- [Man] Hey Bob,
we're here to see your gym and fridge.
- Carl, Vivian.
Hey, Men's Health.
That was your welcome.
I know you're coming to see my gym and my fridge,
so come on in.
(hip-hop music)
- [Man] Okay, fridge first.
What staples do you always have in your fridge?
- What I always keep in my fridge,
I drink a lot of kombucha after my yoga class,
so I have to make sure that I have
plenty of different flavors.
I don't like to have just one different one.
With my green juices,
I try to stay away from all those real sugary ones.
I allow myself to have like one, maybe, apple or beet,
but not a bunch of that.
Mostly I'll stick with those green ones
that kind of taste like grass.
I kind of like that.
- [Man] What's your diet mainly consist of?
- You're always gonna find plenty of fresh vegetables
in my refrigerator,
'cause I'm always eating vegetables whenever I can.
- [Man] What would we never see in your fridge?
- I don't keep any kind of dairy
except for some nonfat Greek yogurt,
a good source of protein for me.
And I can have egg whites.
I know a lot of people go with the whole like,
I don't 'cause I wanna add a little bit of fat.
I'd rather have something else other than the yolk.
- [Man] What are your go-to snacks?
- Every time I eat,
I'm thinking like how am I getting a good source of fiber.
I really enjoy eating fruit.
You know, raspberries, blackberries, strawberries,
really good source of fiber.
- [Man] What drinks could you not live without?
- My water bottles are something that's very,
very important to me.
This big one right here,
this is what I carry around when I'm at home.
I try to drink three of these every single day.
I pee a lot.
This is my special water bottle
that you will be seeing in the gym with my dogs on it.
This gets me through my hot yoga class
when I'm in there and I'm just being tortured
for ninety minutes.
When it gets really rough,
I look at my water bottle,
I'm like, ah, there's my dogs, I can do this.
- [Man] Any food you hate?
- I don't like a lot of really processed things.
That's why it's like I try to keep things
that are whole foods.
- [Man] What would we never see in your fridge?
- You're not gonna get those like,
throw in the microwave type foods in my refrigerator
or freezer.
- [Man] What are your go-to snacks?
- I don't have a sweet tooth.
I don't care about that.
Give me a cheese and a cracker
any day of the week.
- [Man] Do you cook? - [Bob] I love to cook.
I'd much rather cook, and I'll tell you why I'd rather cook.
I wanna know what's in my food.
When I get to cook at home,
I know exactly what I'm putting in it.
And I get to control every protein, fat, and carbs
that I eat.
All right, so that's pretty much my refrigerator.
Now, let me tell you how much my diet has changed.
Before, I was very much eating
high protein, high fat.
I worked out really intensely,
and I had this veracious appetite.
Now, since my heart attack,
I really count my macros.
I really look at all my protein, fat, and carbs.
I tend to stay a little low fat.
I stay away from red meat.
- [Man] Do you have any cheat meals ?
- If I'm gonna have a cheat meal,
you know what it's going to be?
I want nachos.
- [Man] What's the most overrated diet?
- I'm really clear about diets,
because I could find a diet that doesn't work for me.
I can't do a keto based diet anymore.
But I know a lot of people that do it.
And what I say about diets is this:
If you find a diet that works for you,
that your doctor approves with,
and that you can sustain,
then I'm all for it. 'Cause I think at the end of the day,
it's about watching what you eat,
how much you eat,
when you eat,
and I think that once you start thinking in those terms,
that's when I see longevity happening with people.
- [Man] What are common dieting mistakes
you see people make?
- It's the people that go I'm gonna go extreme.
It's January,
it's the first of the year,
let's get really crazy,
and cut out everything.
I don't like cutting out
major food groups.
I wanna keep a good balance
of all the macro nutrients.
- [Man] Do you drink alcohol?
- I try to watch my alcohol intake.
I try to watch my alcohol intake.
Sometimes I like to watch it go down my throat.
(laughs)
- [Man] Do you take any supplements?
- I don't take a lot of supplements.
I take,
sometimes I would take fish oil,
but sporadically, you know,
vitamin D,
a multivitamin,
but that's pretty much it.
I know that it's really difficult to get
all your micronutrients from eating.
I get it.
I understand,
I've talked to many nutritionists about this.
I just pretty much stay Au Naturel,
I guess you would say.
- [Man] What's the secret to making
a protein shake taste good?
- I think the secret to making a protein shake taste good
is a good tasting protein powder.
Whatever your liquid source is,
if it's some sort of almond milk,
or oat milk,
or whatever,
try to use a vanilla flavored,
at least for me.
I really like it.
I don't know, it just has a smoother taste for me.
- [Man] If you could choose to have a protein shake
with any famous person, dead or alive,
who would it be?
- If I could have a juice with Howard Stern,
are you kidding me?
That would be the biggest, funnest,
drink ever.
- [Man] What do you eat before you workout?
- I never eat before I workout.
I'd much rather work out on an empty stomach,
especially with doing hot yoga.
Man, you don't want anything in you.
So speaking of working out,
let me go show you the yoga studio
where I sweat my ass off.
So I told you I was gonna bring you to my gym.
Here I am at Bode, right on 23rd and Fifth Avenue.
- [Man] How often do you work out?
- I do these classes pretty much
five, six days a week.
That's a lot.
- [Man] What do you consider to be
an intense workout nowadays?
- I think an intense workout is coming into a room
that is, what, 115 degrees,
with high humidity,
standing on a mat for ninety minutes,
no music.
The direction is specific.
It is a,
it's a mind (bleep).
I like the fact that I come in here,
and I'm doing the same thing over and over again,
and what it brings up emotionally, physically,
every single day.
- [Man] What's your favorite part of your workout?
- My favorite part of the workout is this,
you ready?
Savasana.
I get to lay here.
'Cause I'm dead after one of these classes.
When did you start your fitness journey?
- Oh my god, I started my fitness journey
when I was in school when I was in P.E. class,
right?
I really got obsessed when I started
living in Nashville, TN,
and there was a little studio
in my neighborhood.
I got in there and I just got the bug immediately.
I was just like this is something that I love doing.
And that's when I packed up my car,
drove to Los Angeles, California from Tennessee,
and started a career in the fitness business.
- [Man] How do you keep your mind fit?
- I read a lot.
I'm a veracious reader.
I've gone back for the past year and a half,
and I've been reading the old classics, like,
Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre,
The Fountainhead,
Crime and Punishment.
I've taken my brain into that world,
because I never went to college.
I get a lot of out them now.
- [Man] Advice for someone starting their fitness journey.
- My biggest advice that I could give anyone
starting their fitness journey would be this:
Don't try to change everything all at once.
You cannot be Miss America, Captain America,
Wonder Woman, Superman
in the first week, month or year.
It's like just start off slow, please,
please, please, please,
if it's just eating one good thing at lunch today,
avoiding that one crappy thing
that you know you shouldn't have.
Do that one thing,
and you are on the path.
- [Man] Have you changed your workouts
since your health scare?
- My fitness has changed completely since my heart attack.
I went from going into these crazy, intense,
Crossfit workouts where I was just falling on the ground,
and just completely exhausted,
into a whole different path.
I still feel like I get that same intensity
when I'm here at Bodie,
because I am pushing myself mentally and physically.
I don't know,
I just feel like I have a little bit more control,
for lack of a better word.
- [Man] Now it's time for rapid fire questions.
Workout time, seven A.M. or seven P.M.?
- Seven A.M.
- [Man] Squat or deadlift?
- Squat.
- [Man] Favorite song in your playlist?
- It's so stupid.
Milkshake.
- [Man] Crossfit, yay or nay?
- Crossfit, yay.
Always yay. - [Man] Pull ups or chin ups?
- Pull ups.
Chin ups are easier.
Way easier.
- [Man] Dumbbells or kettle bells?
- Whew.
Dumbbells or kettle bells.
I'm gonna pick kettle bells.
- [Man] Run on the treadmill or great outdoors?
- You're gonna hate this.
Run on a treadmill.
I hate running outside.
You'll never see me running outside.
- [Man] Cardio or weights?
- Cardio.
- [Man] Big legs or big big arms?
- Big legs.
(growls)
- [Man] Biggest compliment,
jacked, ripped, swole, or cut?
- Uh, ripped.
- [Man] If you could work out with anyone in the world,
dead or alive, who would it be?
- Jennifer Lopez.
Have you seen Hustlers?
'Cause she looks good.
All right, you guys,
Men's Health,
you gotta go.
Bye.