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- At this point in my life
I have one goal and one goal only,
to stay healthy.
Hi, I'm Skip Bayless,
I'm here at the Fox Studio Lot in our gym,
and I'm about to take you through a day in my life
of working out.
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I do a daily studio show called "Undisputed"
here at Fox Sports One,
two and a half hours straight unscripted
go for the throat debate,
mostly with my partner across the table,
Hall of Famer, Shannon Sharpe.
I need Shannon across the table every day
for two and a half hours
to know I will not back down
because I'm in a little better shape than even you are.
You blew it again.
Thank you for showing that video.
- Skip. - Next one.
- Skip. - What's the next video?
- Skip. - I don't know.
- Skip, Skip, Skip, Skip-- - Did you say
you had two turns two?
- Why would you argue-- - Show me another one.
- Skip, Skip, Skip,
why would you argue with that? - Show me. I love It.
So I always say that I win every debate the night before
with my preparation,
but the truth is I win every debate
with my workout either the day before
or the morning up.
The physical stamina creates mental stamina.
I started weights in 1982,
the old novels weights,
that was back in my hardcore marathon running days
but I've gone deeper and deeper into resistance training
while keeping my cardio always one hour every day.
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The last day of cardio that I missed
it was May 3, 1998 that's the God's true.
I do my cardio usually very early in the morning
before "Undisputed" which empowers me.
It gets my endorphins flowing.
It gets my adrenaline up.
I wanna go over four miles on Tuesday
and then Thursday, a little harder,
I wanna go over five miles,
so I'm gonna go up around sixish miles per hour.
Saturday, I'm gonna be between six and seven for an hour,
and then Sunday,
my goal is to go over six miles on the treadmill
for my stage in age, that's pretty hot running.
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My weight workout has remained the same for 30 odd years.
I might tweak this or that if I read about something
or friend shows me something,
maybe I might experiment just a little bit,
but in general,
it's the a same old, same old chest presses.
I'll do them from different Heights
on the universal machine.
I'll do 'em here.
I'll do here.
I'll do lower presses.
Today, just standing chest presses.
My shoulders stay sore,
I'll be the first to admit,
but I've had no surgery on my shoulders.
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The overhead pulls for the triceps.
I'll do three sets of those.
I do my weights after the show
and it's a way to release and unwind
and also to prepare for the following day show.
Hammer curls, 20 pounds there,
and maybe do some 25s and maybe some 30s.
A great compliment
to standard bicep curls.
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- We'll do some pull ups,
jump, grab the handles, and pull up this way,
full body weight.
I do 20 sets of 20.
I know some people like to attach weight
to pull up more than your own body weight,
but I'm cool with just my body weight.
I stay right around 165.
To end every weight workout,
I do a a five minute plank,
which I despise,
but I find it's the single best AB workout,
and I find it imperative
that you have something to occupy your brain
which will tell you to stop after 30 seconds.
I often ended up doing these was some game on
either the TV or my phone
and I try to get lost in what's happening in the game,
and if the game goes to commercial, I'm screwed.
Hey Men's Health,
thank you for working out with me today
for putting me through
what might have been the best workout of my life.
I'm pretty wiped out,
but I'll leave you with one thought.
You are what you eat or maybe what you don't eat,
but in the end you are what you do working out.
It's the essence of health going forward.
It's the essence of durability and lasting in life.
So in the end,
just remember that working out to me and for you is life.
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