On a daily basis, how do you manage to maintain yourself physically?
“Like everyone, it’s at home. Fortunately, I live in a house in the countryside, in the plain of Forez, and I can run a little, ride a bike for an hour.
As there are many paths around my house, I am lucky not to be able to go around too much in circles and that in complete safety since I have not met anyone during my outings.
The important thing is to stay active, alone or with my children. I force myself to have an activity daily. “
Is there not a risk of doing too much or, on the contrary, insufficiently?
“The confinement will continue for a long time and the goal is not to burn yourself physically, to no longer be in power. I make sure to maintain myself, to have one, or even two, big sessions during the week.
The rest is maintenance, sheathing, weight training, with what I have at home, but it will be necessary to have energy in reserve the day when training resumes. “
Do you have strict instructions to follow?
“We have an application that we have to account for, say what we do during the day, what activity we had.
I also had the physical trainer on the phone so that we could do a little briefing of all of this, to find out if I was working enough, if he wanted me to do more, or less, or if he my work correct.
As soon as desired, he is very available to us as soon as we feel the need. “
What are the contacts with Claude Puel?
” No. I didn’t have the coach on the phone. I simply have his voice through the words of the physical trainer who transcribes what the coach expects from us.
On the other hand, all the players received a message from him in which he explained to us precisely what he expected from us during this period of confinement. “
And between players, do you stay in touch?
” Of course ! We formed a group between us on WhatsApp on which we discuss regularly. And we call on the phone. We have to stay in touch, it’s important. “
How do you see the rest of the Ligue 1 season?
“Honestly, I have no idea. We are dependent on what will happen in the coming weeks.
We have no choice but to wait to know when there will be a glimmer of hope with the end of containment. It is only then that we can know a resumption date. “