– Crab walks with a manual resistance belt
– Freestanding squats with a 40-pound weight vest, including 20 repetitions with the vest and 20 with a sandbag, each incorporating an explosive jump at standing phase of each movement
James also implements kettlebells into his squats and for upper body movements, and rounds out his workout with fast-paced jumping jacks and a boxing session gelled with kickboxing.
When he’s on the road, James doesn’t allow his conditioning to falter. He said he uses whatever space he can, puts a timer on 30 seconds for each exercise and performs workouts consisting of squats, squat kicks, squat jumps and a pushup variation — close-hand, wide-hand and incline pushups.
“If you’re truly serious about your physique and health, in totality, I think you need to pull out all stops,” James said. “You need to really just hone in on that warrior within. If you really want change, no one else is going to make that for you. It’s all mental, at first. Once you overcome that mental part, your body can do anything.”