Cristiano Ronaldo left the football world when it was revealed he would head for Saudi Arabian club Al-Nassr for 200 million euros per year in a 2.5-year contract. It also made him the highest-earning footballer ever.
Ronaldo is always someone to keep himself at the peak of fitness. Even at 38, the man is scoring goals at will. Club nutritionist Jose Blesa said he’s never seen players’ fitness improve in so short a time ever since Ronaldo joined.
“Since he’s been here, all the players have been training harder and following a stricter diet. I have not seen a club like this in which the players improve practically 90% in their body composition every time I see them: they have less fat and more muscle and they do all the exercises at their fingertips. It is a luxury to work there,” Blesa said to the Spanish newspaper Ideal.
“Every conversation with him is learning. We met and talked about his diet, about how he understands the importance of this and rest for performance. He wears two rest meters: the ring and the bracelet. The smart ring is designed to track sleep and physical activities. It automatically detects when a wearer is sleeping or moving. It measures heart rate, respiration rate, body temperature and movement,” he added.
“Cristiano helps me a lot, because we can no longer teach him anything, but he creates a school around him. The rest of the players do what he does because everything he does is wonderful to improve his performance. Since he has been here, all the players have trained more intensely and followed a stricter diet. He is the first to arrive at training and the last to leave. Dealing with him is wonderful,” Blesa went on to say.
SOURCE: indiatimes
