{"id":415723,"date":"2026-05-07T05:21:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T05:21:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/415723\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T05:21:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T05:21:27","slug":"how-cristiano-ronaldo-maintains-his-unbelievable-biological-age","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/415723\/","title":{"rendered":"How Cristiano Ronaldo Maintains His Unbelievable Biological Age"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former Manchester United<\/a> and Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo is not only known for his unprecedented goalscoring ability, but also his physique, which has allowed him to continue playing into his forties. <\/p>\n

Although Ronaldo is no longer playing in a top-five league around the world, like he did during his prime years, the Portuguese international is still scoring goals and playing regularly.<\/p>\n

The 41-year-old even looks set to star at the upcoming World Cup for his country, an incredible achievement for someone his age.<\/p>\n

In order to continue playing football at his age, Ronaldo has had to look after his body more than your average, in-their-prime footballer would. <\/p>\n

How Ronaldo Maintains Biological Age<\/p>\n

\"Al<\/p>\n

Manchester United legend Ronaldo has a partnership with Whoop<\/a>, and they looked through his data to discover how he maintains his physique and longevity.<\/p>\n

Whoop have revealed that Ronaldo has a biological age of just 28.9, meaning he could continue his football career to his mid-40s. <\/p>\n

Ronaldo has a resting heart rate of 44 bpm, which provides him with a two-year reduction in his biological age. <\/p>\n

Ronaldo also spends around 10 hours a week in Zones one to three, while also spending an hour in Zones four to five.<\/p>\n

The 41-year-old covers, on average, 17,000 steps every single day, which helps knock another year off his age. <\/p>\n

With rest being such a deciding factor, Ronaldo achieves a 70% sleep consistency, sleeping for just over seven hours on average every night. <\/p>\n

Ronaldo Stunned by Biological Age<\/p>\n

\"Al<\/p>\n

When reacting to finding out his biological age, Ronaldo couldn’t believe how good it was. <\/p>\n

“I can\u2019t believe it\u2019s so good. That means I\u2019m going to be playing football for another 10 years!” <\/p>\n

The former United forward revealed how he has to be smart with looking after his body, which has helped him continue playing at the ripe old age of 41.<\/p>\n

“When you are younger you think you are unbreakable. When you get older, football demands a lot physically on the body. You have to manage that. You have to be smart, do things differently. I have learned from time and with my experience, and adjust year by year.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Manchester United and Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo is not only known for his unprecedented goalscoring ability,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":415724,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[134,111,139,556,69],"class_list":["post-415723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nutrition","tag-health","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nutrition","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=415723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415723\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/415724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=415723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=415723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=415723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}