John Cena Interview About Health and Fitness January 2017
John Cena on His Love of Wine and His Obsession With Tic Tacs
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John Cena always looks great, and if you take just one look at his dedication to health and fitness, it's easy to see why. I recently had a chance to chat with the WWE superstar on the phone as he promoted the new Tapout fitness line at JCPenney in NYC, and it's safe to say that he's not messing around. In addition to revealing his favorite workout moves and healthy snacks, John also shared what motivates him to work out and offered up advice for beginners who are just starting to exercise. If John was already on your radar, prepare to love him even more after reading what he had to say.
![On the first thing he does after waking up: "I start the day with water. You go without water for that amount of time [you are sleeping], and I'm getting on in years, so like every guy who is getting on in years, I get up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom, which means I lose more water, so I always start the day with water."
On his three favorite workout moves: "I love squats, pull-ups, and the third would be one of the Olympic lifting movements."
On his favorite things to eat: "I love sautéed vegetables, it's weird. I love burnt brussels sprouts. They taste like weird potato chips. Junk food, ice cream and pizza, and red wine. She [Nikki Bella] introduced me to wine at the beginning of our relationship and she created a monster out of me, so now I truly love wine and it's been great. We truly enjoy wine together."](https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/uPVNBbOLgcKuz5yogMkggf13x8U/fit-in/1024x1024/filters:format_auto-!!-:strip_icc-!!-/2017/01/23/051/n/1922398/c9edee7461f8e089_GettyImages-632491544/i/first-thing-he-does-after-waking-up-I-start-day.jpg "On the first thing he does after waking up: \"I start the day with water. You go without water for that amount of time [you are sleeping], and I'm getting on in years, so like every guy who is getting on in years, I get up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom, which means I lose more water, so I always start the day with water.\"
On his three favorite workout moves: \"I love squats, pull-ups, and the third would be one of the Olympic lifting movements.\"
On his favorite things to eat: \"I love sautéed vegetables, it's weird. I love burnt brussels sprouts. They taste like weird potato chips. Junk food, ice cream and pizza, and red wine. She [Nikki Bella] introduced me to wine at the beginning of our relationship and she created a monster out of me, so now I truly love wine and it's been great. We truly enjoy wine together.\"")
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![On working out with girlfriend Nikki Bella: "We differ in philosophy a little bit, but we both like the lower-body stuff. We both like squat-based workouts and the moving around to break a sweat type of stuff. She's also really into Pure Barre, which would absolutely smoke me. I don't think I could last five minutes. That's kind of where we differ, but it's actually great because she'll go to a Pure Barre class and I'll go do my workouts, but we both have that good feeling after, and then we'll get together for the rest of the day."
On his current workout playlist: "That's weird because I'm getting in the lane where I may be one of those guys that's too old. They say if the music is too loud, you're too old. A lot of the times in the gym I will work out to silence. [Other] times also I will work out to Nicole's playlist because she'll come in and workout with me and hers is really upbeat stuff — a lot of Rihanna is in there, a lot of Britney Spears in there, she's got some Kanye in there — so I just let her have control of the radio."](https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/0iSNpWzFL_jVz4dGSP4S_uP3-7k/fit-in/1024x1024/filters:format_auto-!!-:strip_icc-!!-/2017/01/23/051/n/1922398/b9d07ec10963c305_GettyImages-632495202/i/working-out-girlfriend-Nikki-Bella-We-differ-philosophy.jpg "On working out with girlfriend Nikki Bella: \"We differ in philosophy a little bit, but we both like the lower-body stuff. We both like squat-based workouts and the moving around to break a sweat type of stuff. She's also really into Pure Barre, which would absolutely smoke me. I don't think I could last five minutes. That's kind of where we differ, but it's actually great because she'll go to a Pure Barre class and I'll go do my workouts, but we both have that good feeling after, and then we'll get together for the rest of the day.\"
On his current workout playlist: \"That's weird because I'm getting in the lane where I may be one of those guys that's too old. They say if the music is too loud, you're too old. A lot of the times in the gym I will work out to silence. [Other] times also I will work out to Nicole's playlist because she'll come in and workout with me and hers is really upbeat stuff — a lot of Rihanna is in there, a lot of Britney Spears in there, she's got some Kanye in there — so I just let her have control of the radio.\"")
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