00:00 Hey, I'm Dalvin Cook, running back for the New York Jets.
00:03 Here's Cook out of the backfield.
00:05 Dalvin with a nice pickup on first down.
00:08 Today I'm gonna show you my five favorite moves.
00:10 But first, I'm gonna show you
00:11 what my pregame ritual look like.
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00:16 I pretty much start pretty early,
00:23 like an hour before my workout.
00:24 Just clear my head, put on some music.
00:26 I'm like a little baby, eat meals,
00:28 just to kind of switch the vibe up a little bit.
00:30 And then I go perform.
00:31 I always keep my accessories, my own beats.
00:33 I always got to keep them just to stay in the zone.
00:36 So, a headphone is a must to keep.
00:39 The supplement I take is the Thorne Immunocomplex.
00:42 It helps my muscles while I train,
00:44 and it gets me going.
00:46 I take training pretty seriously.
00:48 Let me show you a few of my favorite moves.
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00:53 The first move I'm gonna show you guys is a bicep curl.
00:56 I like the bicep curl 'cause I'm a running back,
00:58 and it give me firm grip on the football.
01:00 Also, I like to keep the muscles right and ready to go.
01:03 I haven't measured my biceps,
01:04 but I think they're pretty much the same, 50/50.
01:08 I do like three sets of six, get that quick pump.
01:11 The next thing I like to do in the gym
01:13 is a tricep pull down.
01:14 Another specialty for me, holding the ball as a runner.
01:17 Tricep pull down, keep your shoulders and everything intact,
01:20 you know, so you can get the defenders off you.
01:22 Stiff arm.
01:22 - A little stiff arm there, stays inbounds.
01:25 - Or whatever you need to do in the meanwhile.
01:27 I try to do like a manageable weight,
01:29 so I can do probably like four sets of 10
01:31 to get that work in, get that burn.
01:33 And now we're here with the pull-ups.
01:35 I've been doing pull-ups since I was young,
01:38 probably like middle school.
01:39 You know, it was something we did
01:41 in like the competition in middle school,
01:43 how many pull-ups you can do.
01:45 I think the heavier you are,
01:46 the harder the pull-up is gonna be.
01:48 So, you know, you get some guidance,
01:49 you can use a band to help you,
01:51 but I think the heavier you are, the harder it should be.
01:54 It's kind of crazy, but it's go till you fail.
01:56 You know, you stop at eight, you stop at eight,
01:57 stop at 10, you know, reset,
01:59 get ready to go for the next one.
02:00 Another favorite thing I like to do is push-ups.
02:03 Controlling your own body weight is always important.
02:06 I kind of like free my mind up.
02:07 You know, I think you can take your mind
02:09 to a different place, like for me, you know, I'm from Miami.
02:12 So like I kind of put myself on the beach, just chilling.
02:15 I don't put in nothing, but I just go,
02:16 I catch a rhythm, I just get through.
02:19 Finally, we got the lat pull-down.
02:20 Lat pull-down is always important
02:22 'cause it kind of like secures the whole,
02:24 you know, side of your body.
02:25 That's why I pretty much do lat pull-down,
02:27 just to keep it firm.
02:29 So I'll probably do like four sets of that.
02:31 I'll do like four sets of eight, 10,
02:33 and push it to the max.
02:34 - Sets up a screen for Cook,
02:37 and Dalvin Cook with a full head of steam to the 35.
02:40 - After a game, it's pretty much just soak it all up,
02:43 take it all in, and then the next day,
02:45 I'll probably get a massage
02:46 or probably hit some acupuncture or a cup in,
02:49 you know, just to get my body back ready to go.
02:51 Post-game, we pretty much have a meal,
02:53 and I pretty much go in there
02:54 and try to get as much protein as I can.
02:57 Last week, I think we had like meatballs,
02:59 and that was pretty good for me
03:01 'cause whatever protein they got in there,
03:03 I try to stack up on that.
03:04 After a workout, you know,
03:06 I'm not as exhausted as from a game,
03:08 so it's pretty much, I use probably like a Theragun
03:11 or just stretch out just to keep my muscles
03:13 kind of like, you know, loose and ready to go.
03:15 Post-training, post-workout, I take a supplement powder
03:18 to maximize my muscles and my recovery.
03:21 - Just win it!
03:22 Touchdown, game over!
03:24 - How do I celebrate a win?
03:25 Just pretty much soaking it up with the fellas.
03:27 You know, I got the locks, so after the game,
03:30 just making sure that I got all my dreads in my head,
03:32 you know, make sure nobody even pulled them out,
03:34 and groom the beard before we go,
03:36 depending on, you know, the activity we wanna do,
03:39 and just pretty much giving 'em around a lot of love,
03:41 you know, just to celebrate.
03:43 Training is part of my routine,
03:45 and I take it pretty serious,
03:46 so I put everything I got into it,
03:48 you know, putting the right stuff in my body,
03:50 and making sure it's ready to go,
03:51 so you train hard, you play hard,
03:53 then you get the right results.
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