US EditionPope Leo’s Personal Trainer Reveals Shock at Learning Client Became Next Pontiff | News Channel 3-12
- An Italian personal trainer learned in 2025 that his client of two years, Cardinal Robert Prevost, became Pope Leo XIV leading 1.4 billion Catholics.
- The trainer and gym founder Alessandro Tamburlani reported the surprise after Prevost stepped out on St. Peter's Basilica balcony as Pope Leo XIV.
- Prevost regularly trained at Omega Fitness Club in Rome and maintained an excellent muscle, bone, and fat mass ratio while remaining active in sports.
- Valerio Masella, the 26-year-old trainer, stated "For me, he was a client like any other" and described him as exceptional for his age.
- Pope Leo XIV's healthy lifestyle and love of sports, including tennis where he recently met world No. 1 Jannik Sinner, set an example combining spirituality and fitness.
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Pope Leo’s personal trainer reveals shock at learning client became next pontiff | News Channel 3-12
By Caitlin Danaher, Sharon Braithwaite and Christopher Lamb, CNN (CNN) — An Italian personal trainer has spoken of his shock after learning his client for two years had been elected to lead the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics as Pope. “Here in the gym, no one knew that Robert, now Leo XIV, was a cardinal, least of all me who trained him,” Valerio Masella, 26, told the Italian newspaper Il Messaggero. The Pope, then Cardinal Robert Prevost, trained…
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