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Five-time Grammy-winner Jon Batiste takes us through his New York home gym and fridge, showing us the diet and fitness routine he uses to stay in shape.

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00:00 (gunshots)

00:02 - Hey John Batiste, it's men's health.

00:04 - Hey, men's health.

00:07 Wanna see my gym and friends?

00:14 Come on, let's go.

00:15 (upbeat music)

00:19 (upbeat music)

00:25 (upbeat music)

00:27 - All right, let's see that fridge.

00:38 - Si, so.

00:39 (upbeat music)

00:41 There it is, you see?

00:46 That's what's in there.

00:48 - What staples do you always keep in there?

00:49 - Mainly, you know, I like to hydrate.

00:51 Coconut water, as you can see here, we got this.

00:54 This is like basically the saving grace

00:57 of any set or any performance or anything that I'm doing.

01:01 The kimchi, the avocado, remove the plastic first.

01:06 You know, this is a staple

01:07 for any kind of healthy people out there.

01:09 Some peppers.

01:12 It's a very healthy and very tasty hot sauce.

01:15 In the spirit of bringing my childhood

01:18 to my life today in a healthy fashion,

01:22 you know, you make your own hot sauce.

01:23 I like to have some sort of non-dairy yogurt

01:27 or some sort of kefir.

01:29 Today we got sheep's milk yogurt right here.

01:32 Yogurt with berries and honey.

01:34 It's a good thing to set your stomach off in the morning.

01:37 You know, get yourself settled on a nice baseline.

01:42 - What's your diet mainly consist of?

01:45 - Since I was 17, I got more and more busy.

01:48 So I had to figure out stuff to eat.

01:50 I like to have things that just settle my stomach

01:53 and help me to move.

01:54 You know, I'm always on the move.

01:55 So whether it's rice or whether it's pasta,

01:58 any kind of carbohydrates like that as a base of a meal,

02:01 I'm into that.

02:02 - What's the weirdest diet you've tried?

02:04 - The weirdest diet is probably the diet I grew up on.

02:06 You know, in New Orleans, you got foods

02:09 that you wouldn't have prepared in the same way

02:12 anywhere else in the world.

02:13 - You still eat your favorites from New Orleans?

02:15 - There are New Orleans foods that I cook

02:17 and I make new versions of, healthier versions of.

02:20 You know, remind me of home, remind me of childhood,

02:23 but you know, you change things, you know,

02:25 whether it's brown rice and the red beans and rice,

02:28 instead of using sausages,

02:29 you use some kind of other form of protein.

02:33 Creates a sense of nostalgia at home,

02:35 but it's also fits my lifestyle now better.

02:38 - How has New York influenced your diet?

02:40 - New York is incredible because there's every single

02:44 kind of food that you can imagine you want.

02:46 Really, that's what I learned from New York

02:48 is the finding of combinations

02:50 that you would never think come together.

02:51 And that's a beautiful thing.

02:53 And also there's a lot of healthy restaurants around here.

02:56 Part of that subway, taxi, constant motion lifestyle.

03:01 On the go, we can still be healthy and vibing out

03:05 and get the shade.

03:06 - What do you normally have for breakfast?

03:08 - We can go over here and just look at a spread.

03:11 That's a nice vibe of a spread of an energy, of a vibe.

03:15 You see the energy of the vibe of the spread.

03:17 - Yeah, the spread's vibe does have great energy.

03:20 You got a 5 a.m., 6 a.m. call time

03:23 and you've been in the studio all night

03:25 and you want something that's sturdy

03:27 and is going to set you off in the right direction.

03:29 Grab you some coconut water

03:32 and some overnight oats in a mason jar.

03:34 You got breakfast in two minutes and then you gone

03:38 and you solid until lunchtime.

03:40 Bang for the buck, baby.

03:42 Come on.

03:43 You'll get a lot from this food.

03:45 - Looks like a lot of vegan options here.

03:47 - I'm not so strictly vegan,

03:49 but I find that for the things that work with my body,

03:53 it tends to fall in that category.

03:55 This is raw vegan pizza.

03:56 You know, the shiitake mushrooms, the onions,

03:59 and on top of it, you see that sprinkle of hemp seed.

04:02 Now the hemp seed is something that you can really take

04:05 into anything that you're doing.

04:07 Sprinkle it on your rice, sprinkle it on your pizza.

04:09 You can sprinkle it in your smoothie.

04:11 You can sprinkle it in these different ways

04:14 and get so much impact from it.

04:16 - Do you have a favorite protein?

04:17 - Turkey, bacon, go-to protein.

04:21 I like that because it's not bacon,

04:25 but it gives you the sensation.

04:27 Yeah.

04:28 - What's your go-to comfort food?

04:29 - Ooh.

04:30 See this?

04:34 This apple tart situation.

04:36 When you grow up and you like apple pies and apple,

04:39 any kind of sweet, and you get a version of it

04:42 that's, you know, a vegan and still tasty version,

04:46 which I didn't think was possible.

04:48 (laughs)

04:49 I like that a lot.

04:51 - This spread seems professional.

04:52 Do you cook?

04:53 - I like to cook.

04:54 I really do.

04:55 I don't have as much time to cook.

04:56 That's why, you know, you have experts to come in and help.

04:59 But if I had my druthers, I would cook all the time.

05:03 It's one of those things that gives me a sense

05:05 of therapy and self-care.

05:08 I'm thinking about how I'm doing my body,

05:10 I'm feeding my family.

05:12 I just like that practice.

05:15 - Well, if we're talking about practice,

05:16 should we go to your gym?

05:17 - Well, you know what?

05:19 It's that time of day.

05:20 Wonderful food is great, but it's time to hit the workout.

05:23 Let's go to the gym.

05:24 So here we are on the beach.

05:32 One of my favorite workouts happens on the beach.

05:34 It's the toughest.

05:36 But you know what?

05:37 It's good for you.

05:39 - This is definitely the most spacious gym we've seen.

05:41 How often do you work out?

05:43 - I like to work out before I go on tour.

05:45 I like to stay in the cardio zone

05:47 throughout the rest of the year.

05:49 That means every time that I'm going on stage,

05:52 I won't run out of breath and I can give it my all.

05:55 - What inspired you to get fit?

05:57 - Wanting to give the best to the people

05:58 is what really inspires me to get fit.

06:01 Just staying in the zone of wanting to share

06:03 what it is that I do requires me to give my body and my soul.

06:08 So when I'm giving it, I want it to be right.

06:12 - Do you have a workout partner?

06:13 - Yeah, Jacob Hirschman, who came to a show

06:17 about 12 years ago,

06:20 is the person who I work out with the most.

06:23 It's sporadic, but we do it.

06:25 And when we do it, it's very intense,

06:27 especially before a tour,

06:28 sometimes he'll even come on the road.

06:30 Sucks, but it's great.

06:31 - Do you prep differently on tour?

06:33 - Rest of the year is just getting the body to function,

06:37 maintaining your body so that you don't fall out of shape.

06:40 But tour prep is like going into an athletic zone.

06:45 Sometimes you're doing that prep while you're on the tour,

06:47 if it's long enough, and you're continuing.

06:49 So it's like you're in the NBA season or something.

06:52 - What's your workout routine look like

06:53 when you're recording a new album?

06:55 - In the studio, it's mostly stretches and being loose,

06:58 being free, letting the energy flow,

07:00 letting your chi be warm, and letting it come through you.

07:04 One of my favorite exercises, actually,

07:06 is a yoga sequence where you're stretching your entire body

07:09 from the top all the way down,

07:14 opens the legs and hamstrings.

07:18 Sometimes I'll go into a plank,

07:19 which is another one of my favorite exercises of all time.

07:23 And you hold this just before you go on stage,

07:27 and you start doing your warmups like that.

07:29 (imitates drum roll)

07:36 Activate the core, and you're right on point.

07:39 - What exercises do you hate?

07:41 - It's the beach workout, the medicine ball.

07:43 I hate it.

07:45 It's the worst thing,

07:45 but it's the best way to stay true.

07:49 There's a slant on the beach, and it really is real.

07:54 There's a lot of resistance.

07:55 It's like life.

07:56 It's a lot of resistance, a lot of pushback.

07:58 But you know, that's why I like it. (laughs)

08:02 - After all your success, what keeps you motivated?

08:05 - I think motivation comes just from wanting to be better.

08:08 Push yourself, wanting to be in shape for tour,

08:11 and also for the haters.

08:13 - Haters gonna hate.

08:16 What are your current fitness goals?

08:17 - Current fitness goal, just to be ready to do

08:20 two and three hour shows, singing and dancing

08:23 where I'm not tired,

08:24 and where I can give it 100% the whole time.

08:27 - What do you listen to when you work out?

08:31 - It depends on the vibe.

08:32 Like some days are intense,

08:34 other days you just wanna cool it.

08:36 It's all about knowing where you at

08:37 and curating the playlist accordingly.

08:40 - Do you have any tattoos?

08:41 - Oh no, I don't have any tattoos,

08:43 although I thought about it, but that's not my,

08:46 everybody's palette is not a tattoo palette.

08:49 It's not my palette.

08:51 - John, I hope rapid fire questions are your palette.

08:54 Under the boardwalk.

08:56 - Workout time, 7 a.m. or 7 p.m.?

08:59 - 7 p.m.

09:00 - Squat or deadlift?

09:02 - Squat.

09:03 - Favorite song on your workout playlist?

09:05 - Rain dance.

09:06 - Crossfit, yay or nay?

09:08 - Yay.

09:09 - Pull-ups or chin-ups?

09:10 - Pull-ups.

09:11 - Dumbbells or kettlebells?

09:13 - Dumbbells.

09:14 - Run on the treadmill or the great outdoors?

09:16 - Outside.

09:18 - Cardio or weights?

09:19 - Cardio.

09:21 - Big legs or big arms?

09:22 - Legs, baby.

09:23 - Biggest compliment, jacked, ripped, swole, or cut?

09:27 - Cut up.

09:28 - If you could work out with anyone, dead or alive,

09:30 who would it be?

09:31 - David Goggins.

09:32 He pushes it all the way to the limit.

09:34 All right, y'all, get out of here.

09:37 We did what we had to do today.

09:39 Whatever you do when you put in work, it's a good day.

09:42 Now, go home.

09:44 [laughing]

09:46 [upbeat music]

09:49 (upbeat music)

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