According to Men's Health Magazine, Cristiano Ronaldo is The Fittest Man Alive.
Cristiano Ronaldo will grace the September cover of Men’s Health.
The magazine has claimed Ronaldo “the fittest man alive” and somehow
got the soccer superstar to spill his workout (professional soccer and
World Cup training, probably) and diet (assuming no carbohydrates or
sugar, unfortunately) secrets to readers so we can all have abs like
this.
X FACTOR
Ronaldo is able to process the game faster than other players, says Zoe Wimshurst, Ph.D., director of Performance Vision. Elite athletes develop faster eye movement, looking at up to seven places per second versus the average person's max of five. When he's dribbling at a defender, he watches for movement clues while assessing thousands of permutations drawn from hours of play—and he does this unconsciously.STAMINA
Ronaldo runs more than 6 miles per game. This stamina is one reason his body fat is in the low single digits. Elite-level games are often decided in the final 20 minutes, the window when Ronaldo scored more than a quarter of his goals last season.SPEED
In a typical game, Ronaldo sprints 33 times at a top speed of about 21 miles an hour. His explosive acceleration and high soccer IQ enable him to time diagonal runs that outsmart the offside trap. He also has great balance and body control, and can change direction quickly—so when dribbling, he's the ultimate ankle breaker.STRENGTH
Elite soccer players can be expected to squat 440 pounds, Norwegian researchers found. Strong quads are critical for an attacker, who needs to jump to head the ball on goal. A British documentary measured Ronaldo's jump off both feet at 31 inches—NBA-worthy hops. That means he can head the ball when it's 8 1/2 feet high.POWER
Ronaldo can kick explosively, powering the ball at a ferocious 80 miles an hour. Superior technique enables him to wrap the side of his foot around the ball when taking free kicks, making the ball spin so much that it has a variable trajectory of up to 9 feet—leaving the opposing team's goalkeeper helpless.Watch the behind-the-scenes video with Cristiano Ronaldo as he shares his success secrets with us
The September issue of Men’s Health hits stands on Aug 5th, but digital copies will be available from next Tuesday.
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