Ex-Corrie star enlists the help of top sports nutritionist and his magic shakes in his twelve-week bid to become a muscleman
Scott Wright had been letting his fitness slide a bit since his wedding last November. The ex-Corrie star had been eating too much of the wrong sort of food and not exercising enough – the result was a weight gain of two extra stone. His new wife Kate, herself a personal fitness trainer, was quick to notice, and finally suggested he workout to lose the flab. Stung into action, and never one to do things by half, Scott decided to turn himself from ‘pretty-out-of-shape man’ to ‘beefcake-muscleman’ in twelve weeks.
And who better to support him than Kerry Kayes, the man who regularly helps Ricky Hatton lose weight and keep in shape for his boxing matches? The body make-over programme is based on serious training and careful nutrition using lots of protein supplements developed by Kerry’s own company CNP Professional.
Ever the showman, Scott is filming the whole painful process for a TV documentary charting his transformation over the training period. It’s meant some real grinding exercise regimes, keeping to a real strict diet and learning a lot about what to put into your body to get the best out of it.
"I wouldn’t have been able to do this without Kerry. It’s been a really hard change of lifestyle – no more burgers and chips and fizzy drinks, no more late nights and boozing," says Scott. "But Kerry’s an inspiration. His ‘magic protein shakes’ really keep me going and I’m starting to look a bit more like I want to."
Five weeks in and Scott’s lost five inches from his waistline already. It’s a gruelling training programme. Scott reckons anyone can do it but is he being generous? Here’s a snippet of what he’s putting himself through.
Get up at 6am for a 40 minute workout – early morning exercise is good for fat burning. For breakfast, eight egg whites, two yolks, 50 gm porridge oats with semi skimmed milk and one of Kerry’s CNP Pro Peptide shakes. Then onto more training with Kerry before a recovery protein shake and the first proper meal of the day – steamed chicken with potatoes. And so the day goes on relentlessly, with meals and shakes and supplement pills every couple of hours.
“Kerry does recommend I eat lots of green vegetables as well,” says Scott. “But I hate vegetables so I do have a piece of fresh fruit now and again and I sprinkle wheat grass in my drinks, that’s green isn’t it?”
And at the end of the twelve weeks Scott gets to pose at a national bodybuilding competition alongside the real beefcakes. Thanks to the documentary we’ll all get to see Scott flexing his muscles and judge just how well he’s done.
“I totally love it,” says Scott. “In fact when this is finished I’m going to keep up with the bodybuilding and see just how far I can go until Kate gets fed up with the whole thing .”
CNP Professional is one of the UK’s leading sports nutrition specialist companies. For more information visit www.cnpprofessional.co.uk or call +44 (0) 161 320 1212 for sports nutrition advice and +44 (0) 161 320 8145 for sales.
Notes for editors
CNP Professional is a leading supplier of sports nutrition supplements ranging from protein shakes, protein bars, creatine supplements, meal replacements, mass gainers, weight loss supplements and post work out shakes all designed for the ultimate in sports nutrition.
Kerry Kayes, the founder of CNP Professional is a former national bodybuilding champion. He has been involved in sports nutrition for many years and his dietary expertise has established him as ‘the man in the know’ to sportspeople worldwide including boxer Ricky Hatton, Sean Long of St Helen’s RLFC and David Dunn of Blackburn Rovers.
CNP Professional supplements are carefully formulated to ensure that the body is able to make best use of the nutrients. Unlike some protein supplements, CNP Professional’s products are easy to drink – in fact, the Pro Slam only takes 5 seconds.
There are several articles explaining protein nutrition supplements on the CNP website – go to the home page and click on ‘nutrition’ under the articles section.