Ben Stokes reveals motivating diet and workout plan during 6th week of quarantine

ongoing coronavirus crisis across United Kingdom (UK) has forced England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) to postpone ir entire 2020 home season until furr tice. As English cricketers continue to stay indoors amid coronavirus UK lockdown, Rajasthan Royals luminary Ben Stokes seems to be making most of his time following a strict fitness and dietary plan. Ben Stokes recently revealed his entire weekly workout plan while writing for Mirror.

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Coronavirus UK Lockdown: Rajasthan Royals star Ben Stokes workout routine

Ben Stokes recently wrote “first instalment” of what he describes as his “Lockdown Fitness Diary”. He described coronavirus UK lockdown phase as a “pretty unexpected and intense” time for him. He wrote that in spite of UK lockdown, he wants to keep maintaining his fitness levels by following a weekly workout plan laid out by himself.

In his plan, English and Rajasthan Royals all-rounder listed down his everyday meal, i.e. breakfast, lunch and dinner. Amidst daily intense work-out sessions, he listed down Wednesday as his “Rest day”. His weekly workout sessions mostly include burpees, squat thrusts, pull ups, press ups and sit ups in morning. His rest workout includes multiple sets of lateral bland walks and long lunges. Additionally, Ben Stokes listed down bodyweight squats, goblet squats among ors in a medium workout session. cricketer also takes a 15-second to 1-minute break between each set.

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IPL 2020: Ben Stokes in Rajasthan Royals

During Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 trading window, Ben Stokes was retained by Rajasthan Royals for US$1.6 million (₹12.5 crore) for IPL 2020 season. Stokes has been part of Rajasthan Royals side since 2018 season. While he was slated to reprise his all-round abilities for franchise this year, IPL 2020 got indefinitely postponed by Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) due to coronavirus outbreak.

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