For Liverpool's players, pre-season is a time of rigorous physical tests, double training sessions and friendly matches played both at home and abroad.
It is, it’s fair to say, an intense period; a six-week spell designed to put the foundations in place for success in the subsequent nine months.
For this to be the case, though, members of Jürgen Klopp’s squad need to take the necessary nutrients on board.
Mona Nemmer, Liverpool’s head of nutrition, ensures the Reds are fuelled with the right things all year round, of course.
But do the players’ requirements change in pre-season?