Action Bronsonhas lost 127 lbs. and counting since thecoronavirus pandemiclockdown began in March — but contrary to what one might think, he’s “more interested in food now than ever.”
The reason, despite being a “boring eater”? There’s a conscious decision-making process that goes into his diet — one that the rapper describes in a new feature forMen’s Healthas akin to “playing quarterback with your own body.”
“You always want to be around for your family,” says Bronson, 37. “It wasn’t going to happen unless I made that decision myself, and, you know, it takes some soul-searching and some s— to really bother you. Like something that really getsunder your skin to make that change. That happened to me.”
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The musician recalls “all kinds of f—ing dumb stuff that I had given myself” before making a lifestyle change (like “prediabetes, eczema” and “asthma”) and says, “If I made something that was a big, round dish, I would eat the big, round dish. I wouldn’t just have one piece.”
Now, his diet is very protein-heavy, includingthe same breakfast every morningafter a 4 a.m. wake-up call: two eggs, three egg whites, an avocado and a single slice of sprouted rye bread.
He then drives 30 minutes to train withDave Paladinoat Impact Zone Fitness in Norwood, New Jersey. Their workouts include HIIT training (“50-pound medicine-ball throws, you know, down a 50-yard track, throwing it as far as you can, all the way down the track and back,” Bronson says).
“I’ve already got my work inwhile everyone else is snoozing, putting in big gains, big protein,” he tellsMen’s Health.
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Bronson previouslyshared a videoof himself hitting the gym on Instagram in July, writing in the caption that he weighed 283 lbs., which was “down 80 pounds from a whopping 363 and still going strong.”
“I deserve to have a hot bod,” he wrote, adding that it’s “time for bigger weights.”
“If you’re blessed with abs and 5 percent body fat, you’regonna be grinding to make that happenyour whole life,” Bronson shares withMen’s Health. “You just have to realize that that’s what it is. You keep your eye on the prize and don’t let yourself fall down.”
source: people.com
