WWE superstars have to remain in nice form – however their buddies behind the mic additionally prefer to look the enterprise.
Followers have turn into accustomed to wrestlers working for Vince McMahon repeatedly sharing snaps of their ripped physiques.
And it’s well-known that the WWE boss is an enormous fan of pushing massive and muscular performers on each the Uncooked and SmackDown manufacturers.
Nevertheless, the ‘Voice of WWE’ Michael Cole appears to have taken on board some exercise ideas from these athletes himself.
And the outcomes have been nothing wanting sensational.
The 53-year-old calls the play-by-play motion on the blue model and was this 12 months appointed because the Vice President of Saying within the firm.
However it’s not solely his legendary voice that packs a punch after he underwent an impressive body transformation to drop four-and-a-half stone to show his physique into a surprising, shredded machine.
Followers will keep in mind when Cole famously competed in opposition to Jerry ‘The King’ Lawler at WrestleMania 28 and mocked his look as he picked up a controversial win over the ring legend.
However now the commentator seems each inch the athlete following his large weight reduction.
And he revealed all about what his motivation was that led to him working with coach Jesse Marines of jmprogram.com to rework himself.
Cole advised WWE.com: “It was the right storm. All components got here collectively without delay final October; getting older, being on tv on a weekly foundation, my metabolism slowing down, being sad once I checked out myself within the mirror and my vitality wasn’t what it was.
“I used to be climbing mountains, and the massive mountain that we tried to climb was Grand Teton in Wyoming. We bought snowed off the mountain at 12,500 toes and even when we didn’t get snowed off, I knew inside that I wasn’t going to have the ability to end the climb. I knew I wasn’t in form to do it.
“All of these issues mixed made me notice that I wanted to make some life modifications.”
He continued: “I began at 226 kilos with 29.9 p.c physique fats and as of in the present day, 11 months later, I weigh 169 kilos with 6.5 p.c physique fats.
“I used to be down 65 kilos, however I’ve placed on somewhat weight as a result of we modified my weight loss plan and added some energy.
“I really feel higher now than I did at 21 years outdated.”
And Cole even insisted that by means of the assistance of Marines, his dramatic bodily change was simple.
Though he says going tee-total performed a significant factor.
He added: “I’m working with a coach out of McAllen, Texas, named Jesse Marines.
“He put collectively a fundamental program for me to start with the place I used to be doing cardio two to a few occasions per week and doing weight coaching with him two to a few occasions per week.
“He gave me a easy weight loss plan to observe and since my weight loss plan was so terrible, it was fairly simple.
“I used to be consuming quite a lot of carbs; a bagel for breakfast, a sandwich on a tough roll with potato chips for lunch and at dinner, I’d eat potatoes with no matter else I used to be consuming.
“One other massive factor for me was that I loved consuming beer. I used to be an enormous beer drinker and people are very empty energy. I haven’t had a drink since we began this program nearly a 12 months in the past.
“Jesse’s program actually isn’t weight-reduction plan. It’s growing meals to consuming six occasions a day each three hours and three of these meals are protein shakes.
“The opposite three meals are one thing like a rooster breast, a inexperienced vegetable and rice or yams for carbohydrates. Generally, I’ll eat egg whites and turkey bacon.
“We simply wished to make it possible for I ate six occasions a day to leap begin my metabolism. It’s a must to eat to shed some pounds.
“We then slowly lower down my carbs and just lately depleted all carbs for the images on this article. I have not had a drink since we began this program.”