He also reveals that he doesn’t like the term “cheat day”
WWE champion John Cena is an icon of strength and fitness, and his commitment to his physique is well-documented. However, even a man who can squat over 600 pounds still has trouble getting excited about every part of his workout. In an interview with BroBible published today, Cena revealed which muscle he absolutely hates to focus on, and the answer may come as a surprise to you.
“It is anything having to do with biceps,” he said. Wait, a guy with Cena’s arms hates to put in the time sculpting them? Indeed, he admits it is a little shocking for a man of his build to say that he’s sick of working on one of the most-coveted muscles around. After all, they are, as he says, “a symbol of universal strength.”
His reason for feeling fed-up with arms workouts is simple, though. Cena feels that they’re just for show.
“I’m a strength athlete, and I’m a performance athlete,” he said. “And big biceps do little for general strength and performance.”
So, how does the champ gut it out when he knows that he has to get his curls in? Save the worst for last.
“I will put all the more important stuff that I feel at the beginning, and then end it with something that I need to do,” he says. “I know it’s a necessity, but something that I absolutely despise.”
Hey, we’ve all got a bone to pick with something. But Cena didn’t stop there. In the next question, he explained the shortcomings of the term “cheat day,” and how it can discourage us from exercising altogether.
“I hate the word, because in the realm of fitness, we all should take a little bit of ownership for it,” he said. “For a while, I was calling them ‘load days,’ because you just, basically, load up on empty calories. … I think the word cheat—and this is really, maybe, psychologically breaking it down too much—but if you do it once, and that’s just for diet, I think you’re apt to do it again. You may be able to be like, ‘Ah, I’m just going to take a cheat workout day or a cheat workout week or a month.’ And then, you stop, then you’re not doing anything.”
“Think of [your cheat day] as your rest day for your diet,” Kita says. “Every now and then you just need a rest. And what happens the day after a rest day? You go in and you hit it harder because you’re replenished.”
That’s a plan we can stand behind. If we had to bet, we’d say that Cena would agree.
