Cristiano Ronaldo's obsessive fitness 政権 and age-爆破ing diet have kept him in incredible 形態／調整 during his career... but at 38 are his 超大国s beginning to 病弱な as Al-Nassr boss 明らかにする／漏らすs superstar 苦しむs from 疲労，（軍の）雑役?

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Across the 冒険的な world, players have 繰り返して tried to bend time to their will.?

Tom Brady won a 最高の Bowl six months short of his 44th birthday, while James Anderson has continued to take wickets with metronomic 正確 long after turning 40.?

Lionel Messi was 比較して wet behind the ears as he 奮起させるd Argentina to World Cup glory at the age of 35.

最終的に, Father Time remains undefeated even against the very best, no 事柄 how strict their diets and how obsessive their fitness 決まりきった仕事s.

Cristiano Ronaldo was 申し込む／申し出d a 残虐な insight into the life of an ageing 競技者 this week, when he 行方不明になるd?Al-Nassr's Asian 支持する／優勝者s League?tie against?Al-Duhail on Tuesday because of 疲労，（軍の）雑役.

Cristiano Ronaldo was 残り／休憩（する）d for Al-Nassr's AFC 支持する／優勝者s League fixture?against Al-Duhail

Al-Nassr 長，率いる coach?Luis Castro 主張するd Ronaldo needs to 残り／休憩（する） after 最近の matches

Castro said Ronaldo was 苦しむing from 疲労，（軍の）雑役 に引き続いて a challenging 最近の schedule?

Al-Nassr 長，率いる coach Luis?Castro 強調する／ストレスd that the Portuguese needed to recuperate from the exertions of 最近の matches.

'Cristiano Ronaldo will not 参加する in the Al-Duhail match because he is tired 予定 to his many 参加s,' he said.

'I know that there are those who want to see him, but he needs to 残り／休憩（する）.?He is not ready, but we have many 星／主役にするs.

'I did not decide to 除外する the legend Cristiano Ronaldo, but his 能力s decided that.?

'Because 48 hours ago he played a match, and before that he played 120 minutes.'

In normal circumstances, 残り／休憩（する）ing a 38-year-old to 許す him to 回復する from a gruelling schedule would hardly be newsworthy.

Except that Ronaldo isn't a normal 38-year-old 競技者.

Ronaldo (pictured playing for Ma n 部隊d in 2021) is still in incredible 形態／調整 for a 38-year-old

The Portuguese is a 悪名高くも 献身的な trainer and follows a strict 政権?

実験（する）s carri ed out earlier this year 設立する Ronaldo had the 団体／死体 of an 競技者 14 years his junior

Like Brady, the Portuguese is 悪名高くも fastidious about his diet and wears his obsession with?his health and fitness 決まりきった仕事s proudly on his sleeve.

Ronaldo 補足（する）s squad training 開会／開廷／会期s with a personal workout 計画（する）.

His five 週刊誌 trips to the gym 含む 25-30 minutes of cardio, high-intensity sprinting and 的d 負わせるs to 増加する muscle strength.?

In total, he 作品 out for three to four hours a day and the results are there for all to see.

The former Manchester 部隊d 星／主役にする remains outrageously トンd for someone two years short of his 40th birthday and 実験（する）s carried out earlier this year 設立する he had the 団体／死体 of an 競技者 14 years his junior, with seven per cent 団体／死体 fat ― the 普通の／平均（する） footballer's is 11 ― and 50 per cent muscle 集まり.?

'Fit in 演習 wherever you can,' he said 支援する in 2015 when he delved into his '最高の，を越す 15 health and fitness tips' he follows.

Ronaldo's?five 週刊誌 trips to the gym 含む 25-30 minutes of cardio, high-intensity sprinting and 的d 負わせるs to 増加する muscle strength

Ronaldo 作品 out for three to four hours a day on 最高の，を越す of his team training 開会／開廷／会期s

The Al-Nassr 星／主役にする has 特記する／引用するd dedication and making his workouts part of a daily 決まりきった仕事 as the 推論する／理由 why he remains in incredible 形態／調整?

'You can do an abs workout in your bedroom when you wake up in the morning or before you go to bed. If you get into a 決まりきった仕事 then it makes it easier as it will become a habit.'

But even the best training 政権s would be futile without the かかわり合い to follow them 定期的に.??

And Ronaldo believes dedication is the 長，指導者 factor behind?his 変形 from the skinny 十代の少年少女 that arrived at Old Trafford in 2003 into a ripped 競技者 whose abs routinely adorn the covers of glossy magazines.

'[You have to] Be disciplined. Keeping yourself 動機づけるd and sticking to your 決まりきった仕事 is 重要な. For me, there is no room for 緩和 off so I have to be strict.'

Ronaldo follows his diet just as meticulously as he 演習s, eating?six smaller meals throughout the day, as …に反対するd to the 普通の／平均（する） man's 伝統的な three-meal structure of breakfast-lunch-dinner.

The Portuguese has 雇うd a nutritionist since his Real Madrid days and loves nutrient-rich foods such avocado and fresh fish and 一般に sticks to high-protein, low-fat foods like chicken.

Unsurprisingly, Ronaldo 避けるs alcohol and he is also 悪名高くも 逆の to sugary drinks.?

He famously 原因（となる）d a 後援 頭痛 at Euro 2020 when he pointedly?除去するd Coca-Cola 瓶／封じ込めるs from his seating area?at a 圧力（をかける） 会議／協議会 before shouting in Portuguese: 'Drink water!'.

When Ronaldo returned to 部隊d in 2021, then third-choice goalkeeper 物陰／風下 認める 明らかにする／漏らすd his strict eating 政権 had an 即座の 衝撃 on his new team-mates' diets.

認める told talkSPORT that 部隊d players 避けるd desserts ahead of Ronaldo's debut against Newcastle after noticing the Portuguese had swerved cakes himself.?

'Not one player touched the apple 崩壊する and custard, not one player went up for that brownie because everybody was sat 負かす／撃墜する,' he said,

'One of the lads said to me, "What has Cristiano got on his plate?"

'So we were having a little goosey gander at what he has got and 明白に it is the cleanest, most healthy plate you can imagine.

'And it just 割れ目d me up how not one 選び出す／独身 player dared get up and have that junk food that was laid out .'

As he returned to Old Trafford, Ronaldo also 報道によれば had a £50,000 cryotherapy 議会 任命する／導入するd at home.

Ronaldo is also 悪名高くも meticulous about his food and follows a very healthy diet

From 'magical' chicken, a strict napping schedule and at-home cryotherapy - Mail Sport 診察するs the health 切り開く／タクシー／不正アクセスs that have helped Ronaldo to enjoy a long career at the 最高の，を越す level

The therapy, which is also used by Manchester City 星／主役にする Erling Haaland, is thought to help 減ずる inflammation and 傷害 swelling by 上げるing 血 循環／発行部数 as the 団体／死体 答える／応じるs to the extreme 冷淡な.

Ronaldo is 類似して conscious when it comes to his 残り／休憩（する）, getting his??seven-and-a-half hours of sleep with five 90-minute naps rather than one big sleep.?

But にもかかわらず his obsessive diet and training 政権s, it's hardly a surprise Ronaldo may be finally beginning to slow 負かす／撃墜する.

The five-time 支持する／優勝者s League 勝利者 has never 苦しむd any major 傷害s throughout his career and his durability has meant breaks away from the game have been at a 賞与金.

Ronaldo has played at least 30 games in a season since turning professional 支援する in 2002, only 落ちるing short of reaching the 40-外見 threshold in his debut （選挙などの）運動をする and over the last two seasons.

Ronaldo 以前 said sleeping is 重要な to muscle 回復; he has five 90-minute naps a day

Ronaldo continues to have a gruelling schedule as he remains a 重要な player for club and country

Ron aldo 行方不明になるd Al-Nassr's 開始 Saudi League game of the season in August, but has played the 十分な 90 minutes in 10 of their next 11 league fixtures - he was 代用品，人d four minutes from the end in the 4-0 勝利，勝つ over Al-Shabab on August 29.

Before 存在 残り／休憩（する）d for the game against Al-Duhail, Ronaldo had also played the whole game in Al-Nassr's three Asian 支持する／優勝者s League fixtures so far this season and played 120 minutes in the King Cup of 支持する／優勝者s 一連の会議、交渉／完成する of 16 衝突／不一致 against Al-Ettifaq last week.

The?Portugal legend was 認めるd a game off?as his 味方する swept past?Ohod 5-1 in the same 競争 in September after returning from international 義務.

Ronaldo has so far played three times for Portugal since the start of the season, 行方不明の the fixture against Luxembourg in September through 中断.

He is Al-Nassr's 最高の，を越す scorer this season, netting 15 times in 16 matches.?