Manny Jacinto, like many young men of an impressionable age, wasn’t necessarily looking to improve his fitness or train to achieve a specific goal when he first began working out. He had a broader aim for his time in the gym.
“I think the reason I started working out when I was younger was because of girls,” he admitted to the MH crew. “And then as you get older that doesn’t last, because there’s got to be something that motivates you to get into the gym.”
The 34-year-old actor, who you most likely know from his breakout role as the lovably airheaded Jason Mendoza on NBC’s The Good Place, is now much more focused on how fitness can help him to live a better life. “It’s super important to maintain that higher level of activity as you get older because we can get really complacent with our bodies,” he says. “Exercise can become a secondary, or something that’s not as important. Now, he says that he trains four to five days a week and prioritizes focused rest and recovery.
Jacinto and his strength coach, Karl Flores walked the MH crew through his ultra-functional training routine at Vitru gym in L.A. The workout focuses on movement and mobility as much as strength and muscle-building—Jacinto credits this to the fact that he and Flores both come from a dance background.
Even if his most recent roles don’t directly focus on those skills—you can catch Jacinto now on Amazon Prime’s I Want You Back and later this year in Top Gun: Maverick—the actor is still able to use his strengths to inform his workouts. That puts him in a great position. He’s able to keep healthy movement paramount, which can both reduce his risks of injury and continue to help him feel good in day-to-day life. That’s reason enough to keep him motivated to return to the gym.
Manny Jacinto’s Strength and Mobility Workout
- Spiderman Lunge With Rotation (World’s Greatest Stretch)
8 reps per side
30 seconds
- Resisted Lateral Bear Crawl
30 seconds
- Kettlebell Snatch to Windmill
5 reps per side
- Half-Kneeling Lateral Toss
10 reps per side
- Bridge Position Chest Press
3 sets of 10 reps
- Side Plank Twist to Reach
3 sets of 15 reps
6 minutes / 30 second sprint, 30 seconds controlled
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