- I'm 45 years of age right now.
At 45, I feel better than I did when I was 25,
or maybe better than I was when I was 20.
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- What's up everybody?
My name is Jim Jones, most people know me for Diplomats.
I've put on a tremendous amount of muscle.
I was 167. Now, I'm probably about 195.
I'm wishing to put on another five to seven pounds
to take me back up to the 200-pound threshold.
I've actually been working out since I was a teenager.
I was playing a lot of sports when I was younger.
But really when I got with Chrissy,
she was like, "Baby Boy, you gonna have
to put some weight on. This is not gonna work."
But she was actually the first person
to actually take me to a gym,
and teach me some work out regimens.
When it comes to a regular fitness day,
we choose to do calisthenics.
We like to call it, "Around the World."
Pull-ups, dips and push-ups.
So that's what we're showing you today.
Alright, let's go. Let's get into this VampFitt workout.
We start it with a pull-up superset.
That it's a weighted pull-up
25-pound dumbbell bar in between my legs
which adds to extra 20 on me. 10 pull-ups.
Drop the dumbbell, 10 leg raises
which adds the core to that exercise.
Yeah. I love pull-ups.
Pull-ups gives you that ultimate pump.
It is a pull exercise.
It hits the arms, but it definitely hits the back
and you could do variations of it
for it to hit other parts of the body also.
Next, we did a push-up superset.
Do push-ups off the dumbbells, set of 20.
Directly from after the push-ups,
go into a squat-to-curl squat.
On the way up, you go right into a curl. Do 10 and 10.
Shout out to CT Flesher.
One of the greatest fitness inspirations of all time.
He says, "Arms every day."
That's what I've been doing. (chuckles)
- [Man Off-Camera] Can you gimme a flex?
I feel like I need to see it.
- A little bit.
Now we're moving on to the dips,
couple of variations of dips.
But dips are predominantly hitting the chest
and the tricep muscle,
and of course, it helps build to show the area.
But it's definitely one of the best chest builders ever.
We're gonna go into a core dip exercise
where you actually doing, I call it a crunch dip,
where you're actually crunching the knees into the chest
and doing the dip at the same time.
It's not as easy as it looks.
But it's definitely, definitely a dope core builder
if you looking to get that 6-pack going for the summertime
or get your beach body together.
There you have one exercise that's gonna help you.
And I also added a bonus core exercise
while we were at the dip bar, something you should use.
We have a core exercise
that we actually utilize the dip bar for
because the dip bar, it's usually set so low to the ground.
So by me hanging and doing leg raises,
I don't have the room to go put my leg straight down.
So that's actually a little bit tougher
because you just focusing directly on the core muscles
as you engaging your legs going upwards.
The sled. Hell of a exercise.
It's a push. It's a pull.
You engaging actually your full-body,
arms, shoulders, chest, back,
when you finish with this exercise.
But it's predominantly working on your legs.
Oh no, that sled is hell. I mean, I feel it in my soul.
As my man, Doug would say, "It's a soul snatcher."
But it's one of the best exercises
you actually can do in the gym.
It's definitely a full-body exercise,
from your toes up into your head.
But it's great for cardio.
I'm not, I don't really like to do too much cardio.
I'm not gonna come in
and get on the treadmill for 30 minutes.
I'm not gonna calm up the Empire State Building
on the stair master.
This is not a cheat code, but this is a way to get cardio in
without having to do the excessive treadmill.
Plus it's different levels of working out.
Certain things work for certain people.
Where I'm at, I don't necessarily need a treadmill.
I'm not trying to lose too much weight.
I'm actually trying to gain muscle
and the push and explosiveness
of using the sled is what that exactly does.
It helps you build muscle,
sort of like sprinter to person runs marathon.
At 45, I feel great.
I'm not gonna stop working out.
I'm gonna keep pushing this initiative.
I encourage everybody to get in the gym, to stay in the gym.
There's no age limit on it.
Matter of fact,
it's gonna help you live a little bit longer.
Thank you for coming out.
Thank you for coming to Iron Reign CrossFit
and the VampFitt Gym.
It's been a just showing you my calisthenics workout
that we call "Around the World."
I encourage everybody to stay in shape.
This is the fountain of youth.
This is the gym.
They say "Health is wealth."
What's the good of having money,
if you're gonna have to spend it on doctor bills?
Remember I told you that.
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