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Author Lahm: "I eat significantly less"
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In the standing curves of the stadiums where Philipp Lahm once practiced his profession, the sentence used to circulate: "Sitting sucks."
It was about affordable seats, but when the soccer world champion declares war on sitting, it's about mobility and health.
After the end of his sporting career, Lahm still does sport three times a week – and eats a lot less.
"I also do a lot of things on foot or by bike," he said on Monday in Munich at the launch of his new book "Everyone can be healthy."
It is about »his holistic health concept developed with experts«, as the publisher calls it.
The 38-year-old shows exercises, gives tips for more mobility and shares recipe ideas.
"Sitting is the new smoking," says the book, for example, because many people have been moving less than before since the corona pandemic.
Lahm's tip: When making calls in the home office, put headphones in your ears and walk around the house.
You shouldn't set your goals too high, he warned: "I can't set myself the goal of losing 20 kilos." It's about everyday routines.
"You can't do anything without having fun," said Lahm.
"I've never run a marathon either."
In this way, he was spared the fate of former colleagues who only realized after the end of their careers that they could no longer eat everything – when the scales clearly told them so.
The ex-national goalkeeper and current FC Bayern boss Oliver Kahn says he gained ten kilos and then advertised a weight loss program a few years ago.
In the case of lameness, the weight should not increase in the first place.
"I actually just want to hold it because I actually feel quite fit."
The former captain of the national soccer team has already published two books dealing with his sporting career.
Last year he published "The Game - The World of Football" and in 2011 the book "The Fine Difference - How to Become a Top Footballer Today".
feb/dpa
