Photo caption: “I’m not alone in this.”
TAMMERFORS. He admires the water and ice baths in Fiji – before the matches.
Patrick Nemeth, 31, provided a caption for the attention-grabbing photos.
– How do you feel when you jump into the lake and it’s eight degrees? he asked himself.
The natural health trend among elite athletes is to take an ice bath after training or a match, to restore tired or overworked muscles.
But ahead of Sweden’s fifth group stage match against France in Tampere chirp Three crowns out of the picture that surprised.
Someone wrote “Patrick Nemeth doesn’t get hot like everyone else…”.
“wake up to”
The 31-year-old jumped into an ice bath before descending.
After that he explained his rituals.
– It’s something I’ve been driving lately. I think it works well and i think i wake up feeling more energized, he says.
Have you heard of ice baths then – but before?
– How do you feel when you jump into the lake and it’s eight degrees? Then you will be a little more active. This is the feeling I get. Beautiful. I think it works fine. It’s not something I drive and judge a match based on, it’s something I feel good about.
Is it something that can give you goosebumps? Because you feel lonely about it.
– Not real. There are two other people running it. Zetterlund and Bengson, says Nemeth with a broad smile.
vegewater
When Sportbladet interviewed Anton Lindholm and Bar Lindholm to reveal the secrets of Tre Kronor earlier this week, he told the former that Nemeth has also been involved in other health trends in the past.
– He seems to have left it aside for a bit, but when I played with him, he only drank Fiji water, for the sake of PH value. I think he went to Johnny O’Dea’s school. Lindholm said at the time that he carried a backpack with him on outdoor tours with plenty of organic supplements and other items.
Arizona’s back smiles when asked about Fiji water.
I like to try things out and see what works. it’s a pleasure. It is good to drink good water.
Do you also drive it here in Tampere? After all, Finland has the cleanest water in Europe.
– No, I don’t have to. But sometimes I do in some places.
Sweden defeated France 4-0 and qualified for the quarter-finals of the World Cup, although there were two matches left before then.
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