Tennis great
Boris Becker is busy bending his back and keeping himself and fellow prisoners fit
by teaching them Yoga and meditation at the UK’s Huntercombe prison.
The 54-year-old German tennis star is currently serving a two-and-a-half years jail term after
being found guilty of tax evasion in April this year.
Even in prison,
the disgraced tennis champion is concerned over his fitness and has a regular training
schedule. The three-time Wimbledon champion made some lifestyle choices that
helped him shed about 8 kilos in the last six months.
Not just
that, the former World No.1 is even helping his 45 fellow prisoners stay fit,
by teaching them a “special type of Yoga and meditation” besides lessons on
fitness, nutrition, and crisis management.
“Becker
works as a kind of assistant teacher next to the actual prison coach for
fitness and psychology. As a sportsman, he knows only too well the highs and
lows of victories and defeats. He is sharing his life experience with his
fellow prisoners,” a source was quoted as saying by the German newspaper ‘Bild’.
His fitness
coach role is part of a bonus programme within the prison. The more the inmates
get involved, the more the chances of their jail term being slashed.
Becker has a
solitary cell and behaves impeccably in prison. “He’s popular with the fellow prisoners.”
Though
Becker could be released early next year, the German could face deportation.
