Brock Lesnar was a 2000 NCAA heavyweight wrestling champion, a professional wrestling champion, a mixed martial arts heavyweight champion, and he briefly played football with the Minnesota Vikings.

He grew up on a small farm in South Dakota where he developed a strong work ethic and physical strength despite not having a gym anywhere near his home. Living off the land and working heavy farm equipment taught him to be disciplined while also developing physical strength and mental endurance.

Brock Lesnar’s Diet

Brock was diagnosed with diverticulitis in 2009 which prompted him to make major changes to his diet. Diverticulitis is the inflammation of the walls of the large intestine which causes abdominal pain, fever, nausea, and diarrhea. This condition is normally associated with the elderly and people who do not eat enough fiber.

He use to eat whatever he wanted, but now he follows the popular Paleo diet. He focuses on eating meat, fish, vegetables, nuts and seeds, and he drinks a gallon of water per day. Brock also takes a number of supplements such as whey protein, amino acids, fish oils, creatine, and multi-vitamins. He stays away from refined foods, sugar and salt as much as possible.

Brock Lesnar’s Workout Routine

Brock works out twice a day four days a week with the morning session consisting of boxing and wrestling skills and the evening session consisting of running and weight training.

His fighting skills training combines power and conditioning to mimic what occurs inside mixed martial arts cage. This workout includes:

• Mounted punching.

• Heavy bag twirls.

• One arm sledge hammer swings.

• Bear crawls.

• Pushing/pulling tire.

His weight training and cardio workout includes:

• Bench press.

• Incline dumbbell press.

• Dumbbell flies.

• Cable crossovers.

• Triceps dips and pushdowns.

• Treadmill and airdyne bike.

This type of workout helped Brock become the only person to become a champion in collegiate wrestling, professional wrestling, and mixed martial arts.

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