(Who Are These People?)
I was having a coffee with my buddy Ali the other day, and he said something to the effect of, “What do you think about what’s going on with Jon and Kate?” to which I replied, “Who is Jon and Kate?” And I mean that. Like, who are they? Who is Jon and Kate? There are waaaaaay too many famous people.
(Will Smith Saving the World from the Sacramento Kings.)
Last week I said I wanted a body like Tyler Durden. And I do. But I have ambitions beyond just beating up people in a basement. It has always been my dream to save the world. Not just save the world, but save the world from aliens. Not just once either, but like every summer. I also want to hook up with Eva Mendes and help Matt Damon play golf. Looks like it’s time to do Will Smith’s routine:
Will Smith’s Workout
To get ready for these roles you will probably find Smith running at least 5 miles a day six days a week. He also boxes twice a week. Foster commented… “There is no better fitness regimen that the one a professional fighter uses.”
Will Smith’s Diet
His diet is a high protein, high carbohydrate diet to maximize muscle repair. As Will Smith’s metabolic rate cranked up from the extra muscle he was carrying, Foster slowly reduced the amount of food Smith was eating to encourage his body to burn more fat. (This was in the cutting phase.) He did not cut his carbs severely because as an actor you need to have a certain amount of glucose in order to remember your lines!
How Will Smith Increased His Bench Pressing
Smith used a pyramid routine for his bench press workouts. He would perform either an incline or a flat bench press.
Here is how to use a pyramid routine:
1. Warm up with Three Sets of 10 Repetitions
Increase the weight with each set but remember to stay below 70% of your one repetition maximum. Will Smith for example bench pressed… 135, 185 and 225 for his warm-ups.
2. Take a weight that is at least 80% of your one rep Max and do up to six sets of just one repetition.
Increase the amount of weight for each set by small percentage, 5% or less. Here is how Will Smith did it… 315, 335, 355, 365, 375, and 385. Then go back and reverse it… back to the weight you used for your first one rep set.
3. Finally, to finish off his chest Smith would bench press 315 pounds for two sets of five reps, then he would grab 135 pounds and bench until failure!
That is the “Secret” of Will Smith’s Workout and bench press rountine
This routine looks really cool because it’s so scientific. As everybody knows, before I became a superstar artist I was a scientist (Coldplay even wrote a song about me) so this is right up my alley. Since only the chest excercises are specified I have to make up the rest of the routine, so here’s what I’m gonna do to fill in the blanks:
Day 1&4: Will Smith Chest Routine; Suicide Push-ups 3×8; Pulldowns 2×6, 2×15; Tricep dips 3×25
Day 2&5: Pull Ups 3×15; Lat Pull Downs 2×6, 2×15; Seated Rows 3×20; Good Mornings 3×15; Arm Curls 3×15; Hammer Curls 3×15
Day 3&6: Jump Squats 3×15; Squats 2×6, 2×15; Leg Press 2×6, 2×15; Calf Press 3×20; Arnold Press 3×15; Soulder Fly 3×15, Lateral Raise 3×15, Shoulder Raise 3×1530 min Ab work Day 1-6, Run 30 minutes Day 1-6
Posted on: 12th of May 2009 in Workout Project | | Comments (0)
I’m gonna be real with you, I didn’t really watch much of this game. I was up until six in the morning making waffles (I swear that sounds more weird than it actually was) and woke up during the middle of the second quarter. I watched until around the middle of third quarter when I became completely convinced that the Lakers were not making a comeback. Sadly I was right.
I’ve watched nearly every Laker game over the last three seasons so I know this current squad pretty well and if there is one thing that just blows their minds more than anything else it is undersized centers. I don’t know if it’s a failing on Phil jackson and the coaching staff, Andrew Bynum, Lamar Odom and Pau Gasol, or just the team as a whole, but they just cannot take advantage of size advantages down low. The fact that the Rockets sans Yao Ming was able to be beat the Lakers may have come as a surprise to some, but I expected the Rockets to play better without him. However, I didn’t expect the Lakers to just roll over and die.
No, actually I kind of half expected it. Sigh. These Lakers…….
Fortunately though, the odds of the Lakers rolling over two games in a row is actually pretty rare and the odds of Shane Battier and Aaron Brooks being hotter than July for two games straight is even rarer so I don’t expect a repeat performance for game 4.
The Dominique Wilkins Highlight of the Game: About halfway through the third quarter I turned the TV off and went to Coffee Bean for a latte. That was the highlight of the game for me.
I used to do postgame reports for the very wonderful Lakers’ website The Lakers Nation, but this season I wasn’t asked back to do them which made me very sad (either that or I was supposed to volunteer to do them again and I didn’t. Either way, I’m sure it’s my fault.) I really enjoyed doing them. So today I was like, I’m gonna do post games again.
Unfortunately for me though, I’m retarded and decided to do my hour of running at 6:00 at night, completely forgetting that this game is in Houston. Long story short I missed the first quarter and a half. Epic Fail.
After watching game 2, I basically knew the series was over. A lot of pundits were talking about how it’s going to be a long tough series and a real test for the Lakers and yada, yada, yada…… but what they failed to realize is that the Lakers are just plain beter than the Rockets. Like by a lot. And on top of that, they match up extremely well with them, turning that difference in quality into a yawning chasm. Sure Pau Gasol is really just a giant marshmellow in a man suit, but if there’s one thing Pau can do on defense is stand in front of a giant chinese guy. For all his height and gifts as a basketball player, for some reason if you put a really big marshmellow in front of Yao Ming you stop him cold. Think I’m crazy? Just look at the numbers. Watch the game. Yao + Marshmellow = DEATH! Basic algebra.
And on the much debated subject of toughness, after watching that game I’ve come to the conclusion that the Rockets’ much vaunted toughness is highly overrated. Do they play hard? Absolutely. Do they play physical? Again yes. But tough? I’ve always felt that toughness had less to do with the physical and more with the mental and watching the Rockets bitch and complain over the Lakers’ aggressiveness really exposed them as being very, very not tough. For a comparison, look back at Kobe and the Lakers’ reaction to Raja Bell’s clothesline a few years back. Or to make a more contemporary point, The Celtics’ reaction to Eddie House getting slapped. Pushing someone or hitting someone doesn’t define you as being tough. It’s about what you do AFTER you get pushed or hit that shows how tough you are.
Anways, since this is a postgame for game 3 I should probably, like talk about the game. The Rockets more or less played their game pretty well. I was surprised with Von Wafer’s inneffectiveness though since he has kind of been a Laker killer this season, but ultimately he sucks and has a pretty ridiculous haircut so I probably shouldn’t be too surprised. The Lakers played some crazy intense defense at times, but their old ghost of thinking the game was over before it was actually over did creep up at the end. A lot of people hold a lot concern about that, and to a certain extent that worries me too, but instead of letting that fester in my mind and give me ulcers I’ve just come to accept that as being apart of this team’s identity. Every team has its faults.
The Bill Russell MVP of the Game Award: Kobe He shot 11-28 and took a lot of really bad contested jumpers while wearing a Shane Battier suit. And missed most of them. For any other player he had pretty bad game, but that’s what makes Kobe the greatest player on the planet. Most players have to play well to take over a game and lead his team to victory, but Kobe can play pretty inneffectively and still dominate, and don’t let that 11-28 performance fool you. He DID dominate this game. Kobe Bryant is so bad, but still sooooo good.
The Jerry West MVP of the Losing Team Award: Shane Battier I like to call Shane Battier “The Fabulous Battier” and tonight he earned that nickname. On top of playing some fabulously ferocious defense on Kobe, he also snared eight ravishing rebounds, 7 sexy assists and one scintilating steal.
The Dominique Wilkins Highlight of the Game: Kobe’s 33 Foot Buzzer Beating Three Pointer of Artest I’m not putting this on here because it had some great impact on the game or anything like that (even though it did.) No I’m putting in on here because that had to be just about the flattest shot I had ever seen in my life. Earlier this season Kobe went on record saying that he unashamably steals other players’ moves. Who knew he would steal Brian Cook’s jump shot?
I loved Manny. I believed in Manny. I used to say that amidst all this pharmacuetically enhanced baseball that has been going on in the last decade or so, that Manny, for all his Manny being Manny, was the one guy you could trust that was all legit.
Why did I trust Manny? Sure he was kind of crazy, but he had this real savant quality to him. Like, A-Rod is all calculation. So was Bonds. But Manny, he seemed like such a natural. That, and he was never really in all that great of shape. I felt that maybe you couldn’t trust the buff guys, but at least the flabby guys you could.
That’s all out the window now. If even the flabby guys are juicing, then you really trust anybody. Sure technically Manny didn’t do steroids of HGH, but I did a little research on what he did take and apparently the medication he did take, which is used to increase testosterone prodcution in men with abnormally low testosterone levels, is really only taken by men who either have erectile dysfuction or have abused steroids in the past and have destroyed their testoterone. Never have I wished and prayed so hard for a man to have ED, but, like the pre Manny Dodgers winning a pennant, I definately feel like I’m hoping against hope.
You broke my heart Manny, and unlike Celine Dion, I don’t think my heart will go on.
Shane Battier looking all Mick Foley courtesy of this guy:
Second day of the Fight Club Workout. I have to say Brad Pitt is a pretty strong dude. Check out the comparisons (Terry Kim’s numbers are in bold italics):
Monday – Chest
3 – push ups 75, 75, 75 (30, 30, 30)
3 – bench press 165,195,225 (115, 115, 115)
3 – nautilus press 80, 100, 130 (50, 50, 40)
3 – incline press 80, 100, 130 (95, 95, 85)
3 – pec deck machine 60, 70, 80 (90, 90, 70)
Tuesday – Back
3 – pull ups 25, 25, 25 (15, 15, 15)
3 – seated rows 75,80,85 (85, 85, 70)
3 – lat pull downs 135,150,165 (110, 110, 110)
3 – t bar rows 80,95,110 (N/A. I did good mornings instead)
I match up okay on a couple workouts, but in general The Actor Formerly known as Tyler Duden lays down a pretty deadly ego-ectomy on me. Even taking into account that he is 6.6% taller, 9.1% heavier and 100% Brad Pitt-ier, that’s still pretty pathetic. EPIC STRENGTH FAIL!
Today I woke up really missing my ex. That made me feel really sad all day. Then I watched today’s Laker game against the Rockets. They lost. That made me feel even sadder. Epic Sad Face for today.
On the Bright side though, The Dodgers won and Manny popped a dinger. And The Fabulous Battier looked really cool covered in blood.
But still, Epic Sad Face for today.
What do I want my body to look like? Probably something like Brad Pitt in Fight Club so I guess this routine would be a pretty good place to start then. This was Brad Pitt’s workout leading up to Fight Club (courtesy of www.bradpittworkout.com. Yeah, I thought it was pretty weird that there is a website dedicated to Brad Pitt’s workouts too.) :
Here are the exercises that made up his workout. He performed 3 sets, taking approximately 60 seconds to rest between each set. Also, he used a weight that is challenging enough that to complete 15 reps (with the exception of pushups and pullups), but be fatigued on the last rep. Remember, proper form is a must!
Monday – Chest
3 – 75 push ups
3 – bench press 165,195,225
(25, 15, 8 reps)
3 – nautilus press 80,100,130
3 – incline press 80,100,130
3 – pec deck machine 60,70,80Tuesday – Back
3 – 25 pull ups
3 – seated rows 75,80,85
3 – lat pull downs 135,150,165
3 – t bar rows 80,95,110Wednesday – Shoulders
3 – arnold press 55,55,55
3 – laterals 30,30,30
3 – front raises 25,25,25Thursday – Biceps & Triceps
3 – preacher curl machine 60,80,95
3 – ez curls cable 50,65,80
3 – hammer curls 30,45,55
3 – push downs 70,85,100Friday
Treadmill 60 minutes 80-90% MHRSaturday
Treadmill 60 minutes 80-90% MHRSunday
Rest Day
I was pretty dissapointed looking at this routine since it is more or less a pretty basic weightlifting routine. Not that I don’t think it would be affective or anything, but I was kind of hoping for something like super hardcore. I’ll be reporting back on this throughout the week.
About a few months ago I decided it was time to start seriously getting into shape. Why? For a lot of reasons, but mostly because I’m vain. My focus in this endeavor has wavered from time to time, but recently I’ve actually started noticing some fairly impressive gains which has energized me to really kick it into high gear. Being a big fan of famous workout routines, I’ve decided that every week I will find and research a new routine and do it for that week. And then report on it here.
