Re: Ilkay Gundogan appreciation thread

[Ganso]

holy shit

[B-Mac]

no wonder his back is injured, carrying around a sack of potatoes all day

[Ganso]

[Tomwin Lannister]

Getting paid some serious cash to eat pukka pies and wear club tracksuits


I'm down for that

[Onyx]

Gundogan gonna go from 84 agility to 24 agility on FIFA 15.

[Mr Nick09]

wtf man, i understand how easy it is to let yourself go when you have that kind of injury that limits your body but come on

he is exactly like marcelo lol

[rwo power]

Well, it depends a bit on the medication he gets. If they give him cortisone against the inflammation and to lessen any edema pressing on the spine, he can't really do much about gaining weight.

[Onyx]

Maybe he's pregnant.

[Arquitecto]

Well, it depends a bit on the medication he gets. If they give him cortisone against the inflammation and to lessen any edema pressing on the spine, he can't really do much about gaining weight.

No. He's simply just obese.

[LeVersacci]

Getting paid some serious cash to eat pukka pies and wear club tracksuits


I'm down for that

Calma he's bulking early ffs

[urbaNRoots]

He's always been a bit chubby even in his peak form. Not surprised he's completely himself off like that.

[Great Leader Sprucenuce]

He can't exercise at all because of his back problems....

But you know lets be ignorant instead because that's way more fun.

[Mr Nick09]

dont be so sensitive mole, we know he is your fav player.

he cant exercise? ok. But he completely stopped taking care of himself. His shape is disgusting

[Great Leader Sprucenuce]

He is but seriously i'm just spreading some facts.

His back doesn't let him train what so ever and its been that way for a year, so not surprising he's let himself go.

[sportsczy]

Mole... i have first hand experience with not being able to do any exercise for a long period of time.  Heck, i'm still not allowed to do much  You just need to adjust your diet and go for long slow walks.  You'll get soft without a doubt...  but you should not get fat.  In fact, i started losing weight and i had to eat a bit more.

Pro athletes who don't have a good diet get away with it by training hard.  But your bad eating habits come back to bite as soon as you're injured or you retire.  You can only blame yourself.

The only thing that is excusable is if your thyroid gets affected somehow.  There's nothing you can do about that.  Haven't heard that Gundogan has a thyroid problem.

[Tomwin Lannister]

Getting paid some serious cash to eat pukka pies and wear club tracksuits


I'm down for that

Calma he's bulking early ffs

Dat clean bulk

[Great Leader Sprucenuce]

Mole... i have first hand experience with not being able to do any exercise for a long period of time.  Heck, i'm still not allowed to do much  You just need to adjust your diet and go for long slow walks.  You'll get soft without a doubt...  but you should not get fat.  In fact, i started losing weight and i had to eat a bit more.

Pro athletes who don't have a good diet get away with it by training hard.  But your bad eating habits come back to bite as soon as you're injured or you retire.  You can only blame yourself.

The only thing that is excusable is if your thyroid gets affected somehow.  There's nothing you can do about that.  Haven't heard that Gundogan has a thyroid problem.

I actually have and my physique usually goes to shit.... although i must admit i don't usually adjust my diet and rely on physical activity to stay in shape.

Some people are like that and struggle to change their diet tbf.... i can bet there's a lot of footballers out there that need the week to week training and if they don't they let themselves go.

Wouldn't be the first footballer.

[futbol]

Pique approves.

[Art Morte]

So he's gained some considerable weight, but let's not act like he can't shake that in a few months, too.

Although I agree that seeing that isn't so encouraging.

[Adit]

You wont get this big of a belly by simply not exercising

He is a pro footballer, it takes some massive diet to turn that six packs into what we are seeing especially in 1 year.

[Kuru]

I'm not an expert on exercising, but I've seen many footballers with bulging bellies after the summer break, especially if they had a slight injury before it, Gundagon hasn't trained properly in a long time.

I'm pretty sure he can be back to shape after training for a couple of months

[Great Leader Sprucenuce]

You wont get this big of a belly by simply not exercising

He is a pro footballer, it takes some massive diet to turn that six packs into what we are seeing especially in 1 year.

If you do absolutely no exercise for a year and not change your diet its not outside the realms of possibility tbh.

Also like Urban said he never was the slimmest and most defined footballer going anyway as you can see in the Dortmund pic next to it he does have a bit of a gut.

[rwo power]

The only thing that is excusable is if your thyroid gets affected somehow.  There's nothing you can do about that.  Haven't heard that Gundogan has a thyroid problem.

Or - as I already mentioned above - if you need to take cortisone, which is often given against certain inflammations.

Unfortunately that stuff often leads to a Cushing syndrome when taken, and there you have effects like "Symptoms include rapid weight gain, particularly of the trunk and face with sparing of the limbs (central obesity)."

[Hapless_Hans]

it's just a little belly. looks fine imo.

[Donuts]

no wonder when Barca medicals went to check up on him they gave a thumbs down xD
hope he recovers well though.

[B-Mac]

it's only a belly, no need to worry until this happens

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