Watch: Cody Simpson Shows Off Impressive Physique While Olympic Training
Singer and swimmer Cody Simpson tied his mutual interests together with an Instagram post. "Water is like jazz. Fluid, freeform and unpredictable!" It is accompanied by Simpson swimming a good deal of a pool's length underwater.
His workout is part of his training after he qualified for the Australian Olympic Trials last December. EDGE reported at the time he had achieved a lifetime goal.
Earlier this week the 24-year old posted another IG of himself tagged with "BURNOUT. If you want to take the island, burn your boats."
"In the video, Cody can be seen completing a set of barbell bicep curls while shirtless and standing in what appears to be a boxing gym, with a black face mask on," reported the Daily Mail.
"He then moves onto working out his chest with a cable fly exercise, before training his lats with straight bar pull downs, his back with ground-level straight bar rows and targetting his chest with alternating single arm incline dumbbell bench presses.
"Cody then showed off his upper body's strength by completing pull ups with a large chain around his neck."
Note: pay attention to a moment 30 seconds in the video where it appears his junk hits the bar.
"Cody is currently well on his way to Olympic glory, as he trains for his dream of winning a gold medal at the 2024 event in the 100m butterfly race," adds the Daily Mail. "Despite his pop star status, Cody's passion for swimming has been recognized by his idols Michael Phelps and Ian Thorpe."
He qualified for the Olympic Games trials by swimming the 100m butterfly in 54.9 seconds in December, easily beating past the qualifying benchmark of 56.87.
Simpson began his singing career as a teenager in 2009 by posting cover versions of pop songs on YouTube. He released his hit first single "iYiYi" in 2010 and his first album "Paradise" (of three) in 2012. More recently, he released several EPs. He appeared on Broadway in "Anastasia" in 2018-2019. He also has had a highly public personal life, having dated Gigi Hadid (2013-2015) and Miley Cyrus (2019-2020).