John Cena Workout

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By Chris Davis

Experience Advanced (3+ years)
Time 45 minutes/day | 5 days/week
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Average Cardio Intensity
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40%

The John Cena workout has supersized his physique for the WWE. The workout gets John Cena jacked by focusing on traditional bodybuilding routines. Cena has found that training heavy has given him the best strength gains. Below are the routines WWE Superstar John Cena has shared with the muscle building workout magazines.


The John Cena Workout Routine focuses on lifting heavy weight. John Cena says he warms up before every workout by doing lighter sets of each exercise. These lighter sets are important for his workout routine, because once he gets going, the lifting gets heavy.


You never want to jump into a heavy lifting workout routine. You always want to start light, to activate the muscles that you’re about to put under a lot of strain and duress. Feel free to do lots of sets at lighter weight to start your workout routine.

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The John Cena Monday Workout is Chest & Back. He does Chest & Back on the same day to utilize the pushing vs. pulling method that these 2 muscle groups require. John Cena supersets dumbbell rows with incline presses. Then, he supersets pullups with pullovers.


For these chest & back power lifts, make sure to use proper form. Use the heaviest weight you can, while performing the required number of lifts. John Cena says he sometimes goes on a rampage of lifting toward his max. When doing so, he lowers the amount of reps he does on bench press, but increases the weight.

ExerciseSetsRepsRest
1.Barbell Bench Press
3 sets8 reps60s
2.Paused Barbell Bench Press

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3 sets2 reps60s

Circuit #3 - 4 rounds

Rest 60s between rounds

3A.Supported Single Arm Dumbbell Bent-over Row
4 rounds8 reps0s
3B.Hammer Grip Incline DB Bench Press
4 rounds5 reps60s

Circuit #4 - 3 rounds

Rest 60s between rounds

4A.Weighted Pullup
3 roundsAMAP reps0s
4B.Bent-Arm Dumbbell Pullover
3 rounds10-12 reps60s
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The John Cena Tuesday workout routine focuses on legs. John Cena’s legs workout is useful for when he has to raise people much bigger than him off the ground. Having strong legs and core is crucial for sustaining a long wrestling career.

ExerciseSetsRepsRest
1.Barbell Back Squat
3 sets8 reps60s
2.Crossed-Arm Barbell Front Squat
3 sets8 reps60s
3.Seated Leg Curl
3 sets8 reps60s
4.Machine Hack Squat
4 sets12 reps60s
5.Leg Extensions
4 sets12 reps60s
6.Dumbbell Calf Raises
3 sets20 reps60s
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ExerciseSetsRepsRest
1.Mountain Climber
3 sets60s60s
2.Bear Crawl
3 sets60s60s
3.Weighted Sled Pull Sprint
3 sets20 yards60s
4.Weighted Crunch
3 sets8 reps60s
5.Landmine 180's
3 sets8 reps60s
6.Barbell Side Bends
3 sets8 reps60s
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The John Cena Thursday workout uses Olympic lifts. Olympic lifts are a great way for athletes to gain tremendous strength. They help athletes with the ability to use their bodyweight to deliver huge changes in force. This helps with wrestling moves like body slams, take downs and signature finishers.


For the Deadlift, Snatch, Clean & Jerk and Power Clean exercises, John Cena is always looking to increase his strength.

ExerciseSetsRepsRest
1.Barbell Romanian Deadlift
3 sets8 reps60s
2.Barbell Snatch
3 sets8 reps60s
3.Barbell Clean and Jerk
3 sets8 reps60s
4.Barbell Power Clean
3 sets8 reps60s
5.Barbell Front Squat
4 sets8 reps60s
6.Seated Machine Shoulder (Military) Press
4 sets8 reps60s
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The John Cena Friday workout is for Shoulder & Arms. The workout routine includes a couple supersets. This is where you move from exercise to exercise, without rest. Do the triceps extension, cable backhand and dumbbell curl as a superset. When you’re done with a superset of all 3 exercises, perform another superset.


The same is true for the Bradford Press (Shoulders), Reverse Curl (Arms) and Barbell Shrug (Traps). You do a set of all 3 exercises. This allows you to work your shoulders & arms–and traps–all at once.


Although these reps and sets are the ones he reported to Men’s Fitness, John Cena says he often changes things up. He likes to lower the reps, but increase the weight. He will either increase the weight each week, or vary the set/reps back and forth.

For example, Cena might do 3 sets of 5 on Close-Grip Bench the 1st week. The 2nd week, he may increase the weight, but go down in reps to 3. Or, he may do 5 reps for 3 weeks. Then, for Weeks 4-6, John Cena does 3 reps at a heavier weight (for more strength.)

ExerciseSetsRepsRest
1.Barbell Push Press
3 sets5 reps60s
2.Barbell Close-Grip Bench Press
3 sets5 reps60s
3.Barbell Lying Triceps Extension (Skullcrusher)
3 sets6 reps60s

Circuit #4 - 3 rounds

Rest 60s between rounds

4A.Cable Backhand
3 rounds8-10 reps0s
4B.Barbell Biceps Curl
3 rounds8-10 reps0s
4C.Barbell Seated Bradford/Rocky Presses
3 rounds8-10 reps60s

Circuit #5 - 3 rounds

Rest 60s between rounds

5A.Reverse-Grip Barbell Curl
3 rounds8 reps0s
5B.Barbell Shrug
3 rounds6 reps60s

Date Created: 12/11/2019, UTC


Last Updated: 7/12/2021, UTC





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