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Vin Diesel workout information

Pretty tough finding information on Vin Diesel’s workouts. Ive gathered online that he likes free weights, compound movements, yoga, and pilates.

I also found that he has trained in MMA, specifically Kali.

Q: What is your Riddick workout?

VIN: The Riddick workout started before I went up there. I was training with a UFC guy, Ultimate Fighting Championship fighter. I got up there two months early and started training in a fighting style called Kali, which originated in Spain and was then brought to the Philippines by Spanish traders. It’s a fighting style that’s just now beginning to catch wind. It’s a fighting style that calls for ambidextrous, two-handed fighting. And that’s what we studied. I went up two months early to learn this fighting style.

Seems to me that this will help with he chiseled look cause you burn lots of calories training combat sports and Vin Diesel obviously has low bodyfat for that physique. I don’t know what he did to build muscle and proportion his body but I’m still looking.

To me, Vin Diesel’s body is not all that different from Ross Enemait’s body.

This guy is a trainer who also likes free weights and compound movements. I have all three of his books and recommend them.

Continue Reading June 18th, 2009

Which supplement companies do you trust?

This article on how many consumers are misled by supplement companies seems to be indirectly making two suggestions:

1. The author trusts Consumer Lab - they don’t test everything but they test some products and find ones that are dishonest about labeling or whatever.

2. The author trusts Dr. Scott Connely, inventor of MetRX. He has recently launched a new supplement company.

Continue Reading June 13th, 2009

Keep your hands healthy and your grip strong

Nice site here on hand health. You may want something simple like a stronger grip but training grip only leads to imbalanced hands and raises the potential for injury so like it or not, you have to train the hands in all kinds of different ways.

Continue Reading May 27th, 2009

The importance of strong glutes

Interesting article here on the importance of glute strength and there are several tests you can do to find which stretches / exercises you need to balance your glutes / hip flexors / etc.

Continue Reading May 25th, 2009

Training one leg at a time?

Interesting article here that makes a strong case for doing 1 leg squats because these involve more muscles and are more functional than traditional squats.

Also mentions 1 leg straight leg deadlifts and slideboard leg curls (which seem to require some fancy equipment I’ve never seen before).

Continue Reading May 23rd, 2009