How Cristiano Ronaldo remains in peak condition at 40: An unusual sleep regime, spending FOUR hours a day in the gym and the one thing he NEVER has in his diet

Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates his 40th birthday today and, remarkably, he is still smashing records on the football pitch. Cristiano Ronaldo is still in peak condition at 40 as he spends up to four hours a day in the gym His partner Georgina Rodriguez supports his regime and ensures he sticks to a strict diet Ronaldo has his own cryotherapy chamber at home, and celebrated his 40th birthday by wearing £4,000 cryo compression boots to aid his muscle recovery Gym workouts are bread and butter for modern-day footballers, but Ronaldo goes to the next level by spending up to four hours in the gym five days a week. Ronaldo puts the work in on a daily basis to become the phenomenon he is today He is joined by his son, Cristiano Jr, on occasions for his daily workouts There were questions over whether he was more style than substance when he first joined Manchester United, but he has answered those emphatically It is an extensive regime that has taken Ronaldo from being a skinny teenager rocking up at Manchester United in 2003 to arguably the most recognisable footballer the sport has ever seen. Ronaldo has become football's greatest goalscorer, having netted 450 times in 438 games for Real Madrid Ronaldo won four Ballon d'Or awards and four Champions League trophies while at Madrid He also has 135 goals for Portugal and could play at a sixth World Cup next year A public fallout with Erik ten Hag followed and his United contract was ripped up, but Ronaldo has proven he's still got it by firing in goals for fun in Saudi Arabia with Al-Nassr. Ronaldo's former agent Jorge Mendes still believes the forward has plenty left in the tank It would be foolish to bet against Ronaldo going on to reach 1,000 career goals before he retires 'Someone who knows nothing of the impossible, someone who makes overcoming, professionalism, motivation and ambition his motto in life.