nicatime
04-02-06, 11:18 PM
Can someone break this down for me? I was checking will smith's diet.
THE PROJECT
After losing muscle mass while promoting Bad Boys II and producing his UPN sitcom, All of Us, Will Smith had to regain his fitness and take it to a new level to defend mankind in I, Robot, according to Smith's trainer, Darrell Foster. Foster was a boxing and fitness coach for welterweight champion Sugar Ray Leonard for 18 years before training Smith for Ali.
THE PROBLEM
Smith's body-fat percentage was up 2 points, and his maximum bench press had dropped by 35 pounds.
SMITH'S PROGRAM
Each of his 5-day-a-week lifting sessions focused on one or two body parts. He ran at least 5 miles 6 days a week, and he boxed twice a week. "There is no better fitness regimen than the one a professional fighter uses," Foster says.
SMITH'S PROGRESS
In 3 months, Smith's bench press increased by 75 pounds, to 385--35 pounds more than he benched during Ali. A high-protein, high-carbohydrate diet maximized muscle repair. With his metabolic rate cranked up from the extra muscle, he slowly reduced his food intake to burn fat, cutting--but not eliminating--carbs. You need carbs to keep your brain sharp and fuel your workouts, says Foster. After 6 months, Smith's body fat had shrunk to 7.5 percent, down from 12 percent. And all those zero-body-fat robots never had a chance.
YOUR PLAN
To boost the amount you can bench-press, follow Smith's pyramid routine. He did either flat or incline bench presses once a week. Warm up with three sets of 10 repetitions, increasing the weight with each set, but staying below 70 percent of your one-rep max. (Smith did 135, 185, and 225.) Then do up to six sets of one repetition, starting with a weight that's at least 80 percent of your one-rep max. Progress by small--5 percent or less--increments. (Smith did 315, 335, 355, 365, 375, and 385.) Then reverse this path until you're back to the weight you used for your first one-rep set. To thoroughly exhaust the pectorals, Smith would finish by bench-pressing 315 pounds for two sets of five reps, then finally lifting 135 until failure.
What a normal weekly diet like this look like?
THE PROJECT
After losing muscle mass while promoting Bad Boys II and producing his UPN sitcom, All of Us, Will Smith had to regain his fitness and take it to a new level to defend mankind in I, Robot, according to Smith's trainer, Darrell Foster. Foster was a boxing and fitness coach for welterweight champion Sugar Ray Leonard for 18 years before training Smith for Ali.
THE PROBLEM
Smith's body-fat percentage was up 2 points, and his maximum bench press had dropped by 35 pounds.
SMITH'S PROGRAM
Each of his 5-day-a-week lifting sessions focused on one or two body parts. He ran at least 5 miles 6 days a week, and he boxed twice a week. "There is no better fitness regimen than the one a professional fighter uses," Foster says.
SMITH'S PROGRESS
In 3 months, Smith's bench press increased by 75 pounds, to 385--35 pounds more than he benched during Ali. A high-protein, high-carbohydrate diet maximized muscle repair. With his metabolic rate cranked up from the extra muscle, he slowly reduced his food intake to burn fat, cutting--but not eliminating--carbs. You need carbs to keep your brain sharp and fuel your workouts, says Foster. After 6 months, Smith's body fat had shrunk to 7.5 percent, down from 12 percent. And all those zero-body-fat robots never had a chance.
YOUR PLAN
To boost the amount you can bench-press, follow Smith's pyramid routine. He did either flat or incline bench presses once a week. Warm up with three sets of 10 repetitions, increasing the weight with each set, but staying below 70 percent of your one-rep max. (Smith did 135, 185, and 225.) Then do up to six sets of one repetition, starting with a weight that's at least 80 percent of your one-rep max. Progress by small--5 percent or less--increments. (Smith did 315, 335, 355, 365, 375, and 385.) Then reverse this path until you're back to the weight you used for your first one-rep set. To thoroughly exhaust the pectorals, Smith would finish by bench-pressing 315 pounds for two sets of five reps, then finally lifting 135 until failure.
What a normal weekly diet like this look like?