Haaland recently updated a video on his YouTube channel to introduce his daily diet and fitness methods.
Haaland is an innovator in building personal brands for football players. With the change in sports consumption concepts of the global digital native audience, the importance of players' personal images gradually exceeds the importance of the clubs they represent. Fans are eager to see the true side of players, and in Haaland's case, they want to understand how this player becomes a "human cheat code."
Haaland once mentioned that he would seal his mouth with tape and use anti-blue light glasses at night to improve his sleep quality, but in the video, we saw more private details. First, after breakfast, Manchester City's sports physiotherapist Mario Parfundi came to visit. The relationship between the two people is very close.
Pafundi is responsible for Haaland's stretching and flexibility training. Since starting the cooperation three years ago, Haaland's groin flexibility has improved significantly. Haaland then relaxes his muscles with a foam roller and spends some time in an infrared therapy room. Infrared therapy can directly heat the body, enhance blood circulation, and further relax muscles.
Pafandi pointed out that these trainings have gradually improved Haaland's vascular condition. They also receive more massage treatments at the training center before the afternoon training begins. "A drop of water wears away a stone" is how Parfundi describes Haaland's training philosophy to stay healthy and flexible.
When he comes to the training ground, Haaland's accent will completely change into a strong Manchester accent, which makes him appear more approachable. He is both a superhero in real life and an ordinary person who enjoys simple pleasures. After training, players return home and start a new recovery cycle.
Harland put on a brightly colored kimono and went to the ice bath and sauna area in the backyard. This alternating hot and cold therapy is his habit, and he does it four to five times a week. In the video, Haaland said while shirtless and sweating profusely preparing a barbecue in the back garden: "It's good for the spirit, because you're doing something you don't want to do."
Harland is a complete foodie. His girlfriend Isabel joked that he is always thinking about what to eat for his next meal. This is true. In a previous documentary documenting his move to Manchester City, the player revealed that he consumes 6,000 calories a day, and there is no need to worry that his use of ingredients is too extravagant or monotonous and difficult to imitate. In addition to staple foods such as steak and potatoes, Haaland also likes barbecue, tacos and slow-cooked brisket. Such eating habits are obviously in line with the tastes of ordinary British people.
Many football players have private chefs to take care of their meals, but Haaland does not. He will eat seabass and egg fried rice for lunch in the Manchester City cafeteria, and he cooks it himself at other times. When Haaland moved to Molde at the age of 16, his father Alf only stayed with him for two days. After helping him buy necessary cleaning supplies and food, he left the player to face the chores of life alone without giving him any additional help.
Yes, unlike the comfortable experiences of many top young players, Haaland must move forward on his own. After playing football in four different countries for almost 10 years, he found great joy in cooking. Harland is the chef at home: "I am not boasting, you have to feel it, touch it, when frying the steak, you have to let it form a perfect crispy crust. If you can do this, you have already won half the battle."