For 15 years or more, Jagger has been a poster boy for healthy living. He is said to run 12 km a day, to kick-box, lift weights, cycle, and practise ballet and yoga.
He hardly drinks alcohol, eats a low-fat diet with lots of whole grains, and travels with his own fitness trainer, dietitian, physiotherapist and chef. He aims for eight hours of sleep daily and wears earplugs on stage.
It's said he runs up to 20 km during a two-hour concert and he has been quoted saying each show feels like playing five sets of tennis. He weighs about 143 pounds (65 kg) and has a 271/2-inch (70-cm) waist.
Jagger's onstage antics are great for cardio-respiratory function — the singing tones his abdomen, and his dancing might as well be high impact aerobics, says sports physician Karim Khan of the University of B.C.'s family practice department and co-author of the book Clinical Sports Medicine.
…and taking drugs doesn't necessarily lead to poor health, especially if you can get the best drugs money can afford and not some cut up brick dust from the street dealer. Having the best food money can buy and waking up in a four poster bed with five of the worlds most beautiful women has got to be better for you that waking up in a rubbish skip with piss stained pants and needle sticking out yer arm.
Kev
