#2063 - The Rock

Joe Rogan (0:04)

The Joe Rogan Experience.

What's happening? How fun was that?

Dwayne Johnson (0:16)

That was a blast.

Joe Rogan (0:17)

We had a good day.

Dwayne Johnson (0:18)

Dude, that was three hours.

Joe Rogan (0:19)

Yeah, we got Shane Gillis, Bryan Simpson, Asan Ahmad, Tony Hinchcliffe, Duncan Trussell, you and me.

We had a fucking banging workout. Then we did the sauna. We did the cold plunge. We did the whole experience.

Dwayne Johnson (0:34)

We did the sauna again.

Joe Rogan (0:35)

Yeah, cold plunge again. I did it twice.

Dwayne Johnson (0:37)

Cold plunge, man. That was great. And I love what you're doing down here, by the way, with the boys. Getting down here, giving them this opportunity to get after it, not only in their craft, but also getting in shape.

Joe Rogan (0:49)

Yeah.

Dwayne Johnson (0:49)

Those guys are really good.

Joe Rogan (0:55)

They just don't work out, you know. But we're doing it now. This is the third week. Yeah.

And we've been talking about it forever. But when Shane moved to town, he's like, dude, I got to get in shape. I got to do something. I go, listen, let's start on Monday, nice and light. And so we started nice and light. Today was a pretty hard day for them.

Dwayne Johnson (1:13)

Yeah.

Joe Rogan (1:13)

But generally, it's pretty easy.

I just have them do pushups, bodyweight squats, and a series of very light kettlebell routines. Just simple stuff.

Dwayne Johnson (1:22)

Right. Just get them used to it.

Joe Rogan (1:24)

Yeah.

Dwayne Johnson (1:24)

Right?

Joe Rogan (1:24)

And then I started adding the bag at the end. The sprints on the bag.

Dwayne Johnson (1:28)

The bag was great, by the way.

Joe Rogan (1:29)

Yeah. It's a great way to end it.

Dwayne Johnson (1:30)

Yes.

Joe Rogan (1:31)

Great way.

Dwayne Johnson (1:32)

Great way. But I like working out with those guys. You feel it.

Joe Rogan (1:34)

Yeah.

Dwayne Johnson (1:35)

You feel their desire. None of them quit. None of them.

Joe Rogan (1:37)

No, they hung in there.

Dwayne Johnson (1:38)

Post out. They were there.

Joe Rogan (1:39)

They hung in there through the sauna. They hung in there through the cold plunge. Everything. Yeah. It's just, they want to do it. It's, you know, sometimes people just need a little help. They're not used to doing it.

They know they want to get in shape, but they don't know how.

Dwayne Johnson (1:52)

That's right. They don't know how to take that first step, and they just need a little bit of help, especially if it's different with you. And luckily for me, too, we grew up in that environment where it pushes us, and it's what we do, and it's part of our DNA.

But you get to, and all those guys, it's really cool. They look to you for the, show me the way, and they do it.

Joe Rogan (2:12)

Yeah. Well, they realize once they've done it a few times, they walk out here, they feel so good. They feel so, like I get text messages from each one of them. They're like, God, I feel fucking great. I feel great. I'm like, good. That's, you don't want to walk out of a workout beat up. You want to walk out just a little energized, feeling better, and then slowly ramp things up. So this is week three. Today was the hardest day.

But it was just, you know, you were here. I was like, we gotta, we gotta go hard.

We gotta go hard.

Dwayne Johnson (2:38)

We lit it up. We lit it up.

Joe Rogan (2:40)

But they hung in there, and everybody walked out with a big smile on their face. We all had a great time.

Dwayne Johnson (2:44)

It was so good, man.

Joe Rogan (2:45)

Yeah.

Dwayne Johnson (2:45)

It was so good. And I told some of the boys this.

I miss that kind of stuff because it's been a while since I worked out with the boys back when I was wrestling. We'd all work together because we were traveling together every night and going to the same gym every day or different cities. But I miss that, that camaraderie.

Joe Rogan (3:03)

Yeah, the camaraderie is nice. I kind of use my workout. Most of the time I work out alone. I used to work with a trainer, but after a while I realized I don't need to help push myself. So I just write a routine and there's a certain meditative aspect to being alone with your thoughts.

Dwayne Johnson (3:18)

Yes.

Joe Rogan (3:18)

And just I like to put fights on so I can watch something in between sets. But I just like to be, and I like to be accountable 100% for my work. Like I know what I have to do, I know what I do it. And it sets the tone for the day, which sets the tone for my life.