Nick Knowles puffs on a fag as he takes a break from gruelling Strictly training after shedding two stone

DIY SOS presenter Nick Knowles looks out of puff from gruelling Strictly training.

The 61-year-old, who has already lost two stone, had a ciggy and a coffee as he rehearsed for the show in Berks.

He said this week: “I did a day’s training yesterday, and I literally crawled out to the car and sat with my feet in a bath of cold water for an hour when I got home.

“But the positive out of this is that I’m getting fitter.

“There are some net shirts and wardrobe said, ‘what do you think?’ I said, at the moment if you put me in a net shirt, I’ll look like the last catch coming out of a Grimsby trawler.

“So give me another couple of weeks to lose some weight.”

Nick earlier revealed he is too exhausted from training to consider the Strictly Come Dancing curse.

The TV presenter is to wed for the third time after getting engaged to Katie Dadzie, 34, last year.

But he said: “I barely have the energy to walk out to the car afterwards. The Strictly curse isn’t an issue.

“I did a day’s training yesterday, and I literally crawled out to the car and sat with my feet in a bath of cold water for an hour when I got home.”

Nick, who took part on ITV’s I’m A Celebrity in 2018, has shed nearly 2st.

He added: “I changed my diet. That helped a lot.”