‘However, he is very focused and determined so when he is ready he gives 100%.’ ‘When training Channing the process needs to be fun with a bit of competition so I always train with him because he doesn’t really enjoy it so we do it together,’ he said. But Arin said it was important to make sure Channing enjoyed the workouts so he stayed motivated. ‘I wanted Channing to be eating every two hours to give his body all the essential nutrients it needed to fuel training, burn fat and build muscle,’ he added. ‘We ate very clean and we’d use a blender and make a veg smoothie with kale, spinach, celery, romaine, and very little fruit, which Channing would drink with each meal,’ said Arin.īreakfast consisted of eggs, lunch was grilled chicken or turkey, and dinner was more grilled chicken or a steak with veg. In the afternoon Channing, pictured right, would do a strength and conditioning workout with weightsĪs well as a hardcore training regime, Channing also had to follow a strict diet to build lean muscle mass. ‘We did some direct abs work for aesthetics but Channing brought out his six-pack more from the weights and conditioning work, because his core was constantly being engaged throughout each session to keep his torso stable.’Īs the shoot date got closer, the pair would end the day with a four-to-six mile run to keep Channing's body-fat levels low. ‘This consisted of weight training focused on one body-part, such as chest, back or legs, followed by a conditioning circuit,' said Arin. 'The key thing was to ensure that no two workouts were exactly the same - we did something different every single day to keep it interesting.’ In the afternoon he'd do a strength and conditioning workout with weights. With the morning fat-burning cardio sessions out of the way, Channing would take a break to recover and spend some time with his young family.
‘He’d do a swim which would consist of ether 100 laps in the home pool, or a pool workout where we would do a lap then jump out of the pool to perform 25 crunches or 25 push-ups, or five jump outs, which we came to name water burpees,’ he said. The new issue of Alpha Man magazine, featuring Reggie Yates as a moving image cover, is out now at the App StoreĪrin moved to Vancouver and had 10 weeks to get Channing movie-ready. They started with early morning bike rides, mainly on the roads, but they’d mix it up by hitting the hills, averaging around 25 miles, with climbs of up to 2,300ft.Īfter a quick shower and bite to eat, Arin would get Channing into the swimming pool.