PHIL TAYLOR has ditched the weight-loss jabs and transformed his lifestyle after quitting professional darts.
The former world No1 has swapped late-night vodka for early starts and a strict exercise routine.
Phil Taylor on the journey he’d been on to lose weight in the last few years Credit: Getty
He says he had to let go off Vodka amongst other things Credit: Alamy
Taylor, 66, walked away from the oche in 2018 after losing the World Championship final 2-7 to Rob Cross.
The legendary Stoke-on-Trent thrower won a record 16 world titles during his legendary career and claimed 87 major trophies in total.
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Taylor has now opened up on his new daily routine as he looks to get into the best shape possible.
He told The Smith Brothers Not a Podcast: “I’ve got a little sausage dog, same belly as me about that far off the floor!
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“Then get bottled water with electrolytes. That is my first drink. Then I go in the garage and do 1000 metres on the rower.
“Then I go on the treadmill and do 5000 steps. I have a cuppa. It’s like a mushroom thingy. It’s supposed to be an antioxidant. The best in the world.
“It’s done nowt for me yet but I’m having it.
“I went on Mounjaro for a month and a half. It changed my mindset 100% where I went off.
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Taylor walked out on the game in 2018 after losing the World Championship final 2-7 to Rob Cross. Credit: Getty
“I was drinking Vodka every night. I went off that. I didn’t want it at all. So I’m teetotal now.
“If I have anything, if I wanted one tonight, I’ll have a bottle of 0% Budweiser. It’s only 46 calories.
“For tea I’ll have chicken salad. But I try to get 30-50 grams of protein in a bit of salad.
“I would never eat salads before. I was a salad dodger.”
Taylor has also started picking up his darts again in retirement and is enjoying spending time on the board with his grandson.
He added: “I’ve started practising again now. I’m only doing an hour a day. I’ll start stepping it up a little bit later, probably an hour and a half.
“I’m enjoying it. It’s good. When my grandson comes up. He was a decent player, young Nathan.
“He’s not bad, he could play county.”
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The Power was then asked if he could still cut it against the likes of Luke Littler and Luke Humphries.
He replied: “Not yet. I’ve got a couple of months.
“I think after a couple of months I’ll be up there. I’m hitting 180s again.
“Only two or three. But I will get there because I’ll make sure I’ll get there.”
But Taylor was quick to rule out a comeback and pointed to the huge challenge of rebuilding a ranking from scratch.
He said: “No, I couldn’t be on the circuit.
“Like Adrian Lewis has dropped off the circuit. Just to get into the top 32 would take him two years.”
