To celebrate the men’s and women’s England football kit reveal, last week Nike hosted an amazing event at Wembley which I was lucky enough to attend. The event itself included a tour of  the new kit, a panel discussion at with England football players Joe Hart (men’s team goalkeeper), Toni Duggan (women’s team winger) and Steph Houghton (women’s team Captain) discussing how to ‘Train Like A World Class Athlete’. This was then followed by a NTC football inspired workout ran by Faisal who is a Barrys Bootcamp master trainer and Nike Master Trainer….pretty good evening right?

The talk- I found this element so interesting, I hold my hands up I am not a big football fan….in fact Tashi Skervin fellow blogger, good friend and all round babe (pictured above) had to tell me who all the footballers were. Sorry to all footballer fans out there. But the talk itself was great and I learnt a lot. They described their training which seemed to be focused a lot of agility and both the mens and women’s team used Pilates and Yoga for movement which I loved. Especially their love of Pilates as I am soon to be training to be a Pilates instructor :)

They covered their pre match routines including putting one boot on before the other for good luck, food and switching off and even their favourite gym outfits . All in all it was a brilliant way to see inside how the players work how they train and how nutrition and movement is a crucial part of their lives. You could really see the passion they had for the game…..football is their life and that shone through. Look at me, almost sounding like a football fan over here!

The workout

So as I mentioned above the workout was a football inspired NTC workout lead by the ever enthusiastic PMA fuelled Faisal. There were lunges, partner squats, stair sprints the lot. We separated into two teams and basically performed sets of movements such as press ups against one another. We ended the workout with the stairs, we ran up them one or two steps at a time, focusing on your feet and agility up the Wembley stadium stairs took some concentration. We ended the workout on such a high.

Oh and did I mention….we also got given an official England Football T-shirt, the ones the players wear when playing a match. Which you can’t buy off the shelf….erm no biggie!!!!!

Thanks Nike for another brilliant event, I came knowing nothing about football and left knowing much more about a professional footballers life and the hard work and dedication that goes into the career. Also worked out in a football fitness inspired way. The result I loved it and I am a proud owner of an England Football top which I will wear with pride!

Lots of love,

Natalie x