Who is DeStorm Power? When I first met him I thought he was slightly crazy but soon found out he is an internet genius, fitness phenom, creates all of his own music, jumps cars and takes on challenges. Not your usual combination but it seems to work for him and “the people” love it. He calls his fans and admirers “the people” and his catch phrase that he begins all of his videos on Youtube with is “Wassup world!?!?” Not only is he an artist and athlete of sorts but he inspired me so much and is the reason why I started to pursue my own career further.
Destorm according to his Wikipedia page is the 55th most subscribed to user and the the 16th most subscribed to musician. His youtube accomplishments speak for themselves. He has more than 200 videos that have been watched close to 200 million times. He started his career in music by interning and ghostwriting for Atlantic, Universal and other record labels according to his Wikipedia page. Destorm recently released a mixtape entitled “Be Careful” which he released in May of this year.
Where fitness is concerned he can be seen posting fitness videos often and tweeting about how summertime is coming and trying to motivate people to get off the couch. DeStorm himself was a former triple jumper and even was a personal trainer at one point. All his fitness and workout videos are inspirational. I even got to shoot a hilarious video with him where we were running all around North Hollywood.
I had the chance to workout with Destorm at a Hollywood gym and he goes hard. He runs about 3 miles to the gym and back from his home. Once he reaches the gym the hard core fitness phenom performs a number of circuits using the bosu, free weights and machines. He takes little rest by performing active recovery between his sets. That means his rest is another exercise. One of his favorite exercises is a single leg deadlift on an overturned bosu.
Try this Ab Workout. If you hate laying on the ground or are just wanting to try something different for your abdominals Jillian Michaels has this standing ab workout for you.
According to Shape magazine. Anne Hathaway sculpted her body to fit the a cat suit for The Dark Night Rises. According to shape she prepared for the role for ten months. Her workouts included a 5 day a week plan with stunt training, dance workouts, Bikram yoga, martial arts, and a vegetarian diet.
Rosa Acosta is famous for her ridiculous body. Her and her trainer Mike T work very hard at keeping it healthy and toned. Rosa is so dedicated to her fitness that she recently has adopted a Youtube channel featuring her Ab workouts amongst other things. Below is Part 1 of her series. Give it a try!
Ever wonder what some of your favorite NBA players do during the off season? Some of them recorded their lockout experiences and training sessions. Check out Episode 1 of Poor Hungry Driven featuring Terrence Williams of the Sacramento Kings from last off season.
The Truth On Health website was launched by non other than Paul Pierce of the Boston Celtics. According to the sites information Pierce founded The Truth Fund in 2002 to provide educational and life-enriching opportunities for under-served youth. Pierce launched The Truth on Health Campaign to help empower and encourage young people to lead healthier lifestyles. The Truth on Health includes an awareness campaign and sustainable programming for young people to live healthy lifestyles – incorporating physical fitness and healthy eating, and encouraging a commitment/pledge of 60 minutes per day dedicated to physical activity.
Its always great to see athletes such as pierce giving back to the community in a positive way like promoting health and fitness. We've got to give our props to Paul because he is definitely "Training It Right!"
Flo Rida
We all knew that Flo Rida was fit but now that he graces the June 2012 cover of Muscle & Fitness we all see just how fit the man really is. Flo stands at 6”3 and weighs in these days at a healthy and fit 210 lbs. He has been quoted saying that working out has changed his life. He has stated that that he "was a skinny dude in high school." Things sure have changed for the successful rapper who has won countless awards and has graced the top of billboard he states in the recent article that he sometimes trains twice a day.
Flo Rida has says that his daily routine also includes over head press, dumbbell press, 300 triceps dips, and that he has a goal of 1,000 crunches to do each day. When you put on a show in front of thousands of screaming fans and usually have your shirt off he has to make sure that his body is looking right. . He also also been quoted saying that after a performance “by the end of the night, I feel like I've done a trillion squats and sit-ups.” To add to the reasons he works out so hard he states that "I wear a lot of wife beaters...Every time I perform, I've got to take one off and throw it to the ladies."
Lets just say we hope that more artists follow in his footsteps for healthy living and a fit lifestyle because as a woman I definitely enjoy going to his shows.
Most are confuse when it comes to protein shakes and supplementing. Are they for weight loss? Toning? Bulking up? Are they safe? The answer is they are safe and you can use shakes for anything you want. The outcome is determined by your exercise regime and what you are putting in your shakes to make them low or high in calories.
If you are looking to tone or lose weight you can supplement shakes in addition to a good clean diet that is full of lean meats and vegetables. For this goal you should also be lifting weights to create lean muscle three to five times a week with high reps. You should also be doing cardio intervals five to six times a week. The shakes should be kept low in calories so find a good tasting clean protein and mix with just water, soy, milk, or almond milk.
If you are looking to add more mass to your body you should be lifting a heavier weight and keep the reps low. Add more calories to your shakes if you want to bulk up and mix it in fruits and veggies. You can use gainer instead to further increase the calories to bulk or for those of you needing more calories throughout the day if you are athletic.
I recommend Rivalus products. They are a Canadian based company, taste great, clean and scientifically tested. It is important to make sure the protein that you are taking is clean and safe. Not all products are tested so be careful with which ones you choose.
The following are a few of my personal and favorite recipes. All of my recipes have variations for the liquid that include: water, juice, almond milk, non fat milk, or soy milk.
Strawberry Banana
1/2 banana
6-8 frozen strawberries or fresh
Cover the fruit with your choice of:
a)Juice
b)Water
c)Non Fat Milk/Soy Milk/Almond Milk
1/4 cup of NON FAT plain yogurt or Greek yogurt
1 Scoop of Promasil Vanilla protein
BLEND
Peanut Butter Chocolate
1 spoon natural peanut butter
Dash of cinnamon
2 tbl spoons of NON FAT plain yogurt
1/2 Cup of blueberries
Cover the fruit with your choice of:
b)Water
c)Non Fat Milk/Soy Milk/Almond Milk
1 Scoop Promasil Chocolate protein or Promasil White Chocolate protein
BLEND
PINA COLADA
6-8 Pieces of frozen pinneapple
1/2 Bananna
1/4 Cup of NON FAT Plain Yogurt
Cover the fruit with your choice of:
a)Juice
b)Water
c)Non Fat Milk/Soy Milk/Almond Milk
1 Scoop of Promasil Vanilla protein
BLEND
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