sport news How 's Romelu Lukaku can lose muscle but not strength

How Romelu Lukaku can lose muscle but not overall strength and rediscover his best form for Manchester United Romelu Lukaku has not scored in his last nine Manchester United matches Ole Gunnar Solskjaer thinks Lukaku needs to lose muscle to rediscover form Ex-Sunderland strength coach Michael Clegg explains how Lukaku can do it

By Michael Clegg For The Daily Mail

Published: 22:30 GMT, 26 February 2019 | Updated: 22:30 GMT, 26 February 2019

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Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer believes Romelu Lukaku needs to lose some muscle to rediscover his best form.

Here, ex-United full back, former strength and conditioning coach at Sunderland and owner of Seed of Speed Michael Clegg explains why...

There are certain things Romelu Lukaku can do to lose muscle, as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has suggested, without it affecting his overall strength.

If Lukaku does a lot of hypertrophy work - which is eight to 12 repetitions on your squats or bench press - it can cause the sarcoplasm in a muscle to increase. 

Romelu Lukaku, pictured in December, needs to lose some muscle to rediscover his best form

Romelu Lukaku, pictured in December, needs to lose some muscle to rediscover his best form

That's not just the muscle itself but the area around it. It's what bodybuilders do to look

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