Never judge a book by its cover
When you tune into Fox 5’s number one morning show Good Day NY you’re not exactly expecting to see physical specimens. Maybe you’ll learn something, maybe it’s just background to the morning coffee but most of us aren’t tuning in for training advice. Well that might change. When Duke Castiglione, the mild mannered sportscaster of Good Day NY, shed’s his work jacket, you might want to take notes. They say speak softly and carry a big stick. We say speak softly and carry six pack abs – Duke agrees..
Referred to as scrawny by some of his co-workers because of his svelte frame. The reporter is now up for fittest man in the news television – little did they know that they’re peer is a former athlete that has been training consistently for the last 30 years for a tight lean frame that would make the biggest infomercial model jealous.
In a recent talk with Muscle and Fitness, Castiglione reveals he success came from a lot of failure. At an unhealthy 226 lbs as a junior in highschool he knew he had to make a change.
M&F: You’re super-ripped now, but you say you were overweight in high school.
Castiglione: Yeah, I was 16 years old, and I weighed 226 pounds as a junior. I was picked on a little bit, but I was still playing sports. I picked up Muscle & Fitness that winter, and it helped a lot. I started going to the gym to get ready for baseball season, and by the following summer I had lost a bunch of weight. It was an inspiration. In many ways it taught me to work out. That and Sports Illustrated were my two favorite magazines.
Castiglione credits his job for helping him stay in shape. When you get to train on air with the likes of Phil Heath, Robert Irvine, and Mike O’ Hearn you’re bound to pick something up.
When asked what’s the best piece of advice he’s ever got, Castiglione says it was simply to be yourself and know what works for you.
M&F: What’s the best piece of training advice you ever got?
What works for someone else might not work for me. How many sets you need to do, how many days you need to train, how much rest you need—all of that is highly individual, and that’s the part you need to figure out on your own. When I was getting ready for the shoot, I ate Elite Lifestyle Cuisine meals [elitelifestylecuisine .com]. That taught me a lot about portion control. Most people, especially in the U.S., don’t really know what a healthy portion is.
You can catch Duke Castiglione chopping it up with the pros weekday morning on Fox 5’s Good Day NY from 7-10 a.m.
