The life of a professional athlete varies enormously depending on what sport you participate in. Swimmers and runners train every day in life, with the exception of rest days immediately before an event. Footballers have rest days every week and for over a century rested for several weeks each summer.
Rest is an important part of any physical activity but I’ve never been convinced by the need for footballers to allow their fitness levels to drop so dramatically during the summer. This is a different question from taking a break from injury-stressing contact activities – like playing football. The summer weeks should provide a break from playing the game but presents a unique opportunity in the calendar to put intense work into other areas of fitness or physical development, without the need for travel or games.
As such, I’m glad Celtic are back at Lennoxtown, and that they have Champions League qualifiers in the middle of July. Unlike the Barcelona players currently in Brazil with Spain, and who get one summer in four off, Celtic players have had the opportunity to rest any strains, and reinvigorate appetites ahead of the new campaign.
Have you registered for 1254125 yet? Tom Conniffe has. He is walking the Leeds-Liverpool Canal in five days, which measures in a tad over 125 miles, all for the campaign. It is this simple to participate; find something you can do, register online and get going. You can support Tom here.
Last call for tonight’s special Lions Roar event. Watch the 1967 European Cup final on big screens in the Kerrydale Suite followed by a Q&A with the men who made history (including Willie Wallace, Heart of a Lion available below). See you there.
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In terms of fitness the Tour De France has to be the hardest sports event of the year. 3 weeks of hell . At least most other sports events are over in one day .
These guys are the fittest athletes around.
Welcome to Celtic Virgil Van Dijk!
HAIL! HAIL!
Just cancelled my holiday on transfer day deadline.
Thanks PL
Virgil in Paradise? Epic.
the spirit of arthur lee
14:09 on 21 June, 2013
James Traynor@JimTranor19 Jun
I can now reveal this months winner of #rangers sexiest fan competition. Please congratulate Morag McClit from Govan
https://twitter.com/JimTranor/status/347400549588676612/photo/1
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you might have warned us!!
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The Spirit of Arthur Lee
FC Groningen heeft met Celtic een akkoord bereikt over de transfer van Virgil van Dijk naar de club…
Translated by Bling; Gronningen Fitba Club Hiv Met wae the Hoops and Agreed the Bill fir da Transfer of Virgil Fae the Dyke (Block) fae the Club..
Summa of NederlandPrattenCSC
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS
same time as the RAF and Paras were in town for a display.
My mate,a fellow Scot,and I were seconded into the RAF one night to give the top Paras a darn good hiding at the bevvying-RAF types had tried all week and been found wanting.
Beat them the following night too.
Happy daze…..
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Reminds me of a lunchtime five-a-side league at the base in the 70’s. Games were played in an aircraft hanger with no sidelines other than the walls. Tackles were tough and football was secondary. I set up a team of civvies called Suicide with a core of three Celtic supporting Scots and became the first non-military team to win the league. Hardest games were against the Royal Marines but we matched them in brain and brawn giving them a doing every time
Welcome to the best club on the planet Virgil.
The Spirit of Arthur Lee 13.32
I have 17 and I don’t have 9.
Got to admit I usd to arrange first dates in George Square. Would sit in bar overlooking the square and if I did not fancy what I saw would not show my face.
I am sure we have all asked for a date when we were drunk.
Now Morag. Time for a pint and a exit out the back door.
ShallowCSC
Virgil is looking forward to plating with Aeneid Stokes.
Plating? plating.
Curse you fat finger!
Drat and double drat… playing
Virgil concern over Homer Referees
Anyway off for a few pints
Catch you all later and have a blast of a weekend
LOVE
DBBIA
Dan Penn
Great songs ! .
I went to see him and Spooner Oldham in London [ 98 ? ]
Great night. !
Postman brought me this yesterday ———-
7 ” —– Roy Dobson —–Our Roots are in Africa [ Black Pearl ]
A fabulous late 70s Roots choon . Failed to get it when it came out / couldn’t afford it when it occasionally appeared on auction lists . Delighted to now have it [ even if it is a repress]
Just in from Golf, as pleasant a day weather wise as you could imagine. However learned that one of my golfing mates, who has been receiving treatment from cancer was told last Tues evening that he had lost the fight and it was curtains for him. He still got up Wed. morning and went out and played in our weekly Seniors Competition and whilst he didn’t figure in the prizes he played bloody well. Great guy, big big man and an extremely good hurler in his time. I’m gutted but thats life, its happening everywhere, everyday.
Welcome to le ole Hoops Virgil!!!
You come with a Grand reputation. The shirt will not shrink.
Charlie Mulgrew is becoming more of an asset by the minute. ;))
And that is Testament to the Prodigal Son.
Welcome big Virgil.
Two down this early and both seem to be real crackers.
It looks like we mean busniess this window!
BTW – I see Henke has come out of retirement… for one match that is.
http://www.offthepost.info/blog/2013/06/celtic-legend-henrik-larsson-comes-out-of-retirement-to-play-in-match-with-his-son-15/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+offthepost%2FTLAa+%28Off+The+Post%29
Why don’t we sign you Larsson?
If he’s even half the player his father was we have a gem of a player!!
HH
/Bishop B
Another major work by Virgil will go down well inSPHell.
E- clog-ues
Arms, and the man I sing, who, forc’d by fate,
And haughty Juno’s unrelenting hate,
Expell’d and exil’d, left the Trojan shore.
Long labors, both by sea and land, he bore,
And in the doubtful war, before he won
The Latian realm, and built the destin’d town;
His banish’d gods restor’d to rites divine,
And settled sure succession in his line,
From whence the race of Alban fathers come,
And the long glories of majestic Rome.
DBBIA – for the Chilterns, as my old man used to say, “turn left at Shepherd’s Bush beach”.
HH – CC
DBBIA
Some baseball players seem built for comfort …..cannae be that taxing
Or is it the hotdogs and beer
@RudyFizzle: @cqn @OfficialNeil There is cruising medicals and then there’s VVD. Athlete and a gentleman to boot. We have a belter.
Corkcelt,
So sad to hear about your mate. Life can be so harsh & unfair.
God Bless him and may he defy all medical opinion.
Take care.
UF
RON BACARDI
Good on ya,mate-and I bet one of your tactics was to kick the ball into the corner and casually ambush the idiot who followed it with his back turned!
We must compare notes one day,haha…..
Welcome Virgil
That’s the board spent £4m …..nosebleed time :-))
First question for Virgil
Would you like to see the return of the old firm games?
PFAyr -hotdogs, beer and diabolic steroids.
I don’t think many of them play the full 162, but they do play 2 games a day sometimes.
Tennis/Football debate:
Both are quite stop start sports with dynamic movement. In football there is a lot more running in a shorter space of time (so perhaps less stop and more start) but the difference is tennis players don’t really ever get a break unless injured.
Can’t speak for tennis players and it always seems like they train really hard but footballers actually don’t seem to do huge amounts of work midweek. Nothing extreme anyway.
new article posted.
The Spirit of Arthur Lee
Morag has such an attraction she has her own gravitational pull! I will stop there before I go all Frankie Boyle and offend everyone.
CORKCELT
UNCLE FESTER said it so much better than I ever could.
I am sure you will help him enjoy the time he has left.
Welcome Mr Tibbs!
The Great Wall and the Big Diyk replacing the sieve.
BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS14:31 on 21 June, 2013
RON BACARDI
Good on ya,mate-and I bet one of your tactics was to kick the ball into the corner and casually ambush the idiot who followed it with his back turned!
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Almost. Was warned before one game in a tournament that I would be taken out by a certain player.
So I waited and when he came in I let him tackle then I fell over, grabbed his head in flaling pose and banged his head on the ground. We won.
VVD, welcome to the best club in the world. I hope your time with us will be memorable for us all.
HH
Well,got the new top today over here in Turkey.Perfect replica,£12.Could not believe they would have it so quick,usually August before they get them in.Really looks better than the pics.
All the write ups from Holland have nothing but great things to say about our new signing.I think I will take their word for it going by their past history.They know a player when they see one.Edson Brafheid being the exception to the rule.If Balde cuts the mustard,we are off to a flyer.Playmaker would be a wee bonus.Well back to my terrace,a cheeky G&T awaits,temperature starting to drop to about 80.Cheers.
the spirit of arthur lee
13:51 on 21 June, 2013
Natknow
FC Groningen heeft met Celtic een akkoord bereikt over de transfer van Virgil van Dijk naar de club…
I’ll have a pint of that mate!