Joe Hart has revealed a number of extra-curricular activities he engages to stay at the top of his game.

The Manchester City and England goalkeeper, who at 29 referees to himself as an 'old man', keeps a close eye on his diet while undertaking some speculate Pilates exercise and even trying his hand at various hand-eye sports in a bid to keep himself sharp.

"I can't just roll out of bed and perform like I've been lucky to do for so much of my career," he said.

"I've had to change my lifestyle, begin thinking about diet. Before and after training I do Pilates on the reformer machine and strength sessions around that.

"I do leg-based strengthening but I don't really do any prison weights. It's much more isolated work to keep fit.

"I'm an old man now and I need to keep myself strong and able to train on the pitch. More and more, I feel like I need to be at my optimum in terms of fitness."

Hart added: "There's basketball, volleyball, handball — in all those hand-based sports, the narrowing of angles and the jumping styles are crazy. Even stuff like cricket."