Besides his talent and his ambition on the track, one of the aspects that fans always highlight Fernando Alonso is the size of his neck, stretched to the maximum because of G-force that any F1 driver must contend with when braking, accelerating and when drawing into each corner during almost A Grand Prix lasts 2 hours. It is one of the parts of the body that pilots must work on and take care of in detail to withstand the enormous physical demands of a race, and the trainer of Fernando Alonso, Edo Bendinelliwho attended this newspaper in a relaxed chat with F1 Spanish GP.
The Italian said that the current vehicles of F1 Nope are as taxing on a pilot’s neck as they were in earlier days, as in 2007, a year where single-seaters were smaller, with more downforce, more aggressive, very light and nervous. Therefore, Edo indicates that the workload is applied Ferdinand in the neck is now lower, due to the sheer necessity of competition. Previously, the work in that part was more complete, and it was clear in the statement made by the Oviedo coach, which is only surprising when listening to it, in reference to the centimeter in diameter that the Asturian’s neck reached at its highest point. : 47 centimeters!
“Back then, in cars like them, the neck had to work more than it does now. Back then, I always thought Fernando had a neck, shoulders and upper body like a boxer, but a good boxer.”he pointed out.
“But now, because of the type of current cars and the way you drive them, you need a bit of a neck. Of course, Fernando has such a capacity for muscle maintenance that if we do him a little bit in the gym with rubber bands, in a few days he becomes super strong.”ensures.
“I can lift 50 kg on a pulley with just my neck”
It is normal, then, to be asked if you can lift, for example, about 50 kilograms in the pulley exercise, just by stretching your neck. “We never go all-out with the neck because we don’t need it. Yes, we do exercises with rubber bands and other things to simulate vibrations and G forces. What I can say is, I, who am quite used to it, sometimes Fernando tells me to exercise, but it’s impossible for me to do what he does. he does on his neck. 50kg? sure i can”he assured. He stands by it normally. F1 drivers hold between 5 and 6 G momentarily, for a second and repeatedly on a date. One G-Force is equal to 9.80 kg on the neck. 5 G, almost 50 kg mentioned.
47 centimeters of neck
“Sometimes he tells me to try it myself, and there is no way”, repeated, before recalling those years in which Fernando Alonso’s neck was at its peak. “At the time they needed more strength in the neck, the diameter of Alonso’s neck reached 47 cm, when the normal thing is more than 30. Fernando has a neck that protrudes from the sides of his ears”he added between laughs.
Just a piece of information: the bodybuilder with the largest neck in the world reaches 52 centimeters in diameter. Alonso is not far behind. An example of his enormous discipline in physical work and the physical strength that Edo highlighted in the interview with World of sportsfactors that continued him to F1 at 41 years old as if he were a “30 year old” kidas his trainer said.
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Source: La Verdad
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