Sheffield United midfielder Oliver Norwood says the players are flying ahead of the Premier League restart.

Norwood, among three Blades players in the Premier League's top 10 for distance covered per game, says manager Chris Wilder's rigorous lockdown programme has paid dividends.

"I'd do 45-minute bike sessions before breakfast, running in the afternoon, weight sessions four times a week. We needed the weekends off, it was gruelling to be honest," says Norwood, one of United's stand-out players in their remarkable season to date.

"It was harder than the off-season programme we were given to come back pre-season and it's shown. We did the testing we'd normally do on the first day of pre-season and everyone has bested their scores."