I haven’t done a celebrity workout review in a while and many of my readers have been wanting to get some insight on the “Rain workout routine for Ninja Assassin.” After doing my research on Jeong Ji-hoon (Korean: 정지훈; born June 25, 1982), who’s much better known by his stage name Rain…I can see why. This guy has built an amazing lean body that’s no doubt helped his career as a singer, dancer, designer, model and now actor.
What I’m digging about Rain’s physique is his proportions, symmetry, awesome v-taper and impressive leanness. He’s managed to create a ripped body that emulates athleticism and power, but without stacking on ridiculous amounts of bulky muscle mass. Rain has the Brad Pitt Fight Club bodygoing on, for sure. Here’s a pic showing his progression from when he first started training for Ninja Assassin, up through the filming of the movie…So what’s the top secret Rain workout routine that allowed him to look so fly for his role as Raizo inNinja Assassin? Well, rather than listing some cheesy workout plan that’s probably just made up by shady website owners looking to sell you supplements that’ll ‘magically’ give you a ripped body like Rain…I’ve got something even better.
I found a couple of videos that show Rain during his actual workouts in preparation for the Ninja Assassin flick. Now we know these are legit. Take a look at the types of exercises and techniques his trainers used during the workouts…I think you’ll notice that the “Rain workout” is built around many of the exact same advanced fat loss and muscle building strategies I recommend to all myTopFatLossTrainer readers.
Finally, some truth when it comes to how celebrities get incredibly lean and ripped for their movie roles. Notice how Rain was describing his workout routine as one of the most challenging and demanding things he’d ever been put through? He trained SIX hours a day for SIX months to accomplish the total body transformation shown above. Granted, 5 of those hours were devoted to fighting technique for the movie, but think about the obscene amount of calories Rain burned through each day during these workouts.
Creating an exceptional body requires exceptional efforts and there are NO quick fixes, other than training and dieting smarter, harder and with greater focus. Here’s another Rain workout video that shows even more of his training sessions (some of it’s in English and some is narrarated in Korean…but it’s still a killer video that shows Rain “in the trenches,” just like I promote with my garage workouts).
You can see that Rain managed to get cut up without fancy equipment and without having to complete every workout in a state of the art gym or training facility. I’m not saying there’s anything wrong with training at a gym…I’m just driving home the point that a little dedication, mixed with some imagination (and very basic fitness equipment), can go a long ways. Whether you’re working out entirely from home, only at the gym or a combination of both…the only thing that stands in the way of you building your own Rain hard-body is YOU.
I was pleased to see that Rain’s workout was based around heavy, highly metabolic, total body training, which is exactly what I prescribe (well, I guess I can only ‘recommend’ since I’m just a pharmacist) to get a body like Rain. It’s funny because I just filmed the half get-ups and dumbbell push-ups into a one-armed row the other day in my Advanced Ab Exercises video.
Rain’s workout had him performing full get-ups and combining three of my favorite moves (the burpee, the dumbbell push-up into one-armed row combo and the push press) into one giant, lean body certified movement. Very cool and very effective.
I hope you were as inspired as I was by watching these Rain workout clips and even more importantly, I hope this post helped to clear any misconceptions you might of had regarding how celebrities really train to get ripped fast (or should I say slow).
So what’s up…are you guys (and gals) feeling this smooth cat? Where does Rain stand in the best celebrity male body category? What do you think about the video clips taken from Rain’s workout sessions?
I’ll be filming my own version of a Rain Ninja Assassin workout and uploading it shortly. It’ll be doper than dope.
After leaving your feedback in the comments section below, make sure you check out these other celeb workouts I’ve posted on in the past:
Cristiano Ronaldo Workout / David Beckham Workout / Randy Couture Workout / Mario Lopez Workout
