By the time Casemiro parks up at Carrington each morning for training he has already got a workout in.
There are no shortcuts for the Brazilian. Even building himself back up after falling out of favour at Manchester United under Erik ten Hag, Casemiro had a plan in mind to put himself back on top to get to where he is now, one of the first names on Ruben Amorim's team-sheet and an integral cog in Brazil's side preparing for a World Cup.
'Casemiro is very methodical in his work,' Oscar Ribot, an integral member of Casemiro's inner circle and his agent of more than a decade, tells Daily Mail Sport.