9/2/2023 0 Comments Fox 2 working out your brain![]() There was a point in the pandemic where I probably weighed more, and so I started getting into a more rigorous everyday exercise routine because I had more time on my hands. You know, I’ve never really gotten out of shape. With the exception of pull-ups, which I’ve always loved-I’ve always had gymnastics rings in my studio-I do my entire workout with weights between 10 and 25 lbs.Ībout that Coachella photo: When did you get ripped, in shape like that? Was it a pandemic thing? Did it come out of your PT experience? She’s really a believer in more repetitions with lower weights. You do high-rep upper body workouts that seem like part cardio, like prison workouts. That’s just become part of my life, building up my overall strength. Now it’s evolved into a conscious routine: “Do your cardio, do your core,” a regimen of low-weight, upper body exercises with lots of repetitions. Which is part of my burnt-in brain messaging: managing cholesterol, exercise and core work is essential for my functioning. I understood: I have to start working on this the same way I have to start working on my heart. ![]() I have to control my cholesterol and my weight if I don’t want that fate, and I got that message too when my lower back went out 16 years ago. ![]() And his back really almost killed him at the end of his life. In my case, my father had his first heart attack at 50, and by my age he already went through a triple bypass. You know, health-wise, we look genetically at what happened to our parents. GQ caught up with Elfman to discuss intermittent fasting, light weights versus heavy, the tyranny of cardio and the importance of good shoulders. After a lower-back flareup in his fifties, the composer, who’s playing Coachella again on Saturday, began to approach his health with a little more purpose, which led to harder, every day workouts, a dialed-in diet and, well, results. For all of the remarkable ubiquity of Elfman’s work-the Simpsons theme and The Nightmare Before Christmas are just the tip of the iceberg-many people apparently didn’t know what he looked like. How does he look this good? Who knew he was this cut? Here’s Elfman, 68 years old, resembling something between a boxer and a personal trainer, covered in tattoos, looking about half his age. A week ago, the film and TV composer and former Oingo Boingo frontman played a set at Coachella, in the heat, shirtless, with photos from the show circulating to genuine shock. ![]()
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