Caviar facials, £500 moisturisers and ballet lessons... How Mick Jagger keeps his swagger at 68
By RICHARD PRICE
Last updated at 12:44 AM on 13th August 2011
His 68th birthday was barely a fortnight ago, yet this week Sir Mick Jagger was pictured in a flamingo pink suit similar to one he wore back in 1971 — and, more importantly, four decades later the rock star still managed to pull it off.
Weighing in at 10st with a 28in waist, you might be able to put his slim frame down to good genes. But this OAP actually works very hard to look after himself, and has a health-and-beauty regime that would put men half his age to shame.
Here, RICHARD PRICE, takes a look at this not-so-ageing rocker’s secrets . . .
In the pink: Sir Mick Jagger this week performing with his new group SuperHeavy
THE GROUND WORKUnlike many of his fellow rockers, there was no Damascene conversion to health and fitness for Sir Mick. For all the hyperbolic tales of drugs and booze in the Rolling Stones’ camp, the young Jagger was a fitness fanatic from day one. His father, Joe, was a PE teacher and disciplinarian who instilled a fierce work ethic in his son.
Dick Taylor, a contemporary at his Dartford Grammar School in Kent, told me: ‘Joe used to make sure Mick did his weightlifting and exercises before we went off to the Ealing Jazz Club at night. There was definitely a discipline going on there and woe betide Mick if he ignored it.
‘Whenever I see Mick on stage, he is so incredibly fit. There’s only one place that came from. His athleticism is directly due to Joe. Mick loved and respected his mum and dad very much and learned an enormous amount from them.’
Sir Mick, who was devastated when his father passed away in 2006 at the age of 93, admits: ‘I think I’ve been lucky with my genes, but I carefully look after my body and mind.’
THE BALLET BOYHis regime has moved on somewhat from press-ups and star-jumps in the back garden of the Dartford semi where he grew up.
These days Sir Mick’s regime is master- minded by Torje Eike, a chiselled Norwegian personal trainer whose previous clients include Olympic athletes, national football sides and — somewhat less impressively — former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell.
In the build-up to a tour, Sir Mick runs eight miles a day, swims, kickboxes and cycles, as well as maintaining a strict strength and conditioning programme in the gym.
For balance, he takes ballet lessons and studies yoga and pilates. While on tour, he warms up on a treadmill, but cuts back on the intensity of his training because of the energy he expends on stage. In a typical show (the Stones’ stages are 100ft wide by 50ft deep) he covers 12 miles.
Back in the day: Mick Jagger performing Brown Sugar on Top Of The Pops in 1971
NO VICESIn stark contrast to his early years in the Rolling Stones, Sir Mick barely drinks these days. He has not taken drugs in decades and is scornful of people who overindulge in food.
So how does he unwind? ‘It’s too debilitating to drink a lot, so I use other relaxation techniques,’ he says. ‘I sit on my own, calm down, take stock.’
No vices at all then? Consider that this is a man with seven children by four women (all of them supermodels), and whose current Amazonian girlfriend, L’Wren Scott, is a lot younger than him, then draw your own conclusions . . .
AVOCADO ADDICTContrary to the current fashion for high-protein, low-carbohydrate Dukan and Atkins regimes, Sir Mick eats food more suited to high-performance athletes.
The bulk of his diet consists of wholegrain bread, potatoes, rice, beans, pasta, chicken and fish — all of which are carbohydrate-heavy and said to be the best source of energy for working muscles.
When on the road he eats one pasta meal a day, four hours before a show.
For the past decade, Jagger has been a devotee of organic produce — he’s particularly fond of avocados because of their regenerative qualities — having been introduced to the concept by Jo Wood, the former wife of his Rolling Stones bandmate Ronnie.
An enthusiastic convert, Sir Mick professes to eat large helpings.
‘I have to eat an awful lot,’ he says. ‘People say: “You’re not eating.” I say: “I just ate twice as much as you did. I watched you.”’
CAVIAR CREAM
Exclusive: Sir Mick swears by La Prairie's caviar skin cream
On tour, Sir Mick is rarely parted from a tube of Prescriptives Super Flight Cream, a product noted for its superior moisturising properties for dehydrated skin after long-haul flights.
His anti-ageing staples are Clarins and Lancome moisturising lotions, while he is also particularly partial to Creme de la Mer, which costs an eye-watering £530 per 250ml pot.
He is obsessive about being in bed by 11pm, applying a double layer of eye cream to ward off dark circles before his head even hits the pillow.
Sir Mick also applies regular face masks at home, a favourite prior to special occasions being The Lift, a mysterious concoction which is mixed immediately prior to application.
This miracle worker is said to ‘pull up’ the facial contours for up to 48 hours. He is also a devotee of the La Prairie Caviar facial, which contains caviar extract — renowned for ‘intensive tightening and rejuvenation’. It’s right up Sir Mick’s street — and hang the £300 price tag.
LASHINGS OF HAIR DYENot for Sir Mick the George Clooney-salt-and-pepper look. Like his fellow titled rocker, Sir Paul McCartney, he has succeeded in retaining a suspiciously auburn hue to his lustrous locks.
The secret, few will be surprised to hear, is hair dye. Lashings of it.
Having exhaustively researched hair colouring and its application, he has long since recognised the benefits of enlisting professional help. Yet hairdressing salons are far too indiscreet for Sir Mick.
Instead, his personal technician is spirited into his home once a fortnight to make sure those grey roots are never allowed to make a public appearance.
As young as the woman you feel: Mick with his partner, model L'Wren Scott
SUPERJUICE SMOOTHIESSir Mick uses myriad supplements, which he takes every day. Vitamins A, C, D and E jostle for space with B complexes, cod liver oil, ginseng and ginkgo biloba.
In a profession in which deafness is an occupational hazard, Sir Mick has been careful to protect his hearing. He began wearing custom-made earplugs long before they became fashionable in the rock ’n’ roll set.
Couple this with the superjuice smoothies he drinks for breakfast and few would bet against him receiving a celebratory telegram from the monarch in 2043.
THE LOVE OF A GOOD WOMANA devotee of massages, Sir Mick insists on taking a personal masseuse on the road with him.
In fact, the Rolling Stones’ tour has more than 200 staff, including fitness trainers, dietitians, a physiotherapist and chefs poached from the Four Seasons hotel chain, who cart around lorryloads of organic food.
Sir Mick’s favourite masseuse is a showbiz veteran by the name of Dr Dot, whose other clients include Sting and Bruce Willis.
Yet most important of all is his partner of ten years, L’Wren Scott. They met when she styled him for a magazine shoot and she has since become his most trusted ally. L’Wren, 44, is 6ft 4in in her stockings, dwarfing her diminutive lover, and acts as his personal gatekeeper.
She is said to be so protective that she even bans fellow band members from going near Sir Mick if they are smoking.
ROCKING WITH THE KIDSSir Mick is famously averse to being surrounded by people of his own age.
The rest of the Rolling Stones are tolerated as a matter of necessity, but most of the time he actively seeks out younger company.
Such is his aversion to the elderly that he is said to have balding, middle-aged fans removed from his eyeline during gigs.
His latest musical collaboration, alongside 24-year-old Joss Stone, is a case in point. While some critics have ridiculed him, Sir Mick is apparently undeterred. He’s also working with Bob Marley’s son Damian.
The approach seems to be working, too, with the younger generation queuing up to pay their respects. Indeed, a tribute song, Moves Like Jagger — the video of which features vintage clips of Sir Mick performing — is currently riding high in the charts on both sides of the Atlantic.
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