rewrite this content and keep HTML tags Breadcrumb Trail Links Wrestling Sports Celebrity Published Sep 19, 2023 • Last updated 14 hours ago • 2 minute read WWE star Tyler Reks, left, before transitioning to Gabbi Tuft, right, in images posted to her Instagram account. Photo by Gabbi Tuft /Instagram Article content More than a decade ago, Tyler Reks made his mark on the WWE with his signature manouevre that was so crushing, it was called the “Burning Hammer.” Advertisement 2 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. 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Article content The Dreadlocked Demolition Man was a regular on Smackdown, Superstars and NXT before he left the WWE in 2012. Article content Then the former WWE star, now Gabbi Tuft, came out as transgender in 2021 and has now opened up in a profile piece about what it took to achieve a feminine physique. “It took a lot of trial and error to get the feminine body I always wanted,” Tuft wrote this week in Insider. Your noon-hour look at what’s happening in Toronto and beyond. By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails or any newsletter. Postmedia Network Inc. | 365 Bloor Street East, Toronto, Ontario, M4W 3L4 | 416-383-2300 Thanks for signing up! A welcome email is on its way. If you don’t see it, please check your junk folder. The next issue of Your Midday Sun will soon be in your inbox. We encountered an issue signing you up. Please try again Article content Advertisement 3 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content “Before transitioning, I was a WWE star, weighed in at 280 pounds, and had 6% to 8% body fat.” There was also all the muscle built up on her 6-foot-2 frame to which Tuft said, “At my peak, I looked like a cross between Ragnar Lothbrok from Vikings and The Mountain from Game of Thrones.” Tuft admitted that when she was younger, she would secretly dress up in her mother’s clothes but the COVID pandemic allowed her to reflect on her identity and she began to cross-dress. She then decided to transition when she was in her early 40s. Advertisement 4 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content Hormone therapy helped to eliminate all the muscle mass and, as already an expert in fitness and nutrition, Tuft was able to play around with food and exercise to find what her new body best needed. It took two years but she found “a pathway to the fit, feminine aesthetic I was after,” she wrote in Insider. Tuft described every transition journey as “unique” but said hers was about focusing on “evolving strength – inside and out.” “I’ve lost 190 pounds of weight and muscle mass, but my transition didn’t happen overnight,” she wrote of what she called her “ugly-duckling phase.” Advertisement 5 This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content “I sometimes felt discouraged, especially when what was staring back at me in the mirror didn’t align with the image I had of myself in my head.” Tuft, now a fitness and nutrition coach, has more than 152,000 followers on Instagram, and shares her journey as well as diet and lifestyle tips. “It’s an evolutionary process, one that is not only physical and nutritional but also mental and emotional,” she wrote in Insider. “I specialize in helping women break free of cyclical behaviours, and it’s exactly what I needed to do when seeking to shed the muscle that defined my pretransition life.” RECOMMENDED VIDEO We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Play Video Article content Share this article in your social network Comments Postmedia is committed to maintaining a lively but civil forum for discussion and encourage all readers to share their views on our articles. Comments may take up to an hour for moderation before appearing on the site. 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WWE’s first transgender star Gabbi Tuft opens up about transition
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