Comedian Matt Rife shares the moves he does weekly to help keep him in shape and performing at the highest level, on and off the stage.
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00:00 (upbeat music)
00:02 You wanna lift with your lower back
00:07 and your lower back only in a fast jerky motion.
00:10 Yeah, people who are like actual trainers
00:12 are gonna tear me apart.
00:14 Hey, what's up everybody?
00:15 I'm Matt Rife and today I'm gonna show you how I work out.
00:18 (upbeat music)
00:28 I really got into fitness about, I'd say five years ago.
00:32 I've always been a naturally very skinny kid.
00:34 Like I've always had a hard time
00:35 putting on weight or maintaining it.
00:37 I realized how much of a release it is
00:39 for your mental health more than even just your physical.
00:42 Get that stress off of you,
00:43 get the endorphins going a little bit,
00:45 wake your body and your mind up a little bit.
00:46 So it became pretty quickly addicting.
00:48 And then after you start to see the physical results,
00:50 it becomes even more addicting.
00:51 You go, wow, how hard can I really push this thing?
00:54 Most comedians I would say aren't that
00:56 into the fitness world.
00:57 You have the Kevin Harts, the Preacher Lawson,
01:00 Tom Segura is getting a lot more into it, Brian Callen.
01:02 There are a handful, but I think Kevin Hart's
01:05 really the only one who's made it like a prominent part
01:07 of his person and his business, which I can really respect.
01:10 I started working out way after I was doing standup.
01:13 I've been doing standup for about 12 years now.
01:15 Yeah, a little over 12 years now.
01:17 I will say I don't think it helps you by any means.
01:21 I mean, people don't wanna laugh
01:22 at like physically attractive people.
01:23 Like you don't wanna walk on stage
01:24 and have people looking at your arms
01:25 rather than listening to your jokes.
01:27 I think it just makes me work that much harder
01:29 on the material and the jokes that I'm trying to tell
01:30 to get people to focus on the real show at hand.
01:33 You know, you don't have to zoom down for the legs
01:36 if you don't want to.
01:37 By no means do you have to,
01:39 do you have to zoom in on the legs.
01:43 I've always had a theory,
01:44 you don't work your legs too heavily
01:45 'cause it makes other things look bigger in comparison.
01:48 An ideal week of training, I would say Monday,
01:50 we start with a push day.
01:51 We do chest and tris.
01:53 Tuesday, pull day, back and biceps.
01:56 Wednesday, shoulders.
01:57 Thursday, legs.
01:59 If I can squeeze it in, I really love to box on Fridays.
02:02 I'd love to box Harry Styles.
02:04 High stakes, loser gets kissed on the mouth, straight up.
02:08 Bring your A game or don't, whatever.
02:10 I'm taking a dive in the second round regardless.
02:12 (bell dinging)
02:13 (laughing)
02:15 Today I'm gonna show you one of my favorite workouts
02:17 from each one of my ideal structured days
02:19 from push days, pull day, shoulders, abs, cardio, legs.
02:22 Starting with push day, we're gonna go chest focused.
02:25 I like a good inclined chest.
02:28 Building a chest is so important
02:29 to just the overall structure of your physique.
02:32 You wanna have the chest of a grown man
02:34 and not a 12 year old girl.
02:35 Nothing wrong with being a man with some strong yiddies.
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02:40 So moving over to a pull day, your back is essential.
02:51 You wanna create a nice, formidable V physique.
02:54 You're not just a pencil.
02:55 A bit of a visible physicality to you.
02:58 And wide grip, I feel like I get a lot more lat engagement.
03:02 Some people wanna go all the way
03:03 to just having a super massive gorilla tone back.
03:07 I just want a back strong enough that if I go to prison,
03:10 it's not easily getting blown out.
03:12 You know what I mean?
03:13 (gun firing)
03:14 Up next we have arms.
03:16 Obviously the most essential workout
03:18 to every man going to the gym.
03:19 You gotta have some 28 inch pythons on you
03:22 if you can get 'em.
03:23 I'm working with some garter snakes right now,
03:25 but you take what you can get, okay?
03:26 I try to work arms two to three times a week at least.
03:29 It's one of those muscles that you have to destroy it
03:32 to get any kind of growth whatsoever.
03:34 I do abs every single day.
03:35 I do a 10 to 15 minute routine.
03:37 Just a little circuit of a bunch of different exercises.
03:39 A couple of 'em right now that work the obliques,
03:41 work the center right here, build lower abs and top.
03:44 Discipline really starts to come into play
03:46 where you have to be dedicated
03:47 to the amount of time you use to work out.
03:50 Getting enough sleep, the food you eat,
03:52 what you're putting into your body plays a massive part.
03:54 There's so many different factors that come into play
03:56 that you really have to make sure you're disciplined enough
03:58 to stay on track for.
04:00 And for legs, my most hated workout in history,
04:04 just a single leg, propped up split squat
04:08 with dumbbells in each hand.
04:09 They're gonna burn like crazy.
04:12 But if you enjoy boxing like myself,
04:13 it's a stance you have to get used to.
04:15 You have to get used to putting weight
04:16 and shifting it onto each individual leg
04:18 to be able to move around.
04:19 So it's one I try to incorporate to every leg day.
04:22 So we'll give that our best shot.
04:24 All right guys, that's it for me.
04:28 I've been Matt Rife.
04:29 Thank you for taking an inside look at my workout routine.
04:31 I wish you the best of luck.
04:32 Get in the gym, just move around for 20, 30 minutes a day.
04:35 Get your endorphins going, get your blood pumping.
04:37 You'll be a much healthier, happier person, I promise you.
04:40 Send me the results.
04:41 Let's see.
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