Srinagar: Former Australia pacer Brett Lee has offered his advice to Team India pacer Jasprit Bumrah on his recovery and amhas also termed ice baths concept overrrated.
Brett Lee on his Youtube Channel advised Jasprit Bumrah not to pick heavy weights.
“We see lots of bowlers lifting heavy weights like squats, leg press, body weights, bench press, bicep-curls … I want to make it clear gym work is important but if you want to bowl over 150ks, lean-muscle mass is the key,” Brett Lee said.
“Don’t be lifting heavy weights, it’s slow (arm) action. You need fast-twitch muscles for fast bowling. I was 16 times my body weight, and so had six ankle operations, but it was also why I bowled fast because of pressure and power. A bit like a Pole vaulter, getting through and over your action,” he further added.
Brett Lee also maintained that ice baths are an overrated concept with no scientific data to back their effectiveness.
“When it comes to ice Baths, they are overrated. There is no scientific evidence to prove that they work. They are great here in India, or the subcontinent, to drop your core temperature, but if someone out there wants me to show a scientific paper on ice baths if they can prove it they can flush out nitric acid, bring it on. I reckon they are rubbish”, he added.
Bumrah was recently ruled out of T20 World Cup. India is yet to name his replacement.
