- [Interviewer] Hey, Zedd.
We're here to see your gym and fridge.
- What's up guys?
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- I hear that you guys are here to see my gym and fridge.
Come on in.
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- Gonna take you up to the gym, take a peek.
Follow me.
- [Interviewer] Whoa, nice house.
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- Welcome.
- [Interviewer] How often are you working out in here?
- Four times a week.
Monday is chest and biceps.
Tuesday is leg day.
Wednesday is off.
Thursday, is triceps and back.
Friday, is shoulders and everything day.
So we go through the cycle one more time
and repeat each possibility.
- [Crowd] (cheering) Zedd, Zedd, Zedd!
- [Interviewer] What's your favorite exercise to do?
- Tricep push down.
It is something that I've always liked.
Something to keep in shape, right.
- [Interviewer] Nice form.
What do you think is the worst part of working out?
- (chuckles) I absolutely hate leg day, every single time.
My legs are terrible.
I also have overextended knees ever since I was a kid
and it's really making everything a lot more difficult.
Cardio is tough and leg day is always a brutal workout.
- [Interviewer] Where do you find the motivation?
- Having goals is what keeps me motivated.
I used to just work out to work out
and now I'm trying to reach a certain weight
or I want to be lean
and I set myself goals two months periods
or three months periods that really keeps me going.
- [Interviewer] How do you keep your mind in shape?
- I keep my mind fit by sleeping a ton and keeping goals.
Even when I reach my goal, if that happens,
I will set myself new goals.
I always need something to latch on to
and to look forward to.
And that's how I stay fit in my mind.
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- [Interviewer] What's your go-to exercise soundtrack?
- When I work out, I only listen to Scooter.
It's the only thing I've listened to
for four and a half years of working out every single time.
- [Interviewer] How does your fitness routine
affect your live performance?
- Being on stage jumping for two hours
can be really enduring.
And when you're in good shape,
when you do a lot of cardio, it doesn't feel quite as hard.
I don't know if you remember your first time doing cardio,
for me, at least after 20 minutes, I was dead.
I could not do it.
And then my trainer wanted me to do an hour a day
and I just couldn't imagine doing that,
but you'd do that for like two, three, four weeks.
And you realize it's actually not that bad.
Same goes for your stage.
You know, if you have a more endurance,
it's just much easier to get off stage
and not feel completely dead.
Follow me.
One more step.
I wanted to show you where we get our produce from.
Citrus is something I always have in my fridge.
We actually have our own citrus trees here.
Lime, yuzu lemons.
Got a little vegetable garden where we have
a bunch of beets, kale, all sweet potatoes over here.
Tomatoes, let me see,
these guys are getting there.
It's nice to know that what you eat
is what you grew yourself.
- [Interviewer] Let's go check out that fridge.
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- This is my fridge.
Let's take a peak.
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- [Interviewer] Whoa, don't break it man.
So is that, what do you always keep in your fridge?
- Protein bars, the Perfect Bars.
They are my favorite protein bar.
Then fruit, always need fruit,
always need a lot of citrus,
Water, sparkling water with a little bit of extra flavor.
Water With Benefits, which is something new I discovered
which I absolutely love.
It is basically water and mostly honey,
but a little bit of a soda selection and a beer selection
for mostly my guests cause I don't really drink beer.
So when I have guests over,
I like them to be able to have whatever they like.
- [Interviewer] What would we never see in this fridge?
- You never would see blue cheese.
Blue cheese is the devil
and is forbidden in this household.
- [Interviewer] Okay. No blue cheese.
What was your diet like before you got healthy?
- My diet before I got healthy was
just a bunch of junk food.
Tons of Postmates.
The issue was that I just never knew what was in it
or how it was prepared, if it was healthy or not.
So it was just whatever, whenever.
- [Interviewer] How has that changed?
- I don't do breakfast.
I start with lunch, a snack midway through the day,
which is typically some sort of fruit and vegetable shake.
And then I do dinner around 8:30 or 9:00 PM
and then a little bit of a yogurt and fruit snack later.
Cause my day usually runs between 11:00 AM and 3:00 AM.
So I'm kind of a late person.
- [Interviewer] Is protein a part of your healthy diet?
- So we have these pre-made protein shakes by slate,
but after every workout, this is the secret protein powder
which is absolutely not secret at all.
Gold Standard, double rich chocolate.
This is, in my opinion, the most delicious protein shake.
I've been using this one for three, four years now.
And I still am not sick of it.
- [Interviewer] How do you get down on a cheat day?
- Cheat days usually consists of a fried chicken sandwich.
It's just something that I started doing
and I really love it.
- [Interviewer] As a touring artist,
how do you keep up with your healthy lifestyle on the road?
- It is definitely the most challenging part for me.
We eat at difficult times when you don't really have control
over how certain foods are made.
And I think the reason I am much more healthy right now
than normally is just because I'm not on the road
and because I can really control when I eat and what I eat.
- [Interviewer] All right.
You ready for rapid fire questions?
- [Zebb] Hit me.
I'm ready.
- [Interviewer] Workout time.
7:00 AM or 7:00 PM?
- 7:00 PM.
- [Interviewer] Squat or deadlift?
- Squats.
- [Interviewer] Favorite song on your playlist?
- Every Scooter song ever.
- [Interviewer] Crossfit, yeah or nay?
- Nay.
- [Interviewer] Pull ups or chin ups?
- Pull ups.
- [Interviewer] Dumbbells or kettlebells?
- Dumbbells.
- [Interviewer] Run on treadmill or the great outdoors?
- Outdoors.
- [Interviewer] Cardio or weights?
- Weights.
- [Interviewer] Big legs or big arms?
- Ooh! Big arms?
- [Interviewer] Biggest compliment.
Jack, ripped, swole or cut?
- Ripped.
- [Interviewer] If you could work out with anyone
dead or alive, who would it be?
- Freddie Mercury so I can ask him a bunch of questions
about music.
- [Interviewer] And time.
- All right, guys.
Thank you very much for visiting me
And letting me show you my gym and my fridge.
And now it's time for me to keep going.
So thank you for coming and I will see you guys next time.
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