PRICE REVEALS SECRET BEHIND CAREER RESURGENCE
04/03/2026 By Aaron Nijjar
GERWYN PRICE admits losing 16kg has boosted his confidence and left him feeling sharper than ever on stage.
The former world champion has dropped from 104kg to 88kg through regular gym work and cutting out junk food.
‘The Iceman’ has reaped the rewards of his resurgence by breaking back into the top 10 of the Order of Merit and already clinching a ProTour title this season.
Price revealed the new lifestyle has helped transform not just his waistline but his mindset too.
He told Red Dragon Darts: “When I started I was about 104kg and now I am down to about 88kg.
“I’m glad I have lost it and feel a lot better in myself. It gives me a lot more confidence.
“When I put on a 34 waist instead of a 36 waist I feel even better.
“The more I train leading up to games, the better I seem to play.
“You know what it is like when you go to the gym. After you have come out, you just feel better for the day.
“If I miss a session or I don’t get up and go to the gym and then roll out of bed at 10am, you just don’t feel the same person. You feel lethargic.
“But if I am up at 7am in the gym, get that done and go back home, get the protein in, you just feel like you are set up for the day.”
Price insists he has not followed a strict meal prep regime but has instead focused on smarter choices.
He added: “I don’t meal prep. I just have a Nando’s or a Wagamama’s. If you have a Nando’s it is not bad food.
“It is just chicken and cutting out the bits in between. The crisps and the chocolate, Haribos, which are my favourite.
“It’s just trying to cut out the junk food. And eating late at night when you play is the hardest part, especially when you are starving.
“It’s just making good choices.”
Price explained that staying active on the tour has helped him adjust naturally to the body transformation on the oche.
He continued: “I think if you lose it too quickly it can probably affect you.
“When you are playing as consistently and as often as me and Luke Humphries are, then you don’t really feel the difference because it’s gradual.
“You are constantly playing and maybe I will lose a couple of pounds a week.
“If I put my darts down for six months and lost the weight, maybe then it is harder.
“Because I am playing when I am losing the weight, you get used to it.”
Image by Taylor Lanning.
