- [Interviewer] Hey Kid Ink. You there?
- Hey yo!
Hey what's up Men's Health.
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Come check out my gym and fridge real quick.
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- [Interviewer] All right, Kid Ink.
We're here in Los Angeles.
Now show us your gym.
- Welcome to the bat cave, the gym.
That'd be what we call it.
- [Interviewer] How often do you work out?
- Probably work out yeah six times a week,
a good six times, not too much.
You gotta have recovery day in there.
- [Interviewer] How has your exercise regimen changed
over time?
- This is probably the best shape I've ever been in
in my life. As far as working out consistency
just feeling good and all that so.
- [Interviewer] What's one of your favorite workouts?
- Bench press, I didn't always have access to a bench press
but now I do this every day.
- [Interviewer] What's one exercise that you hate?
- I don't like glute workouts,
I could do a leg day but, the glute workouts is too much.
- [Interviewer] What keeps you motivated?
- I look at the mirror and see what I need to work on.
Or I look in the mirror and say,
Hey if we give it another week, this is gonna be solid.
So those are usually the motivations for me.
- [Interviewer] What other kinds of training do you do?
- I'm now weightlifting and I gotta fit the cardio in there.
I go to box with terrible Terry Norris. The legend.
- [Interviewer] What's your least favorite part
of working out?
- My least favorite part of working out,
which is actually one of the most important parts
of working out, is recovery day.
- [Interviewer] Do you train with anyone else?
- Oh yeah. I workout with my wife.
She'll help me do some stuff.
I help her do some stuff.
- That's our marital bonding time,
- Yeah its a lot of bonding going on.
She gets to take out some energy and aggression on me too.
- [Interviewer] Who's stronger?
- It depends on what muscle group.
- He's definitely stronger upper body.
I mean, I have the legs and the butt.
- I have no glutes and little legs.
(both laughing)
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- [Interviewer] Do you use any special equipment?
- I try to keep most of the stuff, OG.
I say sometimes like the jailhouse basic
like pull ups, pushups, dips, bench press.
It's all you need.
- [Interviewer] What music do you listen to
when you're working out?
- King Von . Pop Smoke.
And if my wife's working out with me,
we throw some nineties in there.
I could do R&B vibes while I'm working out
because I'm looking in the mirror feeling
like I'm in the video.
- [Interviewer] Do you have any scars?
- I got an interesting scar on my face from a fan
who wanted to get my attention and they threw a glass at me.
which was crazy.
You should have seen their face
after they hit me in the face.
They were so shocked and I'm so sorry.
I was like, nah, yo security, you see where they have to go.
- [Interviewer] What's your most meaningful tattoo?
- All my tattoos have some type of meaning.
I try to get tattoos that remind me
about something or relate to something in my life.
I have my mother on this side of me
my grandfather on this side of me.
These are the two people who pretty much raised me
into the man that I've become to be.
Man. Got my wife down here.
That's the most meaningful one right there baby.
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Hi, let's see what we got in here.
Some good stuff. Some gains.
- [Interviewer] What staples do you have in your fridge?
- Gatorade, coconut water not really for me,
but that's for my wife.
Eggs. Usually do the egg whites four to six a day.
Help you with the muscles and help you burn
that stomach fat. And after the workout Belaire champagne.
- [Interviewer] Any foods you hate?
- I don't like melons. I don't like watermelon,
honeydew melons. I don't know what it is. Just the texture.
- [Interviewer] What do you have on a cheat day?
- Chocolate chip cookies go fast. I can usually clean out
like a tote from McDonald's in an hour.
- [Interviewer] What is your baby eat when she gets hungry?
- She eats really good. This is strawberry basil pie.
And this is peaches and blackberry chia pudding.
- [Interviewer] Have you ever tried the baby food?
- I'm not really doing the baby food.
Even sometimes the baby makes her face where
(Kid Ink laughing)
- [Interviewer] What's your favorite thing to cook?
- One of my favorite things to cook for sure
in the house is definitely Sole.
Sole is big in this crib.
- [Interviewer] What's your go-to comfort food?
- I think my comfort food is cereal. Every time you got it.
It's that Saturday morning vibes.
Throw something on, eat the bowl of cereal.
- [Interviewer] What's your burger order?
- My burger order.
It's just a regular American style burger with the
you know what I'm saying the meat, the cheese,
but then you gotta throw that egg on there.
The egg is super important.
- [Interviewer] What's your go-to protein?
- I'm definitely a big seafood guy. Shrimp, lobster.
Bottom feeders is what my mom would call them.
After that it would be chicken.
- [Interviewer] What do you eat if you're hungry at 2:00 AM?
- At 2:00 AM. I'm definitely grabbing
- Cereal.
- Yeah. I was going to say something else
but it's going to be cereal.
- [Interviewer] All right Kid Ink.
It's time for some rapid fire questions.
Workout time 7:00 AM or 7:00 PM?
- 7:00 PM.
- [Interviewer] Squat or dead lifts?
- Squat.
- [Interviewer] Favorite song on your playlist?
- (inaudible)
- [Interviewer] CrossFit, yay or nay?
- Nay
- [Interviewer] Pull-ups or chin-ups?
- Pull-ups.
- [Interviewer] Cardio or weights?
- Weights.
- [Interviewer] Big legs or big arms?
- Big arms.
- [Interviewer] Biggest compliment?
Jacked, cut, ripped, or swole?
- Swole.
- [Interviewer] If you could work out with anyone
in the world dead or alive, who would it be?
- Right now, Mohammad Ali.
Now it's time for y'all to go, man.
It's time for y'all to get out of here so I can
get back to what I'm doing.