The “Premier Athlete” and current All Elite Wrestling talent Tony Nese recently appeared on AEW Unrestricted, where he explained the importance of eating correctly on the road. Nese also shared his biggest piece of advice for people that are starting a fitness routine, and more. Check out the highlights below.
On the origins of his interest infitness:
“My oldest brother was always big into fitness. He subscribed to Muscle and Fitness. He was always going to the gym with his friends, working out and everything. I looked up to both my brothers. On top of that, joining a wrestling school and realizing… oh man, I’m a tiny little squirt. I’m not going to grow “up” that much anymore, so I need to look the part. That was just always my thing. I’m lean, I always had definition, but I was a skinny kid who could see his muscles because he was skinny. So for me it was about learning how to put on size.”
On working as a personal trainer throughout his indy career:
“I got big into reading a lot of bodybuilding magazines. I read Arnold [Schwarzenegger]’s book, the Encyclopedia of Bodybuilding. I’ve read that at least four or five times now. It just became my second passion, another part of my life. I would train every day. I ate, ate, ate every day. So much calories. I started learning more and more of what my body should be doing, which was just eat, eat, eat. Don’t worry about what you’re eating, just put on the size. It just snowballed into more and more passion. I learned more about it to the point where I said I should go study and become a trainer myself. I took classes and got my certification and started becoming a trainer. I worked as a trainer most of my independent career until I got signed and I had put that job aside for a while.”
On advice for those who are starting a fitness routine of their own:
“The hardest thing is everyone thinks they have to go with a specific “this is how to do it, this is the plan.” That’s the easy part. Just going, and lifting weights and everything? That’s the easiest part. It’s really a matter of getting consistent and just going. I tell my clients all the time. My success is not because of my knowledge. My success is because I never stopped. I just kept going. There’s just no reason for me to ever stop. Obviously, there’s injuries here and there. Things are gonna happen. You’re gonna have bad weeks, you’re going to take weeks off. You’re supposed to anyway. But other than that? When it came to just constantly eating, always getting protein, always taking my supplements. I always stay on top of digestive enzymes. I don’t buy a supplement and two weeks later go “this didn’t work.” I’m going to stick with this for eight weeks, let’s see how I feel with this. Patience is one of the most important things. That’s the biggest advice. Be patient, and be consistent.”
