
Elevate Your Soccer Performance with a Targeted Strength Routine
As World Cup excitement builds, a concise strength program from Men’s Health offers players a science‑backed path to sharper on‑field execution.
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As World Cup excitement builds, a concise strength program from Men’s Health offers players a science‑backed path to sharper on‑field execution.

A look at the unique speed demands of soccer, the exercises that target hip mobility and power, and the expert guidance shaping modern training.

Midfielder Sebastian Berhalter, 25, is set to appear in his first World Cup tournament in Qatar. Drawing on his father Gregg Berhalter’s playing and coaching legacy, he details a science‑driven regimen of speed work, recovery, carb‑periodized nutrition and music‑fueled mental preparation, while emphasizing the need for ruthlessness, confidence and authenticity from the U.S. side.

Belmont Cameli, a 28‑year‑old actor with over ten years of disciplined training, details the rigorous preparation required to portray a hockey captain in Amazon Prime’s Off Campus, including a newly built on‑set gym and a targeted upper‑body routine.