Russian paper explains how to copy Putin's

President Putin displays a well-honed torso

　　If Russian women are searching for a new sex symbol, they need look no further than the Kremlin's website. There they can find the full set of pictures of Vladimir "The Body" Putin strutting his stuff, bare-chested, along the banks of a Siberian river during a fishing expedition.

　　A step-by-step guide to building a body like President Vladimir Putin's was available to readers of a Russian newspaper on Wednesday.

　　Official photographs of the 54-year-old leader holidaying in southern Siberia last week showed him fishing with his shirt off to display a well-honed torso.

　　He was also shown on horseback in sunglasses, gloves and a body-hugging white vest.

　　"He has some great definition under that shirt," said the Komsomolskaya Pravda tabloid, Russia's biggest circulation newspaper.

　　Under the headline: "Get a body like Putin's", the daily published an exercise guide by a fitness instructor. An accompanying diagram of Putin's naked torso had arrows pointing to his major muscle groups.

　　Putin, who is married with two daughters, has attributed his physique to sports -- he is anaccomplishedpractitioner of judo and a keen downhill skier.

　　(Reuters)

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