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Jai Courtney | Train Like | Men's Health

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00:00G'day, I'm Jai Courtney and today I'm gonna give you a little sneak peek at

00:05what a workout might look like that I would do. Let's try that again.

00:10What's up legends? Jai Courtney here and today I'm gonna give you a look at what

00:17one of my workouts might look like. What's up legends? It's Jai Courtney here

00:22and today I'm going to show you how I train. Guys, that's all we needed.

00:38So a little bit about my workout journey, it constantly changes and evolves as an

00:43actor working around the world. You're often dealing with different elements,

00:47schedules, a pain in the ass. Trying to stay on top of it can be an absolute

00:50nightmare, but I try to find ways where, you know, keep things simple and, you

00:55know, consistent wherever I can. So the kind of training I like to do, usually

00:59strength and conditioning. I do have to, you know, keep the waistline down when

01:05possible. Current training goals at the moment, I'm trying to shed down a little

01:09bit. Dangerous animals, you'll see I got pretty stocked up for that. I had to play

01:13a salty sailor. I was pretty much just pumping beers in order to get in shape

01:19for that part. So really what I've been trying to do since is repair all that

01:23damage and still the focus right now. All right, guys, let's get into it.

01:31Righto, guys, here with Arthur from 98 and he's going to give me a hand today, make

01:36sure I don't hurt myself.

01:41Just start my workout with a bit of mobility here, opening up the chest, getting some stimulus

01:47into that muscle, going for five each side, get a bit of a stretch, just start to warm

01:52things up because we're going to be focused on upper body today.

01:59I think warming up is essential. I'm not the hugest stretcher in the world. I always

02:05regret that. It's usually next day. The risk of injury, particularly in my line of work,

02:10is like, can be catastrophic. So anything you can do to kind of train smarter, you know, keep your body

02:16moving, lubed up, but there's nothing worse than getting hurt. This is a tall kneeling banded

02:25external rotation to a horizontal press. There you go. Tell them why we do this, Arthur.

02:31So the reason we do this is a lot of the workout we're about to do is very much got a pushing or an

02:35anterior focus. So this helps warm up the back of the shoulders and the posterior to make sure we

02:40keep that shoulder nice and healthy and happy.

02:44I love push day. I mean, I think anyone's entry into training is usually through upper body stuff.

02:52And for some reason that always still feels like a bit of a holiday, even though it can be hard.

02:57It's a good day when you just need to get something done and you know you can.

03:10All right, guys, doing a little bench here. I'm at 225 here and I'm going to go for four.

03:26I don't know if I have a move that makes me feel particularly strong. Definitely moves that make

03:30me feel particularly weak. I'm a pretty humble person when it comes to the gym. Look, a bit of

03:37bench never hurts. It's a, it's a pretty good feeling when you're pushing something heavy off

03:41your chest. One rep max. My one rep max. I'll try it today. No idea if I can hit it,

03:47but I have hit 315 before. Let's do it. Let's do it. All right. Is that three plates?

03:53That's three plates. That's a salt. Do you need a spot for this?

03:57Yes, down there. Perfect. Yeah.

03:59You're looking at a bench supported single arm dumbbell row. This will be eight for four sets.

04:23Training for dangerous animals is nothing to admire really. I really didn't want that character looking

04:28like he'd stepped out of the gym. So I kind of put everything down, ate, drank a lot of beer,

04:36but sometimes that's what we got to do. You know, it's all about changing shapes and trying to make

04:41things look as authentic as possible. Let it all go and then fight away through training to get it all

04:47back. Yeah. This is all part of getting back in shape after getting in terrible shape for dangerous

04:54animals. Try and keep it balanced. Obviously nutrition is key. Finding a way to get movement

04:59in every single day. I'm working on a film at the moment. It's not a particularly physical one,

05:05but, you know, I think for honestly, just for versatility and longevity, getting in the best

05:11shape you can is key. It's much easier to bounce up and down and kind of shift things for any role

05:18when you have a really good kind of baseline. All right, guys, we're going to finish with a bit

05:24of accessory work here. Some banded pull-aparts, just good for the posterior there to sort of

05:31counteract all that pressing we've been doing. And then a tricep extension, which is just good.

05:37Helps us when we're, you know, getting into all those lockouts for all that press and overhead stuff.

05:41So it's true. When I, uh, when I did ballet at drama school, which was a requirement of our

05:49movement program, uh, I failed. You gotta love Wikipedia. And you can see how much of a failure

05:56I was in Dangerous Animals. The character of Tucker has a bit of a, a dance party, a bit of a rap party

06:02for one of the things he's kind of done. Killing someone. And, and I had got to improvise a dance.

06:07I was daunted by this, uh, scene that was coming up on the schedule for obvious reasons, but, um,

06:13a lot of fun. I think my ballet teacher would be proud.

06:20There's no shame in failing ballet.

06:23I could still plie. I can chasse across the gym if I choose to, but I don't.

06:30Is that first position?

06:31I've done a hamstring.

06:38All right, guys. Thanks for watching. That's how I train. Check out Dangerous Animals.

06:44Till now.

06:45Yeah.

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