Ashes 2015: Fitness secrets of top players
How does Johnson generate the pace?It takes quite some effort for Mitchell Johnson to bowl at 90 mph - 20 overs in a day, or for Alastair Cook to stay on the crease for an entire day. On top of that, these cricketers cannot be slacking off while fielding either as 'catches win matches'.In order to accomplish these superhuman feats, international cricketers have to do a lot of things in addition to practising their skills.Since these players are the epitome of superb strength and stamina, we decided to take at some of the unique things the top players of Ashes 2015 did to prepare themselves for combat.
#1 Mitchell Johnson
None of the English batsmen who were a part of the last Ashes tour down under would forget what Mitchell Johnson did to them. The 33-year-old speedster took help from Australian war hero Corporal Ben-Roberts Smith and experienced a day in the life of an SAS. The training helped Johnson mentally and significantly improved his confidence.
Johnson also works out alone as it helps him develop better mental strength. 'I would never have been able to do that before. I would never have been able to push myself to the brink, to push myself hard enough to see gains. But I now enjoy training on my own for that very reason: every session I can feel it improving my mental strength,' he was quoted as saying by Men's Health.