The Atletico Madrid midfielder has begun to listen to his body and assures that he does not need breakfast to go to training every morning. Marcos Llorente is one of the Atletico de Madrid footballers whose market value has grown in recent months and his name is already a fixture in all of Diego Pablo Simeone’s line-ups. The versatile player offers spectacular physical performance and in the past, he has already revealed some of his secrets, such as a mainly Paleolithic diet with real food or a 35,000 euro mattress that contributes to muscle recovery. Marcos Llorente’s case is more than particular.
Despite starting his career in football in the pivot position, the Real Madrid youth squad emerged last season as a great second striker thanks to his physical power, a condition that made him key, for example, in the tie. of the last Champions League against Liverpool, where he was the great MVP. Now he has established himself as that explosive player in the medullary mattress, and in a talk with Carlos Pérez, the co-author of the book ‘Intermittent Fasting’, has revealed that precisely this type of diet is one of the great keys to his physical power. “I feel very well, with energy, and I don’t need breakfast to go to training. Like when I’m hungry and I’m able to move without having eaten anything,” the athletic man revealed. The Atletico player has evolved remarkably in recent seasons
Now, the soccer player has participated in a talk with Carlos Pérez to talk about intermittent fasting, the central theme of one of the books published by the author. -This practice consists of not eating food at an interval of between 12 and 16 hours a day so that a person who practices it will not be able to eat anything from the time they eat until lunch the next day. Marcos Llorente assured that this type of diet began in Vitoria, when he played for Alavés, at the hands of his father, who already practiced it, and assures that it has helped him a lot to achieve his current state of form. For his part, Carlos López pointed out that this type of diet is very personalized to each situation and person, but that it improves the immune system, and consequently, it has a great influence on elite athletes like Marcos.
According to Llorente, since he carried it out, his physical level has increased because it helps him not to arrive heavily at training: “I feel very good energetically and I do not need breakfast to go to train. I eat when I am hungry and I can move without having eaten anything. When I had breakfast before going to training, I did it without my body asking me. When I started to listen to my body, the performance improvement has been very good, “he explained. His interlocutor added that “there is scientific evidence that intermittent fasting, logically personalized to each situation and person, improves the immune system and, therefore, also has a very positive consequence in elite athletes like Marcos.
Llorente did not usually have too much breakfast, but the change has been remarkable: “I used to have little breakfast because I didn’t get much at those hours. Some smoothie or some fruit,” he revealed before revealing how he got into that routine. “It was when I was in Vitoria. A little for my father, who already practiced it, but I still didn’t believe in that much. It wasn’t difficult for me to make that change, because when I woke up many days I didn’t feel like having breakfast. change that would cost me a lot. And at the level of intensity with the team, I didn’t notice anything, so I kept doing it. The result has been very positive, as the ’14’ has carved a hole in the hearts of Atlético despite their Madrid past based on hard work, dedication, goals, and assists.
I am sure that in everything that has happened to me during the last one some fault has Regenera Elite”, the program in which he has been working with Carlos Pérez for a long time. Besides, in his social networks, Marcos promotes a healthy lifestyle in which sports and of course healthy food must have a great presence. A few weeks ago he announced his collaboration with a Spanish kombucha firm, but has also launched a personalized sports training program and is a partner in a restaurant with the same values, ‘Naked and Sated’.
