{"id":60757,"date":"2017-08-04T07:15:04","date_gmt":"2017-08-04T11:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/?p=60757"},"modified":"2017-08-05T11:58:59","modified_gmt":"2017-08-05T15:58:59","slug":"randy-moss-bootcamp-workout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/fitness\/randy-moss-bootcamp-workout\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bootcamp Workout to Train Like NFL Star Randy Moss"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo courtesy of The BodyHoliday Resort in St. Lucia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The sheer athleticism<\/a> of former NFL player Randy Moss is nothing short of jaw-dropping. He holds the record for single-season receiving touchdowns (23) and single-season receiving touchdowns for a rookie (17). And, he\u2019s second all-time in career regular season touchdowns (156). Most of these chart-shattering stats come from his tenure with the Minnesota Vikings, where he\u2019ll get inducted to the Ring of Honor<\/a> later this year.<\/p>\n

These days, though, it\u2019s not the records Moss has trampled that make him stand out from the crowd. It\u2019s his continued dedication to fitness<\/a> (he\u2019s in the gym at least four days a week) and his commitment to spreading that passion to the masses through free bootcamp classes and active getaways<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Randy Moss: Committed to Fit<\/h2>\n

After 14 years in the NFL, Moss, now 40, still has a regimented schedule imprinted in his DNA, just like his unmatched speed and power. So when I showed up exactly one minute late to interview him at The BodyHoliday Resort in St. Lucia<\/a>, where Moss was leading beach workouts<\/a> all week, he immediately calls me out for it, in his friendly southern drawl. (I\u2019m told Bill Belichick, coach of the New England Patriots for whom Moss played three full seasons, helped shape Moss\u2019 punctuality thanks to steep fines and locking late players out of practice.)<\/p>\n

After pulling back my hair for Moss\u2019 killer beach bootcamp class that morning (scroll down to try it!), I pulled up a chair to listen in on his life post-NFL.<\/p>\n

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On crushing a hard workout in the a.m…<\/h3>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve always been the guy to wake up and smell the coffee,\u201d says Moss, who would aim to get to the gym before any other players on his team. (While playing for the Patriots, Junior Seau often beat him to it.) \u201cI used to hear my teammates say, \u2018I\u2019m going to work out in the morning, then I\u2019m going to go back at 5 p.m. to get in another workout.\u2019 And I was thinking, \u2018Well, what the heck are you doing in the morning, that you\u2019ve got to go back in the evening? Because I\u2019m killing myself in the morning. And I\u2019m not going back again later!\u2019\u201d Moss still trains from about 6:30 to 7:30 a.m. on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. He reserves Wednesday to fish and the weekends to hang with family, swim and play basketball.<\/p>\n

On his favorite types of exercise…<\/h3>\n

\u201cFootball training\u2026[I was] bored with it. Then I picked up CrossFit<\/a> and I just fell in love with it \u2014 the way it made my body feel,\u201d Moss says. \u201c[Working out] is what I\u2019ve been doing my whole life. It became a part of me. And now that I\u2019m a little bit older, I just have to find ways to not put a lot of hurt on my body, but a good hurt. I think with [The BodyHoliday] bootcamp, that\u2019s not a bad hurt \u2014 if <\/em>you\u2019re in shape.\u201d<\/p>\n

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On maintaining a healthy diet…<\/h3>\n

\u201cMy biggest thing is, I love to eat. But the one thing I try to do is stay out of the snack room with the Goldfish and Doritos,\u201d he says. The food he always<\/em> stays away from: pork. \u201cIt\u2019s just a dirty animal,\u201d says Moss, who only ate two meals a day while still in the league. \u201cI\u2019d eat a nice breakfast or a nice lunch and then have a big dinner. I never snacked during the day. I\u2019d never have breakfast and<\/em> lunch and<\/em> dinner.\u201d<\/p>\n

On the negative press he got while playing…<\/h3>\n

\u201cI think throughout the course of my career, just by making things look easy, a lot of people really took that as I was coasting. They took away from how hard I really worked to be able to maintain a high level of play. And that really stuck with me throughout the course of my career. [People would say], \u2018He didn\u2019t work hard, he didn\u2019t do this, he didn\u2019t do that.\u2019 But you\u2019re sitting here, talking to a 6\u20194\u201d basketball player, that came into another sport and demolished it… I really took pride in going out there each and every day \u2014 practice, workouts, recovery. I always wanted to be better than the next man. And not in an arrogant way, but our sport is a competitive sport, so any edge that I could possibly get up on my next opponent, I wanted to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n

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On feeling great at 40…<\/h3>\n

\u201cI\u2019m a true believer of taking care of your body when you\u2019re young and then later on in life, your body will be able to take care of you. Now I\u2019m not saying that I\u2019m not going to have a replacement or a surgery or something like that. But right now at 40 years old, I\u2019m good.\u201d<\/p>\n

On leading workouts at a wellness resort…<\/h3>\n

\u201cThe feedback that I\u2019ve been getting over the last two years is \u2018I think I\u2019m doing enough, but [I realize] I\u2019m not doing enough.\u2019 What someone can get from this is a better understanding of what type of workout they\u2019re really doing…You can challenge yourself and figure out if whatever you\u2019re doing is it the right thing \u2014 or if you need to turn it up a notch.\u201d<\/p>\n

On the free bootcamps he leads in Charlotte…<\/h3>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve seen people\u2019s bodies change. There\u2019s a man out there, he\u2019s probably lost 80 pounds. But more importantly, the movement we started in Charlotte, North Carolina, everybody has been accepting to it,\u201d says Moss, who insists the bootcamp isn\u2019t his<\/em>. It belongs to the city of Charlotte. \u201cWe\u2019re at Stax \u2014 that\u2019s the name of the building \u2014 but when we put it on, it\u2019s for the city…We just want to uplift people. That\u2019s everything in a nutshell.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Randy Moss\u2019 Beach Bootcamp Workout<\/h2>\n

Want a glimpse at what Moss does to stay so fit and healthy at 40? Try this beach bootcamp workout \u2014 the same one Moss led at The BodyHoliday<\/a>, created alongside CrossFit athlete, Emily Breeze<\/a> and Stax gym<\/a> owner, Eric McCoy. It gets your heart rate revving and muscles burning, so you torch calories and tone up, fast. Start your warm-up with a 400-meter jog, then do 20 yards each of high knees, butt kickers, walking lunges, bear crawls and sprints. Then get ready to kick some (bathing suit-ready) butt.<\/p>\n

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Photo courtesy of The BodyHoliday Resort in St. Lucia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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