RONNIE O’SULLIVAN underwent a dramatic body transformation in 2020.
The icon during lockdown.
Exercise has been a staple of Ronnie O’Sullivan’s life for several years
‘The Rocket’ recently shared a video of a gruelling workout on his Instagram page
The 49-year-old performed an array of demanded exercises in the clip
Exercise continues to be a staple of O’Sullivan’s hectic life.
And on Monday, the Crucible icon gave his 1.1 million Instagram followers a glimpse at one of his gruelling workouts.
‘‘ shared a clip of himself performing a series of arduous stability and strength exercises, including stiff-leg dumbbell deadlifts and dumbbell squat presses.
And he underlined the importance of exercise for his mental and physical well-being in his accompanying caption.
He wrote: “Exercise is so important to me. Not just for the body, but for my mindset too.”
O’Sullivan in a brave interview with SunSport back in 2023.
He said: “Addition is a powerful thing. I’m an addict. I know that.
“I don’t have my issues with it any more. I channel it into running or the gym.
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RONNIE O'SULLIVAN has enjoyed an incredible career as snooker's biggest star.
But the Rocket’s turbulent past has led to struggles with mental health, addiction and yo-yo weight battles.
O’Sullivan’s parents ran a chain of sex shops in Essex and his father was jailed for 20 years for murder when he was just 16.
In the Amazon documentary The Edge of Everything, the snooker icon admitted his dad going to prison had a profound effect.
He said: “I didn’t want to blame everything on that situation with my dad, but I was thinking, ‘I’d rather not have the snooker. just a normal family’. Because… It was a dream, but looking back, it was a nightmare.”
Just a year later, Ronnie became the youngest ever UK Champion, seven days before his 18th birthday. Then at 19, in 1994, he became the youngest Masters champion.
But he has already begun to binge on drink and drugs and, when his mum was sent to prison for tax evasion, in 1996, he struggled to cope with looking after his eight–year-old sister alone.
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“So when a lot of people go, ‘Why is he in the gym?’. Mate, that gym could have been a crack house.
“I just choose to go to the gym. “I choose to run in the forest.
“I choose to do everything that keeps me away from pubs, drinking, partying.”
O’Sullivan dropped his workout video just less than two weeks after it was revealed he , which takes place in his hometown of this week.
His reason for missing out on the tournament, the winner of which takes home a cool £100,000, has not yet been revealed.
