2023 Rewind: Jason Momoa Wants to Show Off His Fridge & Gym
This piece is part of EDGE's 2023 Rewind series. We're reaching into our archives and sharing some of our favorite stories from the past year.
"I didn't know you were coming. I would have dressed up if I knew," says actor/director and "bad ass" Jason Momoa when Men's Health arrived at his door for a video interview. Momoa was located in Aotearoa, New Zealand, where he is shooting "Chief of War" for AppleTV+.
The video — entitled "Gym & Fridge" — begins with Momoa answering the door with an open bathrobe and nothing on underneath. The Men's Health editors provide him cover with an emoji.
The 43-year-old actor (soon to be seen in Fast_X"Fast X") then proceeded to offer Men's Health a look at his refrigerator and his workout while he stayed in various stages of undress. At one point he put on a pair of baggy, black shorts only to remove them to demonstrate his prowess when riding a mountain bike.
The staples in his refrigerator include water because, as Momoa puts it, "a growing boy needs water." And everything he needs for pre- and post- workouts, as well, "most importantly, party-time workout," which includes aloha ham. ("Gotta have the pork... and poi, baby." Men's Health points out that "Poi is the starchy food paste made with the taro root." For his "chill-out-and-go-to-bed workout," Momoa says he might have some fresh apple kava. "Kava is used to relax mind and reduce stress," adds Men's Health.
Momoa also adds beer to his chill routine, opening a refrigerator drawer filled with cans of Guinness, one of which he opened and drank. "That's the secret," he says while taking a swig.
He joked about his workout when sitting amidst his equipment. "What I like to do is sit here and just try to move all these with my mind," adding, "I just like to sit here and relax. That's about the extent of my workouts."
From the looks of his physique, it is not. He continued to describe his favorite exercises. "Kettlebells have been a real huge in my life 'cause I travel with kettlebells. It helps me with my core and just like fighting and doing stunts.
"And aside from that, I really love bands, so I"ll just do band work on the set. It's just simple and easy. I like the stuff I can take anywhere, you know what I mean? And boxing is kinda fun, just to kind of keep my cardio up."
His space, which looked large and unfinished, also appears to have a rock climbing wall, which he uses to keep his cardio up. He also mentioned riding bikes. "I just got these gravel bikes, they're fun as hell. Mountain bikes. Yeah, I like a mountain bike. It goes downhill fast. I'm not allowed in downhill anymore because you know, I'm obviously shooting a movie."
He also stands by a number of motorcycles. "Riding motorcycles isn't really a workout, but it mentally, clears my head".
Momoa is old school when it comes to listening to music, showing of his vinyl collection and the displays his record collection and the record player (A Marshall) he travels with to play them. What does he listen to?
"Helen Wolf, Ease Rider and Lightning Hopkins, Slayer, Metallica, Nirvana. "Hip-hop. Wu-Tang, Lee Morgan, Beastie Boys, Kendrick, my favorite. Colter. Oldl Dirty, Hawk, Beasty, and Miss W," he said.
Momoa then dropped his trunks and rode about the room on a mountain bike in the nude with a traveling emoji to cover his privates. Was Men's Health telling us something by not using an eggplant?
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