“Silva is holding weights… What do my eyes see?” | Relief

We’ve been without David Silva on the football fields for over a year now.although sport did not leave his life. The anterior cruciate ligament injury to his left knee that forced him to retire from professional football, leaving his final year at Real Sociedad empty, is now a thing of the past: the Canarian has made a full recovery and, at 38, continues to train. preserve your bodily asset.

His life has really changed in recent months. After completing the entire recovery in San Sebastian, accompanied by his trusted physiotherapist, This season he moved to the city of Madrid.. The decision to move to the capital of Spain was made while looking for a school for two children.

And now, in his new routine of driving them to and from school, he not only enjoys more peace of mind, more free time and the opportunity to travel with friends, but he has also found a place to continue to exercise regularly.

First of all, as often happens lately, padel matches. In Arguineguin, San Sebastian and of course also in Madrid, where he joined other former colleagues such as Miguel Angel Moya. Besides the racket, Silva also dedicated himself lots of time on a road bike. Canary even shared photos with her grupetto trustworthy and even published an image with Banesto old team jersey accompanied by his son Mateo.

But now it’s Hirox who pushes him to his physical limits in training, a new fitness competition Silva recently took part in.

What is Hirox?

Hyrox is a fitness competition combines 8 kilometers of intermittent running with eight alternating strength and endurance workouts

. Thus, after running the first kilometer, the first exercise is performed and so on until the finish. Exercises performed include skiing (1000 meters), sled push (50 meters), power sled drag (103 kg), rowing (1000 meters), weighted steps (24 kg and 200 meters), lunges with bags (20 kg and 200 meters). 100 meters) or throwing a medicine ball against a wall (6 kg). The meaning of the name Hyrox is hybrid, “running” and “training”..

Silva himself recently shared on social networks one of his personal Hyrox workouts, which is designed for athletes of any level, since there are several categories (individual, professional, pairs and team).

The video in question sparked jokes among his former colleagues. For example, Fabian Delphwith whom he coincided at Manchester City, reacted to the publication: “Friend, I never thought that I would live to see this day…”. And he joined too Joleon Lescottformer defender citizens: “David Silva is holding weights… I don’t believe what my eyes are seeing,” he wrote in the comments.

Sports and more sports. And also food, in some of the best restaurants in the capital. And accompanied by wine, this is his great passion outside of football: Silva has for many years owned his own winery in the Canary Islands (Bodega Tamerán) with various local varieties. This is the life of a former football player who is still very athletic.