10 Things Liverpool's Virgil van Dijk Can't Live Without | GQ Sports

hello GQ it's virgin from daycare these are my 10 Essentials let's go [Music] my whoop then whoop tracks your sleep your recovery your calories your strain for example I wear them in training so you can immediately after training see what you did and how much you run and it's a very nice thing to to have is obviously we are very busy our word in preseason games as well in order to get fit as quickly as possible I won't wear it in the Premier League games but training and on a daily basis I would

definitely do it says this is from today and then you can see your heart rate this was not the session was not very very hard so my max heart rate was 168. the session was one hour and 12 minutes the calorie burning average heart rate so it's good to to get a little feedback and and sleeping it goes the same so for example if I want to have a perfect recovery it says that I need to go to bed at 10 plus 11 in order to wake up at half eight with a hundred percent recovery not that you have to you

know follow it all but it's good to know these type of things this is actually going to be my first World Cup I'm really looking forward to to be out there and to lead my country over there and represent them in the best way we have a very very good team with a mixture of experience Talent so we could be doing very well I'm not that kind of guy that sets I you know say high standards towards the outside world I have very high standards of my myself my team and we'll give it a go and whether tha

t leads us to Glory we all hope so in Holland well yeah we can't look look in the future watches our a real passion of mine in this case Audemar PK the brand the people behind the scenes I've been to the museum with Majora Henderson and you know for me it was the first time going to a museum where I really really enjoyed it and the watches in general you know are just incredible the amount of work that they put in you're not really see and and to really experience that in the museum was a was an

eye-opener and I brought this watch with me because obviously it's a very special one we got it made by Audemar PK for the team for Liverpool with our number in it because it was the year when we became Champion yeah we wanted to reward ourselves for this and obviously it's a special special piece that I'm really proud of and to have as well so this watch model is the the Royal Oak offshore it's a beautiful watch you know like I'm so proud to have this one and very very happy with this foreign

you know it's just important to to create a nice Vibe and obviously JBL has always been very good to me as my part of my family and they've been looking after me so to be able to take this with us wherever you go whether it is games there's some time with friends and family it's just great to have this and you know it's just very easy accessible take it with you if you love beer you can even open it with with this little opener so it's perfect I tried to be the DJ of the team it brings a lot of

pressure with it because obviously not everyone is always happy with the with the music choices but I'm a bit of everything I like music I like music in general whether it is hip-hop r b but I can go to afrobeats where I pretty much love as well I'm very organized in my playlist so I got my afrobeats playlist what I just spoke about but I've also got my my hip-hop but also got like a like a jazz kind of vibe you know sitting in front of a fireplace and just enjoy I've got to play this to to to g

o to a game and prepare for a game it's called win I would say I got the best music taste in the team so you always have to back yourself and I definitely do the worst would be Andy Robertson in my opinion he also has no rhythm any contents and he knows that I'll mind him every each and every day you know it's funny to see the difference in the team and also the the way everyone enjoy music in different ways Switzer baby oil baby oil obviously it sounds pretty simple my mom has been using this o

bviously since I was a baby on me over the years I kept using it and kept using it and I can't live without it you know obviously it's just something that I've grown up with and especially this one has been has been there for me forever and will always be there and I use it on my face I use it sometimes in the body and it smells nice as well but and making sure my hair looks nice and smell nice and just the usual stuff I think is a big part of making sure I'm I'm ready to go out of the house bab

y oil has been a big thing for them Air Max One Flyknit red and white I've been wearing these already since not exactly the same pair because I've been having new pairs over the years but I've been wearing the same trainer since I would say Southampton when I was in Southampton so that was six seven years ago almost yeah it's just a trainer that I really like you know it's very comfortable and I feel like it always be able to match with the tractions that we that we have at the training ground a

t Liverpool of course but even at Southampton or even at the national team so I've got many pairs and this is actually a brand new one so hopefully I can wear them soon enough again and keep them clean for as long as as possible what I like about these they are very simple I like the Flyknit things because it makes it feel even more comfortable than the normal Air Max that I really like is law by the way but um I think the Flyknit and the color combination is just a perfect match for me when I w

as 12 13 14 that age and always went to a sneaker store in my hometown back in the days and I'll be able to buy those sneakers Back Then and Now obviously getting being in a different position and be able to get these stuff and be able to get the answer for my for my kids for my wife you know it's it's something I'm really I really enjoy and I'm very blessed in this way my iPad obviously we we travel a lot we are aware of in hotels a lot and in order to keep me busy obviously the iPad is a massi

ve thing I watch TV shows watch films the usual platforms Netflix Disney plus Amazon Prime it's very important because obviously you try to stay busy or when you're on the road when you're traveling in the plane in the hotels and try to switch off from football and at times if I will only keep one up it would have been face time FaceTime is the most important app I think on iPad my phone as well so keep in touch with my uh with my kids and my wife just in general to have a good pair of sunglasse

s is important they're actually unisex and my wife got them and I really enjoyed them so I stole them I'm just very happy to have them because I feel like they sued me as well you can hide a little bit as well in some ways where you want a little bit of privacy I don't think I'd go for a certain style of sunglasses I'm definitely the type of guy that wearing a sunglass suit me or when I wear it once and it and I feel comfortable with it then I try to keep wearing it as long as as possible I'm re

ally happy with this and hopefully they can stay for a long time I think it's 9 out of 10 unacceptable to wear sunglasses indoor I tell my friends definitely if if they would wear it in a club that they should not wear it because I feel like in the club the sun is not shining so you should not wear sunglasses but there might be a couple exemptions that you know it could happen [Music] you have to make sure you keep your body hydrated keep your body smell nice and and obviously don't get dry skin

so in order to do that I'm using the cocoa Cabana cream for the legs for the body a side of the baby or this is another thing that I really use for the body I try to use this after the shower of course and for example if we train late just before training make sure your your legs are moisturized a lot of advice I get from grooming products is my wife my wife is really good in this and she's obviously been very helpful in this in this case with even other grooming stuff that I use it's always th

e same thing you know this is obviously in my watch back same goes with the baby or same goes with the hair products do all the normal things that I would do when I get out of the house as well and then obviously just prepare for the game make sure you are comfortable on the pitch and and look the parts my Reigns cap I got actually on holiday and I've always been looking for a cab that really suits my head suits my style and everything and since I've got this cap I've been really wearing it a lo

t it's quite difficult sometimes when you're six foot four so one meter 95 and trying to have a little bit of privacy wherever you go get a cap mic help might help a little bit I'm glad to have it different colors as well but I think this color is really nice and especially in the summer I knew at the time when I bought it that is waterproof I wasn't looking for a waterproof cap it's quite handy because in Liverpool it rains quite a lot so it could help but I just the fit the material I try to a

lways make sure my hair is always on point I try to but obviously when you put a cap on it ruins a little bit of your hair but in some ways I'm quite blessed that it doesn't really ruin my hair my hair is always backwards when I'm going out not when I'm home this cap is just there to give me a little bit more privacy and and also because I think it looks well on me I've got two bracelets they are special to me because one is a black one with a number four on it and the other one is a red one wit

h the initials of my little family so my wife and my kids and I got both of them as a gift for my for my lovely family in order to have them around me is is incredible the amount of things that they do in order for me to make sure I do the right things it's something I will never forget I'm not a man that wears a lot of jewelry I like my watches what I said before I like these bracelets that's basically it I don't have earrings I don't have chains I don't have all the other stuff I like to keep

it simple plain obviously number four is my number the initials of my family is the most important thing I know what jewelries is from yes it's been done actually abroad true mutual friends and a really really good jury so I'm really happy that he looked after us and in this case it's very well I said it's very minimalistic it's not flesh is not our goal it's outspoken it's white gold it's very calm well guys these were my 10 Essentials hope you enjoyed it thanks for watching and see you soon