One exercise included a slide board with a stretchy band that attached to one ankle. Kevin Alston tried to describe the move, bending awkwardly in a squatting position.
“I don’t know what it’s called,” he said, continuing his re-enactment while staring at the ground and balancing on one foot. “You kind of have to do a squat and lunge and pull back up, but you’re balancing at the same time. It’s tough and it puts a lot of strain on your hamstring, but it’s good.”
Alston spent weeks doing a variety of exercises he described as “crazy,” “hard” and “really good for you” while he recovered from a hamstring injury suffered during Orlando City’s preseason.