Ronaldo’s Man Utd King of the Gym crown taken by ‘strong as an ox’ signing

Robin Bairner

• 30 Oct 2022 12:18 GMT
• 4 min read

Nothing is going quite right for Cristiano Ronaldo this season. He finds himself out of the Manchester United team and he has even lost his status as the club’s outstanding performer in the gym, according to one report.

Ronaldo is know for his dedication to his body and his unrelenting attitude to remaining in peak physical condition.

Even as his influence at Manchester United has waned, he remains in incredible shape. Closing in on his 38th birthday, he puts the vast majority of his team-mates to shame.

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However, this season he has found one colleague who can best him in the gym.

Casemiro, who arrived in the summer form Real Madrid, reportedly destroys Ronaldo on the leg press machine, which has previously been his favoured equipment.

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The five-time Ballon d’Or winner reportedly presses up to 250kg on the leg press, but Casemiro surpasses that comfortably.

Speaking to The Daily Star, one Man Utd source said: “Ronaldo takes a lot of pride in his fitness and how muscular his legs are - few get consistently near the amount and weight he can load up.

“He’s not one for bench pressing, Ronny is a legs man, but it seems he may have met his match with Casemiro – he’s not the biggest guy in the world but he’s as strong as an ox and can push 300kg with his eyes shut.”

Ronaldo is presently pushing to leave Man Utd in January, with one of the reasons he is unhappy at the club a lack of professionalism from his colleagues.

Casemiro, though, bucks that trend in a dramatic fashion. Indeed, Toni Kroos has explained how intense the Brazil midfielder is when it comes to training.

“It was impossible not to break a sweat in any situation. He wouldn’t let us relax even in the Turkish bath,” he said.

“Just meeting in there was another torment. Cas told someone to go and you almost had exercise bikes and the weights ready.

“A warning for your new colleagues - even the Turkish bath was a gym - you only allow people to lie down when it’s time to do sit-ups!”

Ronaldo has scored three goals in 13 Man Utd appearances this season.