The career of a professional footballer usually ends around the age of 35. Yet at 34, Cristiano Ronaldo, Juventus striker, is still in perfect shape and sports a 20-year-old body. Merit of a healthy lifestyle, made not only of regular exercise and an adequate number of hours of sleep, but also of a very controlled diet.

The sample consumes up to six meals a day. There are never two foods in his diet: fish, which he also takes several times a day (swordfish, tuna and cod are his favorites), and chicken, which Cristiano Ronaldo considers his "magical food”, For its high protein intake and, at the same time, a low fat content.

The menu

Here's what the former Manchester United star eats on an ordinary day. For breakfast he chooses ham, cheese and low-fat yogurt. A few hours later, it's time for the first god two lunches, which can be chicken and salad. The second, however, of fish (such as tuna), salad, eggs and olives. When giving himself a snack, Ronaldo focuses on fresh fruit and avocado toast. Me tooat dinner it is often double: if you consume fish (maybe swordfish) and salad in the first, choose steak and squid for the second.

The champion also really likes a typical Lisbon specialty, the bacalao a la brasa, a dish prepared with braised cod, onions, thinly sliced ​​potatoes and scrambled eggs. Always, Ronaldo he is abstainer: surely it is a choice that helps him to keep fit, but perhaps it is also the consequence of his father's early death, due to alcoholism, a tragedy that marked him.

Sleep is also very important in the Juventus ace routine: Ronaldo makes sure to sleep eight hours per night, in addition to five naps that crushes every day. "Sleeping properly is really important to get the most out of your training," he explains. «I go to bed early and get up early, especially before the games. Sleep helps the muscles to regenerate, which is very important. "