, and even did a running meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in 2017.He said: "I used to be very overweight. I was 114kg with a 40 inch waist once upon a time.
"Fitness has become part of what I do. I try to train about four times a week, usually first thing in the morning before going into work." Mr Varadkar has decided to take on Operation Transformation expert Karl Henry's six-week challenge after he discovered on the show that his metabolic age is 53. He told Karl: "It followed on from the Operation Transformation metabolic age that had me come out with a metabolic age of 53, even though I’m actually 40, at least chronologically.
“I was a bit surprised at that so I thought I’d delve into that a little more and find out where I’m doing well and where I’m going wrong and what I can do about it.”But he said that he works out four times a week and regularly hits the gym before work.Our Irish Mirror Sports Page - which brings you all your Irish and UK sports news - can be found here.The Irish Mirror Twitter account is @IrishMirror while our sports page is @MirrorSportIE.