Phil Taylor scraps late-night vodka for early morning starts and salad as he outlines new fitness regime

Phil Taylor has revealed that he has made a major change in habits that has helped him turn his life around after retirement.

The darts icon has a brand new daily routine that he is sticking to, which has seen him ditch late-night vodka for salads.

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Taylor retired in 2018 and in recent years he’s been on a mission to transform his body and lifestyle away from the oche.

He has now explained the plan he follows to do so, revealing that he first took a weight loss jab to change his mindset.

The 66-year-old is making sure to regularly exercise and eat and drink well, while also ditching alcohol completely.

Taylor told The Smith Brothers Not a Podcast: “I get bottled water with electrolytes. That is my first drink. Then I go in the garage and do 1000m on the rower. Then I go on the treadmill and do 5000 steps.

“I have a cuppa. It’s like a mushroom thing. It’s supposed to be an antioxidant. The best in the world. It’s done nothing for me yet, but I’m having it.

“I went on Mounjaro for a month and a half. It changed my mindset 100 per cent from where I went off.

“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 per cent 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.”

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Could Taylor ever return to darts?

With his new physique and way of living, could the 16-time PDC Darts World Champion end up making a return to darts? Maybe not.

However, Taylor has become more active with the darts in hand again, having spent some time away from the board.

He said: “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.”

Taylor also revealed that his grandson is a darts fanatic and a good player, tipping him to start playing at county level.

“When my grandson comes up [I play],” the legend explained. “He was a decent player, young Nathan.

“He’s not bad. He could play county.”