Since DJ\u2019s been training for so many years, did he have to unlearn or adjust any of his typical training habits to prepare for this role?<\/p>\n
Not particularly. Constantly with training, you have to evolve what you\u2019re doing so you\u2019re not doing the same thing you were doing, say, five years ago. A lot of my focus with training is longevity, so creating exercises or programs that are really efficient, maybe three or four sets per exercise and ensuring those working sets are at or close to failure but in a manner in which we\u2019re lifting smart and intentionally but not with crazy weight where you could potentially get injured. For me, injury prevention is huge. If DJ gets injured, then he can\u2019t do what he needs to do, and it throws everything off. I can\u2019t say there\u2019s anything we particularly avoided from the past, but like I said, it was just a continued evolution of training throughout the process.<\/p>\n
Does DJ have any exercises he particularly hates or really likes to do?<\/p>\n
I don\u2019t know any exercises he\u2019s actually told me that he hates doing. I will say he loves training legs. He\u2019s a big fan of leg day. He also loves back training. It\u2019s funny nowadays with social media because people will see DJ doing something where they don\u2019t understand the technique he\u2019s using. They\u2019re just looking at the weight he\u2019s pulling. For example, he\u2019s doing a dumbbell row on an incline bench, pausing at the top with 80 pounds in each arm, then controlling the negative for three or four seconds. I don\u2019t think people understand the intensity behind doing an exercise in that manner. So I would say for DJ, he just loves all the training and training intensity. The weight room is definitely his happy place where he can centre himself.<\/p>\n
Is there anything you’re doing to help DJ maintain sustainable, long-term performance, or is it all just him pushing through?<\/p>\n
I really try to structure the training program in a manner that\u2019s sustainable long-term for him. So we have our phases where we\u2019re going to go more intense and then understanding phases where we need to pull back on volume and intensity so that he can continue on. But he’s very diligent about it. He understands it. He knows that he’s at certain phases where he’s got to push. Even right now, when they\u2019re doing the crazy press tour for this film. He\u2019s got these moments of crazy travel and then he\u2019ll have a little lull and then I believe he goes into filming the next Jumanji. So he\u2019s able to balance it all pretty well. I will say I\u2019m always impressed.<\/p>\n
Are you helping him train for Jumanji?<\/p>\n
Everyone\u2019s been seeing him, and he\u2019s obviously downsized a bit. He took that on himself. He\u2019s got another role coming up with Benny so he\u2019s shifting more into dramatic acting, where he doesn\u2019t need to maintain as much size. He took that on his own. He told me he wanted to learn his body and understand how it responds to different diets and things. But we just recently connected to get the idea of what Jumanji is going to look like. But for the most part he\u2019s in a good spot. He feels good with this physique.<\/p>\n
What’s one thing about Dwayne’s discipline and worth ethic that you think people still underestimate these days?<\/p>\n
I would say it\u2019s consistency. I think consistency is very underrated, especially as we\u2019re talking about fitness goals. With Dwayne, regardless of what his travel schedule is like, what he\u2019s doing, how busy he is \u2013 he\u2019s always going to train. He\u2019s always going to get his workouts in. I think the results speak for itself when you\u2019re that consistent but I don\u2019t think people understand the level of discipline that takes to maintain that consistency long term. I just know when I structure a training program, he\u2019s going to execute. I don’t have any doubts in his mind that he’s not going to work out, he’s not going to miss the workouts. So that said, I\u2019m always really impressed with just how consistent and committed he is and disciplined in that regard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Since DJ\u2019s been training for so many years, did he have to unlearn or adjust any of his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":76266,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[59508,565,134,111,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-76265","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fitness","8":"tag-celebrity-workouts","9":"tag-fitness","10":"tag-health","11":"tag-new-zealand","12":"tag-newzealand","13":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76265"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76265\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}