Soaring into the sky! Bellingham’s Real Madrid training photo goes viral

October 21st Real Madrid recently released a training photo of Bellingham on its official social media, which quickly became popular with 780,000 likes.

In the photo, Bellingham seems to be flying. Real Madrid also warned fans not to try similar behaviors and training at home. TA interviewed some Real Madrid insiders to reveal Real Madrid’s unique training methods.

Bellingham’s soles were wrapped with purple elastic bands, and he was holding a kettlebell weighing about 31 pounds (14 kilograms) in his hand. His cheeks were bulging, his legs were spread out, and his muscles were stretched, soaring into the air and suspended in mid-air.

In fact, this kind of training is not just for Bellingham alone, but a regular part of the training within the Real Madrid team. The elastic band helps players to be more explosive when jumping and better enhances the player's muscle strength. Experts call this action "sumo squat".

Different from traditional squats, the "Sumo Squat" can strengthen the expansion and contraction of the thigh adductors, the elastic band provides resistance, and the weight of the kettlebell increases the training intensity.

This training method was introduced by Alonso after he took office at Real Madrid in May. The outside world may find this kind of training strange, but from Real Madrid's perspective, this kind of training is actually normal.

It is through this kind of explosive squat that players like Bellingham can significantly enhance the strength of their thigh adductors, and their speed and strength have been significantly improved.

Real Madrid also introduced two machines at the training base, one of which is worth more than 50,000 euros, for muscle contraction training and for testing player training data.

Real Madrid has also introduced thermal imaging technology, which can analyze information such as muscle strength based on the body temperature of players' body parts.