Taya Valkyrie is going on an AEW Rampage! In a new social media post the All Elite Wrestling star shows off her famous figure in a two-piece workout set while chatting with Deonna Purrazzo. Her followers went wild over the Instagram video. “Taya is iconic 🔥,” commented one of them. How does she approach diet, fitness, and self-care? Here is everything you need to know about her lifestyle habits.
Valkyrie feels lucky to have a career in wrestling, likening it to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory “when he gets the golden ticket,” she said during an interview with Chris Van Vliet. “That was the way that I thought about it. I actually bought myself the book when I got signed to remind myself how I felt in that moment. It was such a big deal for me, I don’t come from wrestling. It was just years, 12 years of hard work. I was poor and didn’t have a lot of support, so I had to carve my own path. The opportunity to go there, I’m like ok. A lot of people were like ‘You should have known better. Blah blah blah…’ But it wasn’t about that. It was about do I at least try or do I spend my whole life wondering what if?””
Valkyrie told Mint Condition Muscle that she relies on a personal trainer to help her stay in shape. “I immediately got a trainer because I knew that that was, especially if I was going to, as I started wanting to do competition, I didn’t know even where to start. Back in the day, it was a lot harder to get information about this kind of stuff if you don’t know where to even look for it. So I remember asking a friend who had done a fitness competition before about how she got into it. And so I went and met with Nathan Harwood, who’s still a very good friend of mine who still is one of the top coaches for WBFF, and he basically was the first person that I went to who introduced me to proper workouts. I was nervous and stuff, but I never, I don’t know, I didn’t overthink it. I think that that comes because I was 18 years old and I just didn’t know any better. You’re innocent and don’t know what you’re walking into. So I didn’t really think too much about it and I kind of just naturally fell in love with it and just it instantly became part of my life.”
In a recent social media post Taya opens up about her mental health struggles. “Didn’t know if I felt comfortable to post this but the change has me shook. March last year, I was depressed, anxious, starving myself but couldn’t lose a single pound. Started documenting my hair growth because my hair was literally breaking off and falling out. The self talk was so negative and I felt like I was spiraling internally. It was about 6 month until I turned 40 and I refused to go into this new stage of my life feeling the absolute shit that I did. I started to really take a look at myself and had to turn it around,” she wrote on Instagram. “I worked first and foremost on my mental health, really learning how to cope. A lot of this I had internalized and didn’t share with ANYONE. But slowly, I started to turn things around for myself. It began my year of healing and getting my confidence and motivation back. Because it was LONGGGG GONE. Now fast forward to last night when I took this photo. Holy crap, I did that. I’m the happiest I’ve been in years. My confidence and motivation is back, my hair is growing again and honestly, nobody can tell me shit. I somehow look younger and feel it too! Our bodies and minds are insane. A lot of us struggle but nobody would even know it. Be kind to YOURSELF and to others. It’s rough out there.”
Taya enjoys hiking. “I’m outdoorsy now 💁🏼♀️,” she captioned a post of herself on a trail with her pomeranian. According to the National Parks Service, the physical benefits of hiking include:
- Building stronger muscles and bones
- Improving your sense of balance
- Improving your heart health
- Decreasing the risk of certain respiratory problems
One way Taya stays fit on the road? She goes for lots of walks. Here she is getting her steps in while visiting Vancouver. Going for a daily walk can be a game changer in terms of exercise, especially at a brisk speed. One study published in JAMA Internal Medicine found that walking at a brisk pace for about 30 minutes a day led to a reduced risk of heart disease, cancer, dementia and death, compared with walking a similar number of steps but at a slower pace.