Jonty Rhodes’ eyes just light up when he sees a red cricket ball. You throw one at him, he catches it cleanly and then pretends to throw it back, startling the daylights out of you. This is Jonty that world’s top cricketers had come to fear in the 90s and early 2000s. He was lightening quick in the outfield, could pluck impossible catches out of thin air and hit the stumps from any angle.

At the centre of the terror he created on the field was his incredible fitness – a facet of cricketing discipline not many players then appreciated. Those were the years of pot-bellied Ranatungas and lazy geniuses like Inzamam-ul-Haq. Fielding, and thus top-notch fitness, was not counted as a core requirement for a cricketer. Jonty changed that forever.

At 56, now long retired from international cricket, Jonty is still incredibly fit. He now spends a lot of lot of time in India, mostly by the sea in a Goa fishing village. In this podcast, we ask him about his fitness secrets, why the Rhodes don't stock sugar in their kitchen, and why he prides himself in being the best sleeper in the family.

Don’t forget to listen to the nutrition power tip in the end, by nutritionist Sangeetha Aiyer (https://www.rewriteyourstory.in/)

Chapters

0:48 My fitness is functional…it’s about mobility

2:10 There is no sugar is our house

5:10 Movement for my family is exercise

7:02 Jonty’s three mantras to keep fit

9:00 Your food is your medicine

12:00 Some supplements are necessary

13:24 Recovery is just as important as exercising

14:30 I am not biohacking to live to be 150