WWE Legend John Cena Details His Battle and Victory Over Depression: “That Experience Changed My Life in Many Ways and It Taught..”

Published February 06, 2022, 11:30 AM EST

There is no perfect way to stay healthy and fit. It can be the gym, running in the park, or anything else that involves moving the muscles. Now, for WWE Megastar John Cena, it’s not just hitting the iron or cardio, but also yoga.

Usually, when someone begins a new routine to stay healthy, there’s a motivation behind that. For Cena, he started doing yoga when he was working on a movie alongside Jackie Chan.

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It wasn’t the most thrilling experience for him at the beginning. He battled some issues considering yoga is much different than lifting heavy weights. However, over time he realized that yoga truly helped his body in ways that the heavy weights never could.

“I went over there to train with him for about three months and they stretched me like taffy, I immediately lost 20 pounds, which was very difficult for me. I even fell into a weird depression because it was like I’m losing everything that I worked on for 30 years! But I begin to walk taller, begin to have less pain, I was more flexible, and that experience changed my life in many ways, and it taught me the value of making sure your body moves okay.” H/t GQ

In fact, it seems like he found a way to increase his size by lifting weights but also found the remedy to get rid of the soreness afterwards, yoga.

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John Cena has a unique eating routine

While a lot of people have three to four meals a day based on their diet or preference, Cena believes in smaller meals but eats throughout the day.

But all his meals involve food that is good for his physique and not junk food. In fact, he tries to include protein in his meals.

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He developed a good eating habit when he was quite young, around 13 years old. He ate small meals back then also, and the system never changed for him.

He has altered his macros throughout the years based on the type of physique he wants such as lean or bulky, but the number of meals have remained constant.

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Shuvangi is a senior WWE and AEW author at EssentiallySports. She has over 2000 published WWE articles and also has experience in content operations with Forbes. Having completed her undergraduation from Royal Holloway, University of London, Shuvangi is closely aligned to the fitness industry, having amateur skills levels in tennis and basketball while rowing at a regatta level.

WWE Legend John Cena Details His Battle and Victory Over Depression: “That Experience Changed My Life in Many Ways and It Taught..”

John Cena has a unique eating routine

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