Jake Arrieta Quotes

Flexibility depends upon your range of motion and will enable you to do more day-to-day tasks with comfort and ease.

Actors normally go to the gym to achieve a certain kind of fitness for a role but when you start playing a sport, then you realise that being athletically fit is a very different kind of fitness.

They thought that athletes that worked out with my system wouldn't be able to throw a ball because they'd be too muscle bound. Those are the misconceptions I had to go through for about 40 years.

I think the two most important parts of any athlete's workouts are his leg workouts and his core training.

I hate leg exercises. I hate one-legged squats. I hate the hurdles and the split squats. I hate all the leg exercises. I know they help me, and I'm able to move around and don't have knee problems, and my hip doesn't hurt anymore, but when my trainer tells me I have to do them, I almost feel like my body goes into convulsions.

Physical therapy is part of my offseason routine. That has helped me greatly.

Baseball players need strength but also the ability to make fast-paced, explosive movements, so their training is all about strengthening the tendons around the bone and the joint so you don't tear the muscles from the bones.

I do some 400 m. repetition running for endurance on the court. I'll be in the gym lifting weights, or I'll be putting in a lot of core stability to work to improve my balance.

A big upper body is not a great thing for tennis, and for me, flexibility is important.

I think that for my sport, the core is the most important. I mean, really in all sports, but especially in the sport I play, I keep my core right and try and keep that up no matter what I'm doing.

Stretching exercises promote flexibility, so you move fluidly.

I've always been working with my rehab people, just to keep my body loose and fluid.

That's one thing I need to work on, my flexibility. I'm not mobile enough, am I.

I love the Bosu ball. At least two or three times a week, I'm on the Bosu ball just doing a ton of balance work. It keeps my body in tip-top shape.

I attribute my longevity to my extensive stretch routine that I do before every single match or any physical activity. I put myself thought a regimen that really puts my body to the test so I'm not cold, tight, or ready to be injured when I start slamming my body around.

That's one of my focuses, is to increase my flexibility and strength and have greater range of motion.

Even at the age of 33 I was one of the most flexible at Arsenal when it came to my back muscles.

I think CrossFit is highly beneficial to any athlete, in any sport.

Jumping isn't as important to my training as you might think; I'm only in the sandpit once a week. There's a high risk factor of injury doing it, so instead, I rely on my progress in the gym to judge how far I'll jump on the big day.

Wrestling is very physically demanding. You can be in great shape and still not be in ring shape.

I've stayed sharp, basically through football workouts. I cater those workouts to track-specific things, so I don't lose the rhythm I've always had to keep football and track in balance.

I work on my recoveries, coming back into the defensive line and things like that.

I do some yoga, but it's just about managing my back because that step up physically to men's football is big. I know I look big and strong, but it's still hard on my body. But I'm feeling stronger and stronger the more I play.

In order to resist injuries and stay healthy, you have to be mobile and agile. You have to be able to have your body work for you.

Ever since I've given up dancing, every physiotherapist or Pilates teacher has said you have to keep moving. If I don't, I'll have a hundred times more injuries because you get weak areas on your body.