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"&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img alt=\"0728_jake_the_snake_before_afer\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2013/07/28/0728-jake-the-snake-before-afer-1.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jake the Snake&lt;/strong&gt; has downward-dogged his way to a better life ... the wrestling legend sweated off nearly 70lbs doing an intense yoga program ... and now he's hoping to get back in the ring. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The program Jake's been on was created by fellow wrestler &lt;strong&gt;Diamond Dallas Page&lt;/strong&gt; -- called &lt;a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.ddpyoga.com/site/index.php/en/\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;DDP Yoga&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; -- and we're told Jake's been doing it for about 9 months now. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Diamond Dallas tells us ... a year ago when he met Jake he was \"over 300lbs, on the booze, pain pills and crack.\" FYI -- it's well known that Jake suffered from substance abuse for years. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;DDP tells us, he started Jake on the program, doing 1 or 2 sessions a day and eating clean. He says Jake not only shed the weight ... but it helped keep him clean and sober for months. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;DDP says Jake now has a new goal (&lt;a href=\"http://www.tmz.com/2013/05/17/wrestling-wwf-jake-the-snake-actor-acting/\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;other than acting&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;) -- doing one more Royal Rumble.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jake tells TMZ ... he's making that goal a reality, explaining, \"I will never give up ... I want a life again and I am pursuing that. The Rumble will define it.\" &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now check out Jake transforming ... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;iframe width=\"550\" height=\"309\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/g97pMR6JeRg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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