Happy Birthday Batista: These photos of ex-WWE star Dave Bautista will give you #Fitspiration

Batista turns 48 today.

We cannot think about our childhood and not think of the high-energy WWE matches. And the discussions about WWE are incomplete without the mention of Dave Bautista, popularly known as Batista. David Michael “Dave” Bautista Jr. or Batista is a six-time world champion and won WWE’s World Heavyweight Championship four times. The ex-WWE star is now an actor and it his birthday today. Batista turned 48 today, January 18. He started his career as a mixed martial artist and professional wrestler. He won the WWE Championship twice, the World Tag Team Championship three times with John Cena and Ric Flair. He continued to rule as the World Heavyweight Champion for the longest time. Batista was also the winner of the Royal Rumble match in 2005 and the WWE Tag Team Championship once. Batista again won the Royal Rumble match in 2014 but is now a well-known actor. ( ALSO READ These 10 hottest yoginis of Instagram are giving us some serious fitspiration!)

He started his acting career with movies like The Scorpion King 3:  Battle for Redemption, The Man with the Iron Fists and Riddick. However, he became popular as an actor with the movie Guardians of the Galaxy where he played the role of Drax the Destroyer. Even as an actor Batista maintains his huge physique. The former wrestler is as fit as he was when he was in the WWE ring. Here are some photos of Batista to inspire you to hit the gym.

He was also on September 2008 Muscle & Fitness cover.(ALSO SEE 10 hot photos of Indian yogini Natasha Noel will inspire you to star doing yoga)

He follows high-intensity workout regime to maintain his muscular and strong body.

He was called The Animal for his wrestling skills.(ALSO READ Salman Khan, Aamir Khan & Parineeti Chopra: 9 most extreme celebrity body transformations of 2016)

Batista follows a high protein and low-fat diet. (ALSO SEE Hottest workout trends in 2016: How many of these have you tried?)

Drax the Destroyer of Guardians of the Galaxy is giving us some major fitness goals.