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- [Host] Hey, we're here to see your gym and fridge.
- Hey, how are you?
- [Host] Good. (bell dings)
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- Come on in.
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- [Host] Hey Gavin, let's start with your fridge.
Who uses this fridge?
- Well, I have kids and a dog,
so there always has to be food for them.
- [Host] What do you always keep in your fridge?
- A fresh Impossible Burger.
We're trying to cut down on all our meat consumption,
for sake of the animals, sake of the planet.
There's always eggs.
Vital Farms, I like how they are,
they're doing some amazing things.
They have a program
where they're trying to discover the sex of the embryos
so you don't have to have all these male chickens culled.
And then vegetables, you know, like mushrooms.
I love mushrooms, really good for your strength
and has a lot of nutrients in that.
- [Host] Hm, interesting.
- [Gavin] Got peas, carrots,
turnips, spring onions, and leeks.
- [Host] Do you drink?
- I have a bar next door
so I don't want people thinking I'm a teetotaler.
I'm not trying to be pretending
to be someone that I'm not, you know?
These are always really good to have:
chickpeas, lentils, artichoke hearts.
They're good to kind of throw into a salad.
Miso, tofu.
You have to give it so much love,
but it takes all the love in the world.
- [Host] How are you avoiding turning
to comfort food during these times?
I like trying to work out
or do some exercise three times a week.
I play a lot of tennis.
And then, the rest of the time, I do, like, light stuff.
20 minutes on my bike, 20 minutes on the rowing machine.
Just break a sweat, some sit ups.
- [Host] What did you eat for breakfast?
- I just take some oatmeal,
and soak it overnight with coconut milk and honey,
and then put hemp seeds, chia seeds, flax seeds,
whatever I have on to hand.
I put the protein powders in there, in the oatmeal.
So then I have, like, a real child's breakfast.
- [Host] What's the one thing
Gavin's gotta have in his fridge?
- Probably eggs.
I like them in soy sauce and rice wine vinegar, boiled.
I can have them with, just with salt and pepper.
I like it all.
Eggs are very, very versatile.
I have a little herb garden
that I just built over quarantine.
So, it's kinda fun to go outside
and get your standard rosemary, sage, thyme.
And you get some great results, and I love it.
- [Host] What's your go-to dish?
- I can make really crunchy,
fluffy potatoes with great gravy.
And, every Sunday, we have a Sunday roast.
If you don't have an English Sunday roast,
I mean, like, you're not really English.
- [Host] Is there any food you don't like?
- As a cook, I just love to eat everything,
and, I think that, if you don't like something,
it's often the way it's prepared
more than the actual ingredient itself.
- [Host] What's your go-to protein?
- Probably peanut butter.
I love beans, white beans, black beans.
I make soups, you soak it, then you cook it,
and then you boil it, then you roast it in the oven.
That's the best protein, that's greatest protein.
- [Host] Toughest diet you've ever tried?
- I've done a ten day fast,
which some people now say is not very smart,
with the cayenne pepper, honey, lemon, and water.
First three days of no food is really hard.
But, then, after three days,
you become really self-satisfied,
slightly judgemental, slightly full of it.
Yeah, you know, and when you eat again,
you feel like, "Now I'm mental."
- [Host] It's 2:00 a.m.
What are you grabbing from the fridge?
- Candy, chocolate, cookies.
My kids aren't here this week, they come back on Friday,
and I think I finished everything sweet in the house.
I think there's nothing left.
- [Host] Okay Gavin, let's check out where you work out.
- I've never been a gym person.
I do a lot of stretching.
I play, used to play a lot of soccer.
So it's not about doing two-hour workouts.
Everything's just about
trying to make ourselves feel good
so we can combat the challenges
that everyone throws at us everyday.
I use the punch bag a lot,
and that's really good for agility and speed.
These rope things are amazing.
- [Host] Damn, Gavin.
Nice moves.
What keeps you motivated?
- [Gavin] I think that it's just knowing
that time is finite.
Getting the most out of ourselves,
'cause, you know, I wanna write great records.
I love performing on stage, so it's helpful that I'm fit.
People are always, like, pretty surprised
at my energy level on stage.
This is where it all comes from.
My favorite part about working out
is the connection you feel to your body.
My least favorite part about working out
is when you're hungover or you don't feel good.
- [Host] Do you ever work out with anyone else?
- [Gavin] I work out with my kids.
I try and get them to, just, do stuff with me.
- [Host] What's your morning routine like?
- The mornings are usually
filled with some physical activity,
and then, in the afternoon's all about
self-indulging music, reading a book,
or at the moment, doing "Project Press"
for the deluxe version of the "Kingdom" record.
- [Host] Do you have any special equipment?
- We do lots of Bosu Board work,
and it's all about gripping with your feet,
so you can, again, further ways
to just get more connected with yourself.
- [Host] What about fitness goals?
- [Gavin] Doing shows, for me,
it's tiring and it's exhausting, of course,
and we do it for months on end,
so you get a bit injured, you get a bit hurt.
The only way I can do the shows in the way that I do them
is because I have this awareness with my own body.
Gives me all the incredible fitness,
the cardio fitness that I never think about.
- [Host] How is mental health fitness important?
- There's such great awareness
about mental health right now.
And it's been overlooked for far too long,
especially for young males.
Keeping fit makes you feel better,
gives you better sense of self.
It's not about having the perfect Adonis body.
It's just finding balance
and getting the most out of yourself in a reasonable way.
- [Host] Okay, Gavin.
Time for RapidFire questions.
Workout time: 7:00 a.m. or 7:00 p.m.?
- 7:00 am.
- [Host] Squat or deadlift?
- Squat.
- [Host] Favorite song in your playlist?
- "Aerials" by Systems of a Down.
- [Host] Pull up or chin up?
- Pull up.
- [Host] Dumbbells or kettle bells?
- Dumbbells.
- [Host] Run on a treadmill or the great outdoors?
- Great outdoors.
- [Host] Cardio or weights?
- Cardio.
- [Host] Big legs or big arms?
- Big legs!
- [Host] Biggest compliment: jacked, ripped, cut, or swole?
- Cut.
- [Host] You could work out with anyone in the world,
dead or alive, who would it be?
- Bob Marley.
Play soccer with him.
Just having a bang.
Okay, guys.
Thanks for coming around.
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