Rafa Nadal opens up: "I indulge myself almost daily. I really like milk chocolate."

To talk about the success of sports in Spain without mentioning Mallorcan tennis player Rafa Nadal is a contradiction in terms. Despite having retired from high-level competition, Nadal is a world-renowned athlete who, now that his life has changed, must face a different type of routine, and also a less strict diet , he says.

Thus, in an interview with the podcast 'Con mucho de', produced by NDL Pro-Health, the athlete explains how his routines and diet have been affected by the change in his daily routine. " My way of living has changed a little . I have a different responsibility with my son—he and his wife just welcomed their second child—and I try to pick him up from school. That's why I schedule meetings in the mornings and try to organize myself to spend more time at home," he confessed.

Rafa Nadal is back playing football and enjoying golf.

Two of Nadal's lifelong hobbies have found a place in his new life away from the tennis courts. On the one hand, the athlete confessed in the podcast that he's returned to football, returning to the sport that once competed with tennis (finally, luckily, as he confessed, he chose tennis). " After 15 years, I've returned to enjoying football as a player."

The tennis player from Manacor also explained that he's taken up another of his great passions: golf, a sport that helped him when the stress of high-level competition caused excessive tension. As Nadal says , golf allowed him to escape from work without risking injury.

The tennis champion's diet, including a chocolate treat

Although the tennis player, as an elite athlete for most of his life, has always been aware that a balanced and healthy diet was essential in his position, it was never an obsession. " I've never been very strict with food; there have always been better times and worse times," but without going "crazy."

Nadal confesses during the aforementioned interview: " I allow myself treats almost daily ; unfortunately, I really like milk chocolate. Now I don't have the routine I used to, but the adaptation has been good and I'm happy, honestly. I get up at 7 in the morning because I'm a father. I usually train from 8:30 to 10 in the morning."

Continuing with the topic of cooking and diet, one of the greatest athletes in the history of our country admits that, although he's interested in cooking and loves cooking, "I only prepare things I really like." And what are those things he likes? "I love fish; here we make rice with fish and fish soup . It's typical. I don't mind spending three hours in the kitchen; I really enjoy it."