On his weight loss, Menzies elaborated: “My heaviest was 21-and-a-half stone, I didn’t realise how big I was until I see pictures now and I am like, ‘wow I was big’.
“It was for my health to try and lose weight because I had a thing last year with my heart so I went to the hospital and found out that I have got an ectopic heartbeat so my heart skips an extra beat.
“They told me to try and lose weight before they did anything with tablets, so thankfully it has dropped to a level where it is fine, I don’t need tablets.
“I just usually do a 5k, I don’t do many weights because then I can’t throw darts but I just go for a jog. It is good for my physical health and it is good for my mental health, I never leave the gym feeling bad, I like doing it for that as well.”
It is not just Menzies who has got the fitness bug, with a host of other top players seeing the benefits of being in good shape.
“You look at the players nowadays, most of them are starting to look after themselves now,” Menzies added.
“Luke Humphries lost a power of weight, there have been a few more.
“Most of the hotels we stay in have got gyms and a lot of guys are just popping to the gym or they go on 5k runs. Even the commentators and the referees are doing it.
“The darts world is changing, I do think in the future you will get a lot more people looking like sportsmen rather than darts players.”
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