Nick Aldis - Superstar Body: Real-World Techniques for Achieving Your Goals

First published by Pitch Publishing, 2015

Pitch Publishing

A2 Yeoman Gate

Yeoman Way

Durrington

BN13 3QZ

www.pitchpublishing.co.uk

Nick Aldis, 2015

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For my son,
Donovan Patrick Aldis.

Everything I do is to make
your life better.

The information presented herein is in no way intended as medical advice or to serve as a substitute for medical counseling. The information should be used in conjunction with the guidance and care of your physician. Consult your physician before beginning this program as you would with any exercise and nutrition program. If you choose not to obtain the consent of your physician and/or work with your physician throughout the course of these workouts, you are agreeing to accept full responsibility for your actions. By beginning the following workouts, you recognise that despite all precautions on the part of the author, there are risks of injury or illness which can occur because of your use of the aforementioned information and you expressly assume such risks and waive, relinquish and release any claim which you may have against the author and their respective affiliates as a result of any future physical injury or illness incurred in connection with, or as a result of, the use or misuse of your program.

All rights reserved. No part of this manual may be reproduced (by any means) without the expressed written permission of Nick Aldis.

This book is being offered for education and information purposes only. There is inherent risk with any physical activity.

Please consult your physician before starting this (or any) exercise program. The author or the publisher cannot be held responsible for any injury that may occur while participating in activity recommended in this book.

My name is Nick Aldis. To some of you, I will be better known as the characters I have played on TV, like Magnus from TNA Impact Wrestling or Oblivion from Gladiators. But Im also a magazine columnist, Ive been lifting weights since I was 12, and Ive dedicated my life to the pursuit of physical and mental improvement through diet and exercise.

When I say superstar body, I dont mean heres how to look like a pro wrestler. Everybody is different, and we are all free to choose how we want to look. I chose not to be skinny anymore, to have a muscular athletic body that opened doors for my career, commanded respect and made me feel more attractive to the opposite sex (more on that later). You might not want to be as big, allowing you more mobility and endurance in your chosen sports; you may want to be bigger than I am. You may want to be ripped to shreds with tons of definition and those all-important six-pack abdominals. Or if youre female, you may want sexy and defined legs and buttocks and a slimmer waist. Whatever the case, I want you to get there. I want you to look in the mirror at your body and feel awesome. I want you to be able to dress your body up and present it in a way that makes you radiate confidence and makes people notice you.

I want you to feel like a superstar.

There will be brief moments during this book where Ill talk about my career in wrestling, my time as a Gladiator or even my early life. If so, its for the purpose of describing how my life shaped my body and vice versa. But this is not an autobiography; its a fitness and nutrition book. Quite frankly, who wants to hear the life story of a guy who isnt even 30? The main reason I have included a few autobiographical accounts is so you, the reader, can get a glimpse of my experience in that life and understand the personality behind this book. Theres also a practical reason; all too often I read fitness books and the authors omit their real life, which to me makes it hard to relate to the advice. If youre going to master your own superstar body, you have to master your personality; embrace who you are and what drives you. With that being said, I promise I wont talk about myself too much!

There will be times in the book where I talk about certain foods, supplements and products. I dont want you to feel like Im subliminally trying to sell you anything, so I want to be 100% honest from the beginning. As of this writing, I have sponsorships with Bulletproof Nutrition and Natural Stacks. I dont receive any money from them, just a steady supply of great supplements and foods. I have also received some freebies from the generous folks at P28 Foods and Lo-Back Trax. I will give an honest recommendation where I see fit, whether its a company I have a relationship with or not. Nobody has paid me to feature their products in the book, or even discussed the possibility with me.

I opted not to fill this book with pictures of me performing exercise demonstrations. In the modern era, almost anyone likely to read this is familiar with the vast majority of the exercises described. However, if at any time you feel like a refresher, or you are uncertain about a certain exercise, you can check out www.EXRX.net, a great site with a huge glossary of exercises and moving GIFS of almost all of them. This site, and all others described in this book can be linked to from the Superstar Body Website www.superstarbodybook.com and as always, if you are uncertain, please dont be foolish, ask for help and consult a qualified trainer.

January 31st, 2014: The TNA Impact Wrestling event was in full flow, and after appearing in the first segment of the TV show, in a face-to-face war of words with MVP, I rushed back to the dressing room to put on my brand new gear that Jolene, the seamstress that makes all my wrestling attire, had made for me; a black with gold and silver trim version of my existing trunks and knee pad covers. I had waited until this night to debut the new attire, as this was a big night for me, and for my opponent, Chad Lail, better known as Gunner. For me, it was the first time that a British wrestler would defend a world title of a major US promotion in the UK. For Gunner, it was his first real main event with a lot of focus and time dedicated to the match and to him. He knew he had to deliver. But more importantly to both of us, it was our chance to represent the new generation of talent and the portion of young hungry guys in the dressing room who were counting on us to show that we were ready to lead a promotion.

It had been a brutal day; we were already all running on empty after a lack of sleep coming off back-to-back shows in Dublin and Glasgow, which included a 4am wake-up call to make our 6am flight. Then I had willed myself to get up early to have breakfast with my brother Ed, his wife Louisa and my two-year-old nephew Pepe. It was the only chance I was going to get to see them for probably a year.