Lionel Messi: Paris Saint Germain Star’s Workout Schedules, Diet and Training Drills Explained

• Lionel Messi focuses on training drills that enhance his pace and dribbling skills by using cones and hurdles
• He is also not allowed to have any sugar on his diet by a nutritionist he has employed to help him maintain high fitness levels
• The Paris Saint-Germain forward has been able to remain in high condition, winning many accolades in his highly-successful career

Those in the know will tell you that it's not easy to remain fit and perform at a high level for over 10 years.

This is an art that Lionel Messi has perfected in his glorious career with strict adherence to his diet and workout regime.

Messi is definitely nowhere close to his arch-rival Cristiano Ronaldo who can be described as a fitness freak. But Messi has his system that he sticks to as reported by Sportskeeda.

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He is understood to have four main routines that help him work on his pace during a game. He does hamstring stretches, pillar skips and lunges that help him with his movement. He also skips with ropes and does some squats to strengthen his legs.

He then uses cones and hurdles to work on his dribbling skills and the result has been tremendous, as very few players can rival him when it comes to dribbling.

The Argentine then drinks water towards the end of the training session to cool down and hydrate his body.

No sugar in Messi's diet

The seven-time Ballon d'Or winner has enlisted the services of an Italian nutritionist, Giuliano Poser, to advise him on what to eat. Poser is said to have advised him to stay away from sugar while taking lots of fresh fruits, vegetables and whole grains.

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Sugar is the worst thing for the muscles. The further he stays away from sugars, the better. Refined flours are also a big problem as these days, it’s difficult to find uncontaminated wheat.

Messi has also been advised constantly to stay away from pizza.

Lionel Messi was filmed having an animated conversation with Franck Ribery

Sports Brief had earlier reported that a video footage circulating online has shown Lionel Messi involved in a heated discussion with Bayern Munich and French great Franck Ribery.

The duo was filmed in Ibiza where Messi has been on vacation with his wife Antonella Rocuzzo and their three children.

It is not clear what the pair was talking about, but they appeared to be engrossed in the conversation. Messi's former teammates Luis Suarez and Cesc Fabregas are also seen in the video.