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PSG: Sergio Ramos, a bodybuilder start to the summer

2021-07-08T23:24:09.802Z


Between real physical preparation and work on his image, the 35-year-old Spanish defender has been putting his body to the test for several weeks.


Sergio Ramos is the type who is comfortable with his body.

On his Instagram account, he appears more often in shorts than dressed, exposing to the whole world (45 million followers all the same) a perfectly maintained physique.

As with everything that comes out of social networks, there is some truth but also a more or less important part of cleverly orchestrated communication.

One thing is very real: the new PSG defender has been obsessed with maintaining the body, his working tool since adolescence, when he debuted in Seville.

Unlike a Karim Benzema who over time learned this necessary discipline, Sergio Ramos very quickly understood the personal sacrifices (food, sleep, preparation…) required by very high level sport.

And quickly, he shows it, as in 2004 when he posed nude on the front page of the Spanish weekly Interviu with his still childish face and his long, smooth hair.

A year later, when he arrived at Real Madrid, at only 19, the lights of the Spanish capital attracted him.

But, influenced by a David Beckham still present, Ramos already intends to maintain a neat image.

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In 16 years in Madrid, with a diet of about 60 games per season, the Andalusian has retained an iron health, being only rarely far from the lawns.

Until this 2020-2021 season, disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic, during which he missed more than 30 official meetings due to various muscle injuries.

At Real, Sergio Ramos remains however described as an “exemplary professional”, who perfectly fulfills the definition of “player who arrives first and leaves last in training”.

A cliché partly true thanks to the defender's love for bodybuilding.

A personal gym

When the Covid-19 isolates him at home in mid-April, Ramos shows up on Instagram, Olympic bar loaded to 40 kg in total performing deadlift exercises. "Who mentioned a virus? We will come back, no one doubts it, ”he writes accompanying his video. Also on this network, the Spaniard regularly exhibits his personal gym and all the facilities necessary for his well-being, such as this sloping garden path that he uses to sprint. And since the official announcement of his departure from Real on June 18, Sergio Ramos has not stopped posting images of him at work. As if he had something to prove.

Beyond the images, PSG were reassured by the ability of the Spanish international (180 selections) to bounce back.

His medical visit was no better than that of other recruits but it had the merit of showing everyone that, even after 35 years, Sergio Ramos still had competition in his legs.

The next two seasons - he signed until June 2023 - will have to prove it.

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Source: leparis

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