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05.08.2009 21:48
Iniesta almost back to full fitness
David Saura (special correspondent)
Andrés Iniesta is almost back to full fitness after his muscle injury. He is combining work on the training pitch and in the gym to make sure he can get back with his teammates as soon as possible.
So far Andrés Iniesta has had a different tour to his fellow players, doing special strength and stamina exercises on the pitch and in the gym. The aim is for him to make a full recovery from the muscle tear he picked up in Rome and which kept him out of the Confederations Cup.
No haste
He was a key player in last season’s triumphs but Pep Guardiola
knows he won’t be able to count on him until after the tour.
Nearly back
However, Iniesta is almost ready to rejoin normal training with his teammates and this might happen before the end of the tour.
Until then Andrés Iniesta has a different daily routine to the rest of the team. In Seattle he turns up at Washington University and goes to the gym with the club’s fitness coaches.
Varied work
In the gym Iniesta does exercises to recover from his muscle injury
together with work on knees and ankles to increase his stability. He also does squats to turn
strength into speed and exercises to build upper body strength.
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Virus
On his return from holiday Andrés Iniesta picked up a virus which caused him to lose weight and
muscle. This meant his recovery process, which had just about been completed, had to be interrupted
as he was physically weakened. The work being done now is more the outcome of the delay caused by
the virus than its impact on the player’s body.
