Published 11:40 IST, February 14th 2020

LeBron James' 'ridiculous' diet leaves Cavs' Tristan Thompson cussing

At the age of 35, LeBron James is still going strong in the NBA with the Lakers. However, the Lakers star is among the last to watch his diet, reveals Thompson.

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Sports athletes are often asked about secrets behind ir sustained pursuit of glory. A number of sports superstars detail how a rigorous diet and a disciplined training regimen has helped m mount a sustainable challenge through years. According to LeBron James’ former Cleveland Cavaliers teammate Tristan Thompson, LeBron James’ success is definitely t down to Lakers star watching his diet.

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Tristan Thompson: "LeBron James has worst diet ever”

LeBron James is still going strong at of 35, leading Lakers’ unrelenting charge at top of Western Conference. However, according to his former teammate Tristan Thompson, LeBron James is last person to follow a strict diet day in and day out. In an interview with Athletic, Tristan Thompson detailed LeBron James’ bizarre diet.

"He has worst f---ing diet ever. Ask him what he eats for breakfast. He has like five french toasts, drowns it in syrup with strawberries and bananas. n he has like a four-egg omelette and n he goes and just f---ing dunks on somebody. It doesn’t make sense.” - Tristan Thompson in interview with Athletic

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"He eats desserts with every meal. He’ll come with his one-week diet, vegan crap, but he literally eats like it doesn’t make sense. He’s really a specimen. He eats like s---. I remember one year I tried to eat like he ate and it just didn’t work out. I started gaining weight and said, 'F--- this.' I mean it works for him. He loves sweets. He loves sweets. He eats desserts and French toast. It’s crazy how his body just burns it."

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Interestingly, Tristan Thompson also said that he tried to follow LeBron James diet for a year. That, however, proved to be highly unproductive for Cleveland Cavaliers center. Tristan Thompson reportedly started to gain weight after commencing LeBron James diet and hastily abandoned LeBron James fitness regimen.

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11:40 IST, February 14th 2020