New Delhi: Virat Kohli, known for his fitness level, sticks to his routine intense exercise regimen and keeps shifting the goalpost for achieving bigger targets.
The ace cricketer shared his fresh Yo-Yo fitness score on Thursday and as expected, thousands of his fans & followers made it a point to laud him for maintaining or rather enhancing his fitness with each passing day.
Taking to Instagram, the bare-bodied Kohli posted his latest Yo-Yo score, which stood at 17.2.
“The happiness of finishing the yo-yo test between the dreaded cones,” he wrote.
Though, Yo-Yo score is not mandatory for qualifying in any cricket tournament but it gives a fair understanding about cricketer’s fitness & agility. Lot many users visited his Insta handle and posted words of admiration.
Though, Kolhi in latest Yo-Yo test achieved lesser score than his earlier record of 19, this is much better than passing standard in Indian cricket which stands at 16.
What is Yo-Yo test?
Yo-Yo Test is a method of checking cricketer or any sportsperson’s fitness level.
In the Yo-Yo test, ‘dreaded cones’ are put at some distance from each other. After the beep, the athlete runs and has to reach either side before next beep comes. He is expected to run to and fro between the two set of cones till beeps continue. Beep keeps on increasing and the athlete is supposed to match with its intensity to prove his fitness.
Notably, different cricket teams have kept different standards for the Yo-Yo test. Currently, Team India has set 16:1 as the qualifying standard which means that each player has to have this speed level.
According to reports, all the players participating in the Cricket World Cup will have to go through a fitness level and medical test before the start of cricket extravaganza. They will be checked & monitored under various parameters including lipid profile, blood sugar (fasting and PP), uric acid, calcium, creatinine and testosterone.
