Eric Marlon Bishop, better known to us as the 48-year-old Academy Award winning Jamie Foxx, looks better than ever, with amazing muscle tone and rock-hard abs and arms.
In a recent interview he mentioned about having a "youthful" attitude in everything he does. He admittedly likes to have fun and enjoys squeezing every minute out of life. With "grown-up" responsibilities like a daughter, movie releases, album deadlines, etc. staying youthful can be difficult, but here's how Mr. Foxx keeps feeling (and looking young).
First it starts off with family. Even down to his younger sister Deondre who has Down's Syndrome. The two partnered together to raise nearly 3 million dollars for Down's Syndrome and continue to do it today.
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"With DeOndra, we let her jump in the water and swim a little bit, so to speak. Our family just treats her like DeOndra. She goes everywhere we go. She’s usually the life of the party! I attribute a lot of that to my mother. She was the one who was making sure DeOndra went to school and got to be involved in all the activities. She always said, 'Get out there and do your thing! Go to school, play, have fun — there’s nothing different about you!'”
But Jamie learned early on, that as you move through Hollywood, sometimes it's not the things you learn, but the things that you Un-learn that help you the most. Here's his top three:
Unlearn That You Have To Join The Crowd
Jamie's motto is "If you can't beat them…beat them at something else". Foxx’s breakthrough role was in the American football film Any Given Sunday. You could say it was daunting: “I got into the movie and there’s Al Pacino, Cameron Diaz...” he says. “The one thing I had on my side was I played football. I knew more about it than them. I relied on that.” Don’t compete on others’ terms; play to your strengths.
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Unlearn Taking Everybody With You On Your Journey
Growing wiser with age isn’t simply a matter of taking things onboard – it’s also about letting go the things that are no longer valuable. “Here’s what you’re going to unlearn now,” Foxx says, referring to the next phase of his career. “You have to pull yourself away from the media – not be so shiny in the next 10 years, because it......hurts the art and that’s the only thing that’s going to survive. That’s the tricky part: how do you navigate through the world and still be an artist?” Whether you’re an artist or an accountant the advice is the same: take the long view when it comes to your career. And whenever you need to learn a new way of working in order to climb the ladder, you should also ask yourself which of your current habits need to be put out to pasture.
Unlearn Doing It How You've Always Done It
In the gym – much like in his work – Foxx recognizes the importance of seeing the bigger picture. Even in his forties he’s still updating his workout routine, under the supervision of strength coach Jack Manson (jackmanson.com). “I’d been doing bench presses my whole life,” says Foxx. “The chest, the front – but I hadn’t been working my back, so it made me hunch forward.” Manson had him working on his back and core, building real strength rather than mirror muscle, and improving his posture. Make Foxx’s principles work for you by following this total-body session. Then spread the news.
Pairing his intense workouts with a low-carbohydrate, high fiber and high protein diet, he says a typical training day starts with a breakfast of toast, two pieces of turkey bacon and orange juice followed by a sandwich on pita bread and a protein shake for lunch. Post workout, he has another protein shake and keeps dinner light with a meal of fish and vegetables. “I’ll cheat a little bit,” he admits, “but then I just have to bust my a-- on the other side.”
