When the new Pontifex stepped on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica, a Roman fitness trainer rubbed his eyes. Valerio Masella did not know that his client was a high -quality spiritual. Now he says: Pope Leo is really sporty.
The new pope is in the best form. Masella, the personal fitness trainer of Leo Xiv., Reported this in an interview with the novel Daily “Il Messaggero” (Saturday edition).
Masella did not know that Robert Francis Prevost was a cardinal with a high rank when he trained with him in a fitness center in Rome. “I only recognized him when he showed himself of the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica,” the coach said.
“The pope is in top condition. He trained with me for two years, but I didn’t know who he was,” said Masella. “Here in our sports center nobody knew that Robert, now that Leo XIV, was cardinal, the least I trained him,” said Masella.
Prevost regularly came to training for two years. “I worked with him from the start, two, sometimes even three times a week, which naturally depended on his schedule,” said the coach.
Pope is considered a big tennis fan
“When he was chosen in the Pope and I saw him on TV, I immediately recognized him. I couldn’t believe it. I trained the future Pontifex. This is incredible, but for me he was a customer like any other and, like all customers, he behaved in this gym,” Masella said.
The 69-year-old Pope is also a big tennis fan. On Wednesday he received the South Tyrolean tennis star Jannik Sinner and his parents in the Vatican. The pope received a tennis racket as a gift from the sinner.
Source: Krone
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