Ageless star

On December 30, James will celebrate his 36th birthday. The concept of veteran to James is simply about age and playing experience.

Up to now, James has had a total of 17 seasons playing in the American Professional Basketball League (NBA). In total, he had 48,551 minutes of playing time. James is the shooter with the 9th most minutes played in NBA history. If only counted in the NBA’s play-off period so far, James is the shooter with the most total minutes played: 10,811 minutes.

In the 2017/18 season, James appeared in all 82 matches. That is the absolutely ideal number for a pitcher in his twenties, let alone an old veteran like James.

That’s talking about age and experience. As for performance, James cannot be called a veteran. He is still very energetic, still playing excellently. He is the soul of the Los Angeles Lakers squad that just won the 2020 NBA championship. This year is also the 4th time in his career that James has won the title of Best Thrower of the final series.

James has long been widely acknowledged as one of the greatest legends in NBA history. However, at the age of 36, James is still not satisfied. He still hasn’t thought about retirement or retirement. He still has the ambition to fight at the top for many more seasons. And witnessing James being healthy and flourishing despite his age, many people firmly believe that James will continue to shine for many more years to come.

James’s tips

How does James have the ability to be immune to the burden of age? There’s nothing random here. Just like the “eternal” Cristiano Ronaldo in football, James also has to practice hard and adhere to an extremely scientific and reasonable exercise and living regimen.

Actually, James’s starting point was not “as strong as an ox”. During his third season in the NBA, in 2005, James had back and knee problems. In the world of professional basketball, few problems are more worrying than back and knee problems.

James turned to Tim Grover (former personal fitness coach of basketball legend Michael Jordan) for advice. Grover introduced James to Mike Mancias, the fitness expert who was instrumental in helping Jordan return to the court in 2001. Coincidentally, Mancias later became in charge of physical training at the Cleveland Cavaliers team that James joined. From then on, Mancias became James’s best friend. Later, when James changed teams, he still asked Mancias to be his personal fitness coach.

James and Mancias are very compatible in therapies that help James increase strength, endurance, and reduce the risk of injury. They easily found a common voice in the quest to prolong James’s professional career. Mancias is tasked with focusing on helping James perform well in 5 factors: strength training, fitness training, adherence to a scientific diet, recovery therapy after each match and mental preparation before each match. fight.

Of course, Mancias cannot take care of all the above steps for James. Through advice from Mancias, James hired a personal fitness coach, a masseuse, a chef, a nutritionist… to give him his own training and lifestyle regimen that best suits his peak performance. . James also bought the most advanced training equipment and facilities. It is said that the total amount of money James spends on maintaining his ideal physical condition is up to 1.5 million USD per year. For ordinary people, that is an unimaginable number. But for a super athlete like James, that is an extremely wise and reasonable investment.

Investing in hiring experts and buying equipment is one thing. The main thing is that James himself is always highly aware of the importance and proactively strictly adheres to the scientific regimes specifically designed for him. For example, when it comes to sleep, James always gets enough sleep for 8-9 hours a day, 1 hour before sleeping, does not touch TV screens, phones, computers…