As he continues his foray into boxing, Jake Paul is ensuring that his nutrition and workouts remain up-to-par with the best of the best. In a recent Men’s Health YouTube video, Paul showcased his fridge and gym, opening up on how he approaches training for combat sports.
Over last weekend, Paul extended his record in Professional Boxing after dispatching UFC alumni Mike Perry with a vicious knockout, which came about in round six of their fight. Although he was originally slated to fight boxing legend Mike Tyson inside the ring, ‘Iron’ Mike was forced to withdraw from the blockbuster outing due to health issues.
In the aftermath against Perry, Jake Paul called out former UFC middleweight champion and light heavyweight titleholder Alex Pereira, who FaceTimed him shortly after the Perry knockout. While fans would love nothing more than to see these two titans collide, Pereira is under contract with the UFC currently, leaving Paul to reignite his rivalry with Tyson in the months to come.
What’s in Jake Paul’s Fridge?
In addition to Celsius energy drinks, Paul keeps a steady supply of Wagyu beef to fuel his body day in and day out.
“First and foremost, we always have Celsius to keep us going but we also always have this Wagyu, I’m a big big steak guy. This is like 5-6 pounds of Wagyu, you see the marbling there, this is like real Japanese Wagyu it tastes so good. This is what really keeps me going. I look forward to eating this pretty much every night.”
Oddly enough, Paul refrigerates his body wash next to one of his go-to snacks, smoked salmon. He enjoys ginger shots and only drinks water from glass containers.
“Another staple is the W body wash, I like to keep my body wash cold, don’t ask me why I like to keep it cold. Down here, we got our smoked salmon, great snack, some more cow, filet Angus, we always got our ginger shots and our ketone shots.”
“As a PSA to people to stop drinking plastic water bottles, seriously, I only have glass water.”
Before heading into his home gym, Paul discussed how his diet has changed from a YouTube star to a professional boxer.
“I’m naturally a fat kid at heart. I grew up eating Hamburger Helper, Burger King, all of hat stuff in Ohio. That’s what I was used to and that’s what I kept on eating when I moved into Los Angeles but since becoming a professional boxer, I learned a healthy diet and more of a balance.
A lot of times I’m cutting weight so I’m eating on a calorie deficit. Right now, I still have 15 pounds to lose in the next 20 days. But it’s really basic. It’s not that hard. You don’t need to overcomplicate it. Eggs, potatoes, steak, chicken, fruit, yogurt, all the necessities.”
To stay properly hydrated, Paul consumes water with pink Himalayan sea salt every morning alongside black coffee. Some of the breakfast foods he prefers are oatmeal, eggs, and potatoes.
“I drink sodium water every morning, the pink Himalayan sea salt that really keeps me hydrated since I sweat a ton,” adds Paul. “Oatmeal, eggs, potatoes, got to have black coffee. I love my black coffee and that will get me ready for my first practice.”
His typical dinner consists of a ‘little bit’ of pasta with a protein, either chicken or steak.
“I’ll come back and have some Thai Chicken and rice, or sometimes a chicken sandwich, so you get a mix of protein and a little bit of carbs to get me ready for my second practice.
Train super hard and then it’s dinner time. Dinner is a little bit of pasta and any choice of meat whether it’s chicken or steak. That’s really it. I don’t eat a lot of vegetables.”
Go-To Comfort Food: Pizza (Hawaiian)
What he grabs from his fridge at 2 a.m.: Peanut butter and Jelly Sandwich/Bagel with cream cheese
As for snacks, Paul keeps it strict when cutting weight:
“When I’m cutting weight, there’s no snacks after dinner. If I do cheat, I’ll have a bag of chips, salt and vinegar or popcorn chips that are really good.”
The Problem Child’s Gym
Paul walked fans through his gym setup and approach to training.
“This is where all the sweat, blood, and tears come from,” said Paul. “I train twice a day five to six times a week. On Saturday, it’s just a five-mile run, the first session is always boxing drills, sparring, hitting the heavy bag, jumping rope, all the boxing stuff. Then I come back later at night, either to the track or I come back to the gym to do strength and conditioning and that’s basically what I do every single day on repeat.”
He said he’s naturally progressed into a stricter training schedule as his boxing career flourished.
“Lots of emphasis on my footwork. So, at least, once a week I just do drills and really building up the strength for all the small muscles down through the ankles,” said Paul. “Injuries are always a lingering thing but thankfully, knock on wood, I have a body that doesn’t typically injure. Unlike, my brother, I got the strong body genes, he got the ripped genes.”
“The Kaiser [air machine] is really good to just work and build explosiveness in random areas and dynamic punches, this is probably one of the main things that we use,” adds Paul. “We’re also focused on overall athleticism, a lot of boxers aren’t that athletic, and so, if you can work on that and build that explosiveness, that speed, that is also very very important.”
Most intense workout: Running on the track (4x 800 meters)
Lastly, Paul identified his biggest challenge with training, which he says are the endless repetitions he has to complete to become a world championship-caliber boxer.
“My biggest challenge with working out is the thousands of repetitions and getting the 10,000 hours to become world champion and just doing things over and over and over again and going back to the basics, the jab, the right hand, the hook, boxing is the hardest thing I’ve done and after boxing everything else in life is easy to be honest,” shared Jake Paul.
Fresh off his latest victory inside the ring, Jake Paul will look to continue his success as a budding Professional Boxer. How do you think a match against UFC star Alex Pereira would go if Dana White gave his stamp of approval for the big fight?
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