Why Drew McIntyre Feels Better Than Ever Going Into WWE WrestleMania

Drew McIntyre is proud of the physique he has as a WWE superstar, and he’s addressed some of the work he did to achieve it.

The former 4-time WWE World Champion Drew McIntyre is currently embroiled in a feud with Jacob Fatu that will see the two men face off in an Unsanctioned Match at WrestleMania 42.

An Unsanctioned Match makes sense for the McIntyre-Fatu feud since the two men have cost eachother big matches recently, and they’ve also brawled over the building in recent weeks.

At 40, McIntyre has been in the public spotlight for the past two years, with over 15 years of his pro wrestling career in WWE. While speaking to Chris Van Vliet, the perpetually honest McIntyre talked about his workout regimen.

“Roughly nine months ago, I’d had five weeks off, which was the first five weeks off I’ve ever really had in my life. I came straight from school to WWE to being released back on the road a few weeks later, where I was like, oh my goodness, I’m not injured. I’m not doing rehab. I’ve actually got this time off, let’s have an honest look at myself, especially approaching 40 and wrestling 25 years, everyone thinks I’m as old as Punk or something, but I’m not, old man.

But honestly, I looked at myself in the mirror and said, ‘What’s going on with you?’ Let’s take some inventory here. Okay, good shape, one of the best built guys in WWE, that’s cool, but things are starting to catch up. Things are hurting. Is there anything you can do about that? I never really followed a diet. I was still eating burgers all the time, pizza all the time, sometimes eating two times a day, sometimes eating eight times a day.”

Drew McIntyre Hired A Trainer To Improve His Physique

As he continued, Drew McIntyre spoke about hiring a trainer who is much smaller than him, but he’s somebody who pushes McIntyre to be better.

“I decided to get a trainer who actively came to my garage and worked with me and helped me out with training and diet and the big thing, mobility, which I’ve never done, proper mobility work. I worked with Rob McIntyre for years. He’s phenomenal, but he was sending my workouts, especially when I moved to Nashville five years ago, and it was a lot more difficult not working one-on-one with him.

Having this new trainer, Jeff, coming to the garage and pushing me. He’s five foot tall, five foot wide. He’s a very angry little man, and he was pushing me through my paces. But the big difference was the mobility work. I couldn’t throw a superkick, not that I wanted to, because everybody and their mother throws a superkick these days, but I’d love to be able to and have the choice to do it, but my hips were so tight, it just wasn’t physically possible.

Things were locking up. I was aware, oh, my goodness, maybe you’re closer to the end than the beginning, not just because of your age, but because of how my body felt and going through all this mobility work. The new diet, which reduced inflammation dramatically, I not only saw a difference in how I looked on screen, but how I felt overall. I was throwing head kicks, I could literally kick Omos in the face right now, and I feel better now than I did at legitimately 30 years old.”

Regarding his rivalry with Jacob Fatu, McIntyre and Fatu will be on SmackDown to continue their story on the road to WrestleMania.

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