Just getting in the pool for seven straight hours is unbearable to me. . . . It's grueling. There's nothing physically pleasurable about it. If you're doing a hard workout, you're throwing up in the gutter. At night you cling to your pillow and just hope that your body revives before you have to go back and do it again.
My problem with most athletic challenges is training. I'm lazy and find that workouts cut into my drinking time.
Hiking is the best workout!. . . You can hike for three hours and not even realize you're working out. And, hiking alone lets me have some time to myself.
How can they beat me? I've been struck by lightning, had two back operations, and been divorced twice.
Good things come to those who hustle
Good things come to those who initiate.
The internal processes of muscle growth are seriously complicated, people devote their lives to it, but the external processes that kick it off, the things in your control can be distilled down to a few principles: Get stronger in the right rep ranges, eat appropriately, commit to the program and consistently work hard at it.
For my workout, I'm up at 4 A. M. I say my prayers, count my blessings, and I work out right away. I just get it done.
Truthfully, this is how I approach my workout: I want to be the best athlete I can possibly be. If I can out-perform some of the better athletes then I'm happy. When I look at the NFL or the NBA, these guys look how I want to look - it's useable, functional muscle.
With both kids, I started working out again at 16 days postpartum, but I treated myself with kindness, doing mild workouts, because my fitness level was lower.
I have done research about people who think they're doing movements and people - like Madonna and professional dancers - who are actually 'performing' movements. The people who can connect and perform during their workout get results way above and beyond the people who are just going through the motions.
Be sure to use different exercises with every workout. Always confuse the muscles in to new growth.
I wanted to become one of the best guards in the NBA. In order to accomplish that, I had to increase the intensity of my workouts.
Working out and working as an actor have gone hand in hand—I always feel more prepared if I know I have done a workout. It gives me confidence—and peace of mind.
In the United States, workouts tend to focus on body image and how you look. For me, it's really all about the brain.
What good is it to look like Tarzan and play like Jane?
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Here's what I tell anybody and this is what I believe. The greatest gift we have is the gift of life. We understand that. That comes from our Creator. We're given a body. Now you may not like it, but you can maximize that body the best it can be maximized.
All you need to do is workout, and eat right, shut up and listen to me.
My 'go to' workout is called the Asylum from Beach Body. It's intense training with lots of intervals, core work. It's hard! I travel a lot, so I can take it on the road with me and do it in a hotel room.