At 43, Robert Strauss Continues Training to Be the 'Dad Bod Destroyer' - Muscle & Fitness

At forty-three, former professional wrestler Robert Strauss still maintains the physical conditioning that earned him his signature moniker, keeping pace with a demanding schedule as a WWE official and gym owner across Florida.

Whether recognized for his tenure as Robbie E in Total Nonstop Action or his current role as Robert Stone, the General Manager of NXT, the grappler’s work ethic remains a constant. Muscle & Fitness reported that Strauss balances his responsibilities as a father to ten-year-old twin boys, Cash and Carter, with coaching duties at the WWE Performance Center, broadcasting work, and running eight fitness studios.

Formerly a physical education teacher, Strauss made his professional wrestling debut in the year 2000. He worked preliminary matches for World Wrestling Entertainment before signing with Total Nonstop Action in 2010, where he captured the television and X Division championships, alongside two tag team title reigns with Jessie Godderz as part of The BroMans.

By 2017, Strauss began sharing his fitness routines through Muscle & Fitness under the “Dad Bod Destroyer” banner, demonstrating how to maintain conditioning while raising infant twins. Nearly a decade later, his approach to training has shifted from heavy lifting to time-efficient efficiency.

“Sometimes there are days where I don’t have an hour and a half. I don’t have two hours to get in everything, if I want to stretch out, if I want to warm my body up,” Strauss told Muscle & Fitness, noting that forty-five-minute F45 training sessions fit his current schedule.

“At 43, I do need to regularly warm my body up. So, the 45 minutes is clutch, to be able to just come in and leave, and everything be done.”

To support mobility and joint longevity alongside strength, Strauss incorporates FS8 sessions, which blend Pilates and yoga with a focus on core stability and controlled movements. His nutritional strategy relies on consistency rather than restrictive dieting.

“The thing is, I really know my body,” Strauss told Muscle & Fitness. “Mentally, I want to enjoy things sometimes. I’m not always eating a strict, clean diet. I want to have a good time with my wife or my twins. If they want to get ice cream on the weekend, I’m going to get it too, if I want it.”

While his current responsibilities keep him behind a desk as an authority figure on NXT television, Strauss has not ruled out stepping back between the ropes. Several veteran performers remain active on the roster, including Randy Orton and The Miz at age forty-six, CM Punk at forty-eight, and Rey Mysterio at fifty-one, alongside SmackDown General Manager Nick Aldis, who competed in a match at SummerSlam 2026.

“If someone pushed me past the point where I need to step in the ring again, I don’t need a week to get ready,” Strauss told Muscle & Fitness. “I don’t need three months to get ready… I can be ready in an hour.”

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