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Under The Hood at 56: Vin Diesel’s High Performance Workout

Mark Sinclair Vincent, better known as Vin Diesel, has become one of the “go-to” action movie heroes in Hollywood. His well-built body weighing about 215 lbs and 6 feet tall frame made him an American icon to look up to. His 30+ year career is attributed not only to his deep voice and “go get ’em” attitude but also to his cut body he gets chiseled up every time a new film comes along.

Vin got his start in acting when he was seven years old after he and his friends broke into the Theater for New York City with plans to vandalize it. A woman who worked there caught them, gave them a script and $20, and agreed to let them go if they showed up for rehearsals every day after school.

(Tyrese, Vin, Ludacris - photo courtesy of instagram)
(Tyrese, Vin, Ludacris – photo courtesy of instagram)

From there, the Fast & The Furious star kept pushing, just like he pushes his body. In fact, now at 56-years-old, Vin is in one of the best shapes of his life. Vin shared his diet and workout plan to clarify on how he manages to transform with every role.

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Vin Diesel’s Workout Routine

Vin Diesel’s weekly workout plan has activities scheduled for three days (Monday, Wednesday and Friday). All these begin with warm up exercises in the form of light jogs of 5-minute duration. Essentially, this gets the blood flowing.

On Mondays, he concentrates on shoulders and chest by doing 10-15 reps and 2-5 sets of shoulder presses, pushups, bench presses and flies that are inclined using dumbbells and barbells. These are equally distributed rows and raises.

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On Wednesdays, the target is on the back. Several pull-ups, bent overs, dead lifts and cable rows when the grip is wide are done. Usually, these are five sets.

On Fridays, he focuses on the legs and arms. In this case,…


… incline curls, standing curls, push ups (close grip) and rope extensions on triceps, leg presses, calf raises and lunges are done. These often range from about 15 reps and less than five sets in each case. Essentially, these are the secrets behind Vin Diesel’s huge muscles. The workout plan also includes alternating day offs. Concisely this program is about bodybuilding. To acquire muscle mass, he does free hand and cardio exercises . These include swimming, biking and working to enhance endurance.

Vin Diesel’s Diet

To promote his exemplary bodybuilding and toned physique, Diesel has a comprehensive diet plan. He takes in massive calories. Often, these should be in a range of 300-500 calories every day. This does not mean eating a lot of fat, but a mass of carbohydrates. Exclusive consumption of carbohydrates will induce nutritional disorders. As such, the calorie intake should be accompanied with a gram of protein intake, multivitamins and omega-3 containing foods, but only in small amounts. Organic protein sources include soy-fortified foods and egg white. To reduce the fat intake considering that most carbohydrates have fat, fiber, vegetables and fruits should be present in the meals. As Diesel asserts in his diet plan, fat gain is countered with muscle gain practices.

 

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