Upgrade your upper body strength

By Nick Moore
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Bulk up and break through defences with this workout from elite conditioning coach Jamie Reynolds

Upper body strength is a vital part of the modern game, and this exercise – devised by personal trainer to Premier League players Jamie Velocity, and inspired by Zlatan Ibrahimovic – is a great little circuit to help you battle better against physical defenders.

Using a combination of Keiser machine and TRX equipment, every move is targeted to hone the muscles you’ll need while backing into defenders, holding them off to shield the ball, and generally developing the robustness to not get bullied by bulky stoppers.

Reynolds is the founder of Velocity Training Club. For more information visit velocitytrainingclub.co.uk and follow @jamie_velocity

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Nick Moore
Nick Moore

Nick Moore is a freelance journalist based on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. He wrote his first FourFourTwo feature in 2001 about Gerard Houllier's cup-treble-winning Liverpool side, and has continued to ink his witty words for the mag ever since. Nick has produced FFT's 'Ask A Silly Question' interview for 16 years, once getting Peter Crouch to confess that he dreams about being a dwarf.