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- [Interviewer] Hey Ziggy.
We're here to see your gym and fridge.
- Yo, come check out my workout.
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Let's see what's happening.
Welcome.
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- [Interviewer] All right Ziggy, its gym time.
How often do you work out?
- [Ziggy] I workout everyday, don't matter what it is.
Have to get something done.
- [Interviewer] Has your exercise regimen changed over time?
- Yeah I get bored sometimes.
So I'm always switching it up.
My exercise regime is whatever I want it to be.
- [Interviewer] What inspired you to get fit?
- Well I feel good when I'm fit.
and I like feeling (mumbles)
So exercise help me relieve stress
and make me look good too.
(laughs)
- [Interviewer] What's your favorite part of working out?
- My favorite part of workout is probably
during the middle or the end.
That's when I really get into it.
The beginning time is slow,
but then once I start going,
I'm really like going.
- [Interviewer] Do you use a trainer?
Yeah I work out with trainer some time,
I work out with my son, Gideon.
We do a lot of workouts together.
- [Interviewer] What type of training do you do?
- All type of training man.
Sports, martial arts, boxing,
anything, anything with physical activity we do it.
(rope hitting floor)
(grunts)
- [Interviewer] Did you ever study martial arts?
- Yeah man, me study some Jiu-Jitsu and self-defense.
You know, yeah, I've studied martial arts.
I think its important and a good exercise too.
- [Interviewer] What do you listen to when you work out?
- I listen to um
Rage Against The Machine,
some Bob Marley too, some Wailers.
Some time some Biggie and Tupac and Dre and those guys.
Yo!
Old school.
Old school sit ups.
One!
Yes!
- [Interviewer] What are your fitness goals?
- Most important that muscle is the heart muscle.
So my fitness goal is to,
I just have a strong heart and that's the muscle.
That means the most.
You can have like a big biceps, chest
and legs, but if your heart ain't strong,
none of the other muscles matter.
So I think that's my goal is
to keep my heart muscles very strong.
- [Interviewer] Do you use any special equipment?
- Me use some equipment, this here.
No, this you call it a bearings
This one was me and my, my brother Rohan given to me.
And this is something that we used to see our father use.
So we made one like it.
It's not the cheap plastic this stuff.
This is the real deal.
And you can't get this in the stores.
Put some Peloton some time and rowing machine,
but otherwise than that my body's, is a machine.
- [Interviewer] Do you have any scars?
- Scars? No, a few scars. Some
disappear by now.
I have a scar right here.
Got an elbow during a game once.
Some scars all in and stuff like that, but
that's about it.
- [Interviewer] Do you have a morning routine?
- Morning routine?
I don't have any routines.
My routines is free.
I do what I feel like today.
- [Interviewer] How do you keep your mind fit?
- I keep my mind fit
by learning new things. Things that I like to do
like building models, solving puzzles.
I'm just thinking about the most,
the most things I can think, what I have no answer
like how, when I look up in the sky it's infinite.
Like I keep my mind fit by doing that.
I'm using my imagination too.
That helps me exercise my mind.
Making music obviously.
That part of the mind fitness.
Writing songs, playing guitar,
beneficial for the mind.
- [Interviewer] All right, Ziggy, let's see that fridge.
- Yo! All right, so welcome to my fridge.
My little oasis in my home.
- [Interviewer] What staples do you always have
in your fridge?
- The staples I honestly have in my fridge
include some kombucha
because good for the digestive system,
probiotics and stuff like that.
My health starts inside of my gut.
So I keep that good and that helps me .
Me have some plant-based proteins from garden of life,
which I like.
Eggs, of course, eggs is my go-to protein.
We also have this, which we'll make here.
It's ginger, boiled ginger.
I call it ginger water.
Sometimes I just drink this by itself,
it's very strong.
Also one of my favorite things to do is
uh, yeah, favorite, yeah, is eat some raw garlic.
Some people don't like that, but I don't care.
Raw garlic good for me and I enjoy having that.
And I also enjoy my avocado, staples. Yes
- [Interviewer] How are you avoiding turning
to comfort food?
- Oh I don't avoid it.
If I feel like eating some comfort food,
I eat it. If I feel like having some sweets
or whatever, I have it.
I don't like
do it for days upon days upon days and like
you know, them call it a cheat days.
I might have a cheat day or whatever.
But I live kind of freely, you know.
[Interviewer] How has your diet changed over time?
- Um. I don't, we don't call it that.
We call it, "live-it", because the word, "die"
in something that's supposed to give you life
it don't work for me.
So I say, "my live-it".
So my live-it has changed.
You know, once I gained more knowledge
throughout the years, I mean,
I've cut out, a lot of bad stuff.
I would say sugary stuff.
A lot of bread, a lot of you know
the processed, processed food I've cut out a lot
of that throughout the years.
Fast food. When I was younger
we used to have some fast food that, that's done.
And so, you know, we just try fi
change we live-it as we grow more knowledge
of what's good for us
and as we listen to our bodies too,
'cause your body speaks to you.
I listen to my body. What you saying body?
All right.
- [Interviewer] How does your live-it change
when you're on the road?
- When I'm away from home
I don't really miss anything,
because I carry everything with me usually.
And usually it's just really nuts.
The world become so health conscious now,
that you can find good stuff anywhere.
Anywhere I go I could find something healthy to eat
that will make me feel good.
So I don't worry about it.
- [Interviewer] What would we never see in your fridge?
- What you will never see in my fridge is alcohol.
I don't drink alcohol, except kombucha
have a little alcohol, but that's all right.
Meat, pork,
you won't see any of that stuff in my fridge.
- [Interviewer] What do you eat for breakfast?
- What I eat for breakfast?
Some time it's some oatmeal with some nuts.
Some time I even (indistinct) molasses.
We call it wet sugar from Jamaica, some molasses.
- [Interviewer] Do you cook?
- Yeah I cook.
I've been cooking for a long time.
My go-to dish is probably some fish dishes from Jamaica.
Steamed fish with some okra.
I have some fish soup because make you strong, you know,
put some, you know, you know.
Some oomph!
Everything in Jamaica,
with Jamaican food, a oomph, you know.
(laughs)
- [Interviewer] What food do you hate?
No I'm not a hateful person.
Even to food, people, food. "No, my way." No.
Why should I hate some kind of food?
I don't know, I don't.
I have no hate in me, I'm sorry.
- [Interviewer] What's your go-to comfort food?
- My go to comfort food is usually something sweet.
I like cinnamon rolls. I like cupcakes.
- [Interviewer] Go-to protein?
- My go to protein usually fish or eggs, really.
That's where I get most of my protein from.
- [Interviewer] What's the toughest diet you ever tried?
- Toughest diet? I don't need diets.
I've never tried a diet.
I mean I've changed and adapted my way of eating,
but I've never tried any diet
that somebody had made of us,
"Hey, here's a diet. Go try a diet."
I don't do that.
I do live-its
and I make them up myself.
I don't follow people live-its.
I have a listen to my body.
- [Interviewer] What do you eat if you're hungry at 2:00 AM?
- Who's hungry at 2:00 AM man?
2:00 AM, like, I don't eat at 2:00 AM.
It's crazy to eat that time.
(laughs)
Like, your body need time for a chill out, you know.
Your gut need time for chill out before the next time.
- [Interviewer] Do you take any supplements?
- [Ziggy] I don't take supplements.
I mean, I used to take supplements,
but then I figured out if you eat properly, you know,
then you don't need supplements.
Food is your supplement. So you just have to eat properly.
Every now and again I might do some vitamin C
if I feel like I might be catching a cold
or something like that.
I just, you know, add some extra vitamin C, but,
you know, one supplement that I do like,
that I do is fish oil.
That's the only thing I do consistently, fish oil.
All right, well, that's my fridge.
Keep fit, keep healthy.
And some time you can have a cheat day.
All right? Love.
- [Interviewer] Wait, before we go.
It's time for rapid fire questions.
7:00 AM workout or 7:00 PM? (tire banging)
- Noon.
- Interviewer] Squat or deadlift?
- Both.
- Interviewer] Favorite song on playlist?
- "Those that God forces,
are the ones that burn crosses."
I don't know the name of it.
It's Rage Against The Machine,
but I know that line.
- [Interviewer] CrossFit. Yay or nay?
- Yeah man, everything goes. CrossFit
- [Interviewer] Pull ups or chin ups?
- Both.
- [Interviewer] Dumbbells or kettlebells?
- Kettle.
- [Interviewer] Run on treadmill or great outdoors?
- Outdoors man.
- [Interviewer] Cardio or weights?
- Cardio and weights.
- [Interviewer] Big legs or big arms?
- Legs!
- [Interviewer] Biggest compliment:
jacked, ripped, cut or swollen?
Cut or ripped. One of those two.
- [Interviewer] If you could work out
with anyone in the world, dead or alive,
who would it be?
- [Ziggy] Rock, The Rock.
Bruce Lee too.
Pele! And Pele too.
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