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EPISODE · Apr 25, 2026 · 53 MIN

Q&A: Discipline, Off-Season Training & College Soccer

from Ready For BATTAL · host Aksel Battal

In this Q&A episode, I answer some of the most common questions footballers ask when they’re trying to take their training more seriously without turning their entire life into gym, food, sleep, repeat. We talk about how to stay disciplined without becoming obsessive, how to combine running with gym work, what an effective off-season should actually look like, and what to focus on if you can only lift twice per week during the season. I also cover sprint technique, copying pro footballers’ gym sessions from Instagram, the pressure of posting training content online, and what I’d tell a footballer who’s thinking about going to the US for college soccer. Plus, yes… Denmark didn’t make the World Cup. Painful. We discuss. A practical episode for footballers who want to train smarter, perform better, and think a bit more clearly about the bigger picture behind their development.

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