GET STRONGER AND SMARTER like Chris Paul

CHRIS PAUL isn’t sure he wants you to know his secrets. The way he sees it, the less anyone knows about his eating plan, the better. He’s not sure he wants to talk about the deadlift tweak that helped him end years of hamstring woes, or his personal telltale sign that his body needs more water. “Sometimes I almost wish I didn’t tell anybody,” Paul says. “I don’t need everybody to feel this way.”

But Paul understands why you’d want to know. After all, the once-brittle point guard has suddenly emerged as one of the NBA’s most reliable players, and he’s coming off a dominant season, a year that saw him lead the Phoenix Suns to within two games of the championship.

Somehow, at age 36 and after 16 grueling years as a pro, Paul has actually become faster, stronger, and more playing.”