14 DAY TRIAL // Jason Statham, the British actor and former swimmer that fans know and love from hit movies like “Transporter” and “Crank,” has always been in the most enviable shape, a very obvious thing from the many shirtless fight scenes included in them. It’s clear that he works out a lot to look this good, although he rarely talks about the type of workout or dietary regime that he favors. Luckily, Men’s Health magazine knows precisely what all men looking for a body just as lean as his should do to get it.
Word in fitness magazines for men has it that one of Statham’s biggest secrets to the lean body he has is that he never does the same routine for too long. Since the body can get accustomed to a certain type of exercise, the actor makes sure his personal trainer provides him with a different workout at regular intervals so that he works all muscle groups. However, the constant to that is, according to Men’s Health, that all these routines are three-phased, including a ten-minute warmup, ten minutes of moderate-intensity exercises and interval training.
For the warmup, the actor uses the Concept2 Rowing Machine, whose pluses include being low-impact and engaging the primary muscle groups. The second stage, of moderate intensity, is especially designed for Statham to prepare his body for the third one, of interval training. It includes either of the following: “(1) Heavy lifting using compound movements like the front squat, deadlift, or power clean. Never more than five reps at a time. (2) Short circuits of various exercises with light weights. (3)Various carrying exercises with kettlebells or sandbags. (4) A progression of about 15 kettlebell exercises. (5) Various throws with medicine balls.” Men’s Health says.
The third stage is also the most challenging, as the actor himself says. The secret to last through a circuit and build a lean body is, again, diversity: of a series of exercises, Statham picks just six that he makes into a circuit. He repeats said circuit five times during a workout session, taking as much time as he needs between reps and never pushing his body more than it can take, which is also the advice Men’s Health offers to all gents looking to try this routine.
“This is the brutal final stage that ‘blows every gasket,’ says Statham. ‘You’re crying for air. It redlines the heart into oblivion.’ Again, variety is key – either different exercises, or one exercise done according to an interval structure. Here is a list of some of Statham’s exercises. Pick six to make a circuit.” Men’s Health writes, offering a long list of exercises, which you can see in full here.