Celebrities get all the attention, which means they have to look good for the paparazzi, so they have to eat healthy and workout. Forget the scandals and the dating drama, give us their diet and workout routines! Celebs have the benefit of working with expensive trainers and nutritionists to stay red carpet ready, so we’ve done the research and passed it along to you. Matthew McConaughey, best known for being alright, alright, alright, is the feature for this attention Celebrity Workout. HFR founder Samir Becic says of the Oscar winner “McConaughey is the fittest actor of the past two decades.”
Here is the Matthew McConaughey’s workout routine:
”Sometimes you can get the body in shape, and the head ain’t in great shape,” he says. “But it’s real nice if you can coordinate ‘em.”
-Matthew McConaughey
- Matthew is a busy father of 3, but he makes time to workout- even at home!
- A typical home workout consists of pull-ups on the kid’s swing set, sprints in the backyard, and free weights.
- He is also a fan of mountain biking and surfing because he likes his workouts to be as mental or spiritual as they are physical.
- He picks outdoor workout over indoors “There’s a lot of ways to be active outdoors,” McConaughey told Men’s Journal during his cover shoot for the magazine. “It’s more fun that way.”
- Paddles around Lake in Austin.
- Cycles on hills.
- Runs on sand/beach.
- When he goes for a run, he stops halfway to do some strength exercises. “At the halfway point I’ll drop down and [do] intermittent crunches and pushups, and then run the second half,” he says.
- On days that are too busy for a scheduled workout, he still fits bursts of activity in. “I’ll drop and give myself 20 pushups at intervals throughout the day. 9 a.m., bang out 20. Sitting in a boring meeting at 10:30. Bang out 20. I do that 10 times throughout the day, I’ve done 200. Or even mix it up with crunches, squats, whatever. Also, I have a 12-pound medicine ball. I’ll just think, Pick up the medicine ball and don’t put it down for 30 minutes. Try that once. You will have a workout, man” he told Men’s Health.
- When he runs, he goes for distance over time- he enjoys the journey over a set goal.
- Will use a 20-pound rock as weight outdoors “Shoulder presses, chest presses, bent-over rows, overhead triceps extensions, a couple of biceps curls,” he says “Add in hamstring, groin, and back stretches after that, and you’re good.”
- When it’s raining and he can’t workout outside, he will shadowbox hard for 20 minutes.
“I’ve always said pleasure is good for you. Well,’ you reply, ‘duh.’ But wait a minute: How much pleasure do you really allow yourself to have every day? There are some people who are so strict that they become a slave to their healthy lifestyle, a slave to working out, a slave to eating just the right foods. I’ve seen it happen to other people, and I’m guilty of going overboard with it. And when you do, man, you’re no frickin’ fun at all. You have to be more flexible and enjoy having things. I’m not going to a friend’s barbecue and say, ‘I’m gonna stick to salad.’ Who’s gonna enjoy that? Lighten up! It’s your lifestyle, not your life.”
-Matthew McConaughey
- His trainer even attributes his youthful appearance to the fact that he keeps training year-round and not just for roles (as many actors in Hollywood do).
- McConaughey’s active lifestyle is matched by his love of healthy food.
- Because fitness plays such a big part in his own life, he started the non-profit organization j.k. livin foundation, which funds an after-school fitness and wellness program for some of the nation’s most vulnerable inner-city teenagers. The foundation’s name is shorthand for “just keep living,” a personal mantra inspired by the passing of his father.
“It’s fun to feel healthy, and it’s fun to feel good And I gotta have both. Working out is Monday. Eating good food, having a cocktail, going dancing? That’s Saturday. But you can have it all in the same day”
-Matthew McConaughey
