist, movement expert, fitness trainer, and mindfulness coach. He runs the LA-based wellness and athletic development/performance clinic 3CB Performance, and you can subscribe to his Youtube channel (which posts analyses of Lionel Messi and more) by going here.