Luke Shaw says Jesse Lingard and Scott McTominay set the fitness benchmark at Manchester United.

With players training on their own due to the coronavirus pandemic, Shaw says they have been participating in fitness challenges.

And it is McTominay and Lingard who usually come out on top.

"Fitness challenges set by the coaches have been really good for the United lads. Naturally, we all get quite competitive over them," Shaw said.

"Scotty [McTominay] posted his 5km time on social media last week, which was a joke, something like 16 minutes. I don't even know if it's real. Harry [Maguire] did one today at 18 minutes, which is a really good time, but Scotty is a joke.

"He's one of the fittest in the team and, if I'm not wrong, I think his dad was a runner. He must be giving him tips and training him up at the moment. It's unbelievable how fast that time is. When I saw it, I put it into the treadmill to check the speed, and it was some ridiculous level, just a flat-out sprint, for 5km. Unbelievable.

"He's a big, tall lad though, so maybe his big stride had something to do with it, but he's a machine. Jesse [Lingard] too, actually. Those two are setting the benchmark that everybody needs to get to.

"We were doing core and leg strength exercises [on Tuesday] because hopefully in the next few weeks we might be edging closer to a return to training. If we're all at similar fitness levels then we'll be able to get the ball rolling quicker when we get back to the training ground.

"Normally we see everyone every day, but obviously now that isn't the case, so it's nice to catch up, see some faces and have a few jokes with everyone.

"I think we're just looking forward, but we know we have to stay patient. We just have to stick with it, listen to the guidelines and rules and just get ready for the end of lockdown so we can all get back to training together."