Mamelodi Sundowns’ Lebohang Maboe reveals his eating secret

Mamelodi Sundowns star Lebohang Maboe has revealed how he manages to balance such a congested fixture and recover in time for the next match.

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The ever-present Lebohang Maboe has played in 31 of Mamelodi Sundowns’ 35 matches in all competitions and has become an increasingly important first-team player in recent times, according to the BusinessLIVE website.

And the 26-year-old says lots of sleep‚ ice baths‚ injury prevention exercises and a healthy diet are key to him maintaining match sharpness.

“There are a number of things I do to recover or at least give myself a chance to recover properly during these testing times where we have a game after every second or third day‚” said Maboe.

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“I do my ice baths‚ time in the heated pool‚ injury prevention exercises‚ warm water with Epsom salts‚ lots of sleep and lots of veggies to help with my recovery.

“These things really help the body because it is very important to recover well and not to yourself dealing with injuries.

“I try to get as much rest as I possibly can. On my off days I try to be at home and just laze around on my couch or in bed so I rest my body.

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“I don’t sleep anything less than eight hours. Mostly it is nine or even 10 hours of sleep.

“Having enough sleep helps a great deal in times like these where we have so many games coming in.”

“The workload gets to the body hence it’s very important that you recover well so you don’t find yourself having to deal with an injury or something like that.

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“My diet consists of a lot of veggies‚ fish and chicken and in the evening I try to avoid starch like pap or rice.

“I don’t mind having pap or rice for lunch but it is always a small portion.

“It’s been a while since we had a proper hard training session.

“We can’t have a tough session with the amount of games we have to play. You can’t be playing every second or third day and you still have hard training sessions.

“During this time of the season‚ we don’t have many hard sessions as we would normally have at the beginning of the season because we want everyone to be fit,” Lebohang Maboe concluded.

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