Russell Wilson spends $1 million on full-time trainers and chefs every year.
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The 31-year-old quarterback has invested a lot of money into keeping his body healthy so he can continue playing American football until he reaches 45 years old as most players retire at 35 years old.
Speaking on ‘The Bill Simmons Podcast’, he admitted: “I probably spend $1 million if not more, a year, just on recovery.”
Russell - who wed Ciara in 2016 - went into detail about how he spends his money with the help of a “performance” team who help to keep his body in check.
He explained: “I have a whole performance team. I have a whole group. I got a full-time trainer that travels with me everywhere, works with Ciara too. I have a full-time PT, I have a full-time mobile person that’s working on me and making sure that I’m moving the right way and everything else. I have a full-time massage person and two chefs.
“I’m trying to play until I’m 45 at least. So for me, my mentality is that I’m gonna leave it all on the field and do everything I can to take care of myself. And that’s such a critical thing because if I feel good, I’m gonna play good, and I think that’s why I’ve been able to be out in the field every time.”
However, it’s not all work for the Seattle Seahawks player as he does take one or two days off a year to spend the holidays with his family.
He added: "The reality is Christmas - depending on the circumstances, but usually I do because we usually have a game around then - and Thanksgiving. I'm between 363 and 365 amount of work that we do every day, something around the work I do."
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