Formula 1 champion Michael Schumacher told a German fitness magazine recently that “I am always going on about how I would look with a beer belly”. As South Africans, we are all too familiar with the infamous ‘beer boep’ that gradually emerges on the unfit and so we can appreciate his concerns.
Schumacher’s fear has motivated him not only to work out in the gym to keep the belly at bay but also to keep him in shape to beat fellow compatriot and current champion Sebastian Vettel. Thankfully Schumacher is “vain” enough to make sure he stays fit and in top form by spending long hours in the gym following a punishing personal fitness programme.
Since having come out of retirement in 2009 to drive for Mercedes Benz, Schumacher has been mostly disappointing having won his last championship back in 2004.
Currently placed eighth on the driver’s results table trailing Vettel, Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button who take first, second and third place respectively, Schumacher has to keep his body at its best now more than ever.
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