(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 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?
BoA Kwon – My friend Peter was telling me the other day that I had to check out this chick because she was like mad cute. She is. And she can dance.
Faces to Watch – Whenever I read these faces to watch things I always get really upset that I’m not on them. I mean, it makes sense, but it still sucks. Nonetheless, there they are and here I am. Every smart person keeps one eye on the competition and if these are the “faces to watch” then that’s what I’m gonna do.
This guy right here kind of bugs me though. In the same way that criticism has been leveled at guys like Stephen Cojocaru for being a sambo perpetuating tired stereotypes of the over the top flamboyant gay man, I feel there way too many artists out there trying to play the whole “I’m a wild and wacky creative genius” bit or some shit like that. That’s one thing I’ve always admired about Matisse. He kept it real.
MOCA Should Show Its Own – This is a very good article about what the struggling MOCA should do to ensure its survival. The author’s basic theory is that the MOCA has an intensely good collection of important artworks in storage and first and foremost it should use that backlog to beef up its permanent collection which, by my estimation from reading the article, sounds somewhat anemic and in need of more “plasma.”
Personally, I agree with sentiment wholeheartedly. The permanent collection is the backbone of any museum and should be made as strong as possible, but that’s kind of a no brainer and really goes without saying. The real quandary is where to take it from there. In my opinion what they need to do is pull a Peggy Guggenheim and break a superstar. They need to find the next big thing, blow him up and ride his coattails into the history books.
What they really need is Terry Kim.
Baroque from Bologna – If you are into Baroque art this should be right up your alley at the Getty.
Tes One Relaunches Site - This guy has a really cool website. I feel so inferior and janky.
Art Space Talk: Blaine Fontana – Reason number 6980 why people don’t care about art: artists are the most boring as shit people on the planet. They are a lot like athletes in that their interviews are usually just a long list of cliché’s and platitudes, but unlike athletes they don’t have the excuse of having to please sponsors and whatnot. Take this dude for example. I got to say, for a guy that’s supposed to be all from the streets, you are boring.
This is so overlooked it borders on criminal. Watch it now, thank me later.
Back when I first made my site I had this clip up because I thought it was a hype way to enter my site. I’ll have some real posts up soon, but until then enjoy the hypeness.
Here’s an additional clip of Mamba. I feel you Kobe. I too want to touch the sky.
