Michael B. Jordan Quotes

I had been in the gym training for many, many years, but I definitely stepped it up when it was time to get into shape to play 'Lights'. I began trying to live the life of a boxer, and that means everything that you would expect.

I train for at least two hours, three times a day - weights, bench-press, push-ups, running, sparring, boxing sessions - so I must be burning off a lot of calories. But I don't weigh myself too often - just once every day.

When I'm training for a fight, I work out two or three times a day for five days a week.

I worked with the same trainer that worked with Denzel Washington in THe Hurricane. It was three months of training, five days a week, 4 to 5 hours a day. This was followed by a month of choreography.

We'd always said boxers shouldn't lift weights. Now I realize some champion boxer started that rumor. I noticed if I did weights a couple of times a week, I would be able to hit that jab a lot longer. After sparring, everybody's gone, and I sneak into the weight room. Spend 40 minutes in there lifting weights.

A boxer must exercise and develop every part of his body.

I train six days a week for four to five hours a day. I like to keep the same schedule when I'm in camp for every fight.

I work out two, two and a half hours a day. For 'Immortals,' it was body-weight stuff: crunches, pullups, and martial arts-based cardio.

I can take just about anyone and make them physically strong.

I've never done this level of physical preparation for something. Particularly for 'Rogue One' where I was training every day and doing kung fu rehearsals on a daily basis. But that's part of the reason I wanted to do it, because it was very different from what I've done before.

Every day, I get up to hit the gym; the schedule is such that it gives me the requisite energy to last the entire day. I stress on cardiovascular exercises, and the workout is programmed with my sporting schedule. Most of the fitness schedule is based on what I require for my upcoming matches.

Diet hard, train hard.

In the beginning of my all my camps, I do just boxing.

I don't have any plans to ever diet again, but exercising does help with life. Endorphins are real, and it's annoying because I don't like to exercise. I hate running, but I started weightlifting, like, 150 pounds, and it's fun, and it makes me feel accomplished.

I've considered going to lightweight. As soon as my trainer decides that I can go up, then I will.

A lot of fighters have repetitive workouts.

I stretch for a full hour before a fight because I know I'm going to take a lot of punishment in the ring. That's my secret.

When you drop weight, the closer you come to the fight, the more your muscles tighten up.

If I'm straight outta shape for a fight, I might need 12 weeks or more to get in shape.

I wasn't instructed to do any special training for 'Hawkgirl,' but I had started boxing a few weeks prior and stuck with that for several months leading up to the start of production.

During the season, I usually work out two or three times a week. I'll do a full-body workout after games. I plan it out the day of.

I have been going to the gym instead of the bar, trying to get back down to my fighting weight.

The fight training was very extensive, a lot of stretching, a lot of coordination of balance exercises.

Whenever you're looking at new ways to get in shape, first you have to decide what you want. Do you want a more muscular look, or do you want to slim down and appear more toned and ripped? I adapt my training and diet with each role I do, depending on the image I want to convey.

I can bulk up very fast. I can lift heavy weights because, like most people, I started off with heavy workouts. That's stayed in my muscle memory. I feel horrible when I feel my jeans are getting tight. Workouts peace me out.