{"id":12416,"date":"2024-11-15T22:53:27","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T15:53:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=12416"},"modified":"2024-11-15T22:53:27","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T15:53:27","slug":"chingy-uses-meditation-machines-mental-discipline-to-still-got-it-at-44","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=12416","title":{"rendered":"Chingy Uses Meditation, Machines &#038; Mental Discipline to &#8216;Still Got It&#8217; at 44"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>You can say that Chingy still \u201cgot it,\u201d even after more than two decades since his breakthrough debut album, <em>Jackpot,<\/em> instantly solidified his status in the hip-hop history books. Today, as the older, wiser\u2014and more muscular\u2014rap superstar puts it, Chingy\u2019s never actually lost a beat.<\/p>\n<p>At age 44, Chingy\u2019s still dropping tracks, like the recently released \u201cStill Got it\u201d\u2014his syllabic sequel to 2003\u2019s \u201cGettin\u2019 It.\u201d His latest work\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chingy369.com\/?srsltid=AfmBOoq0AMJ1QyfOxc4NnSDFRYHDvx1KLpdBrZDTuxJlO6YmYd49kuY8\">Pick 3 Vol. 2<\/a>\u2014was just dropped on Nov. 15, just two months since Vol 1 hit the airwaves. Back to generating music at full speed, one of the main architects of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/chingy\/\">St. Louis rap scene<\/a> is reacquainting himself with both lifelong fans and a new generation of hip-hop enthusiasts\u2014this time as an independent artist.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think I lost anything,\u201d Chingy says. \u201cA lot of people may have lost track of what\u2019s been going on with Chingy\u2014especially when you don\u2019t have record labels behind you. But I\u2019ve been doing the same things\u2014putting out music and performing. I\u2019m still doing everything I love to do. That hasn\u2019t changed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition to his musical evolution, one noticeable change has been Chingy\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.muscleandfitness.com\/athletes-celebrities\/interviews\/chase-rice-used-his-college-football-mindset-to-help-conquer-country-music\/\">muscle growth.<\/a> \u00a0Fans who remembered a leaner Chingy collabing with Snoop Dogg and Ludacris on 2003\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GmKjTC8yDFM\">\u201cHolidae Inn\u201d<\/a> saw a thicker, more jacked version of the 40-something artist during his television performance with fellow St. Louisian Nelly at this year\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DAzpU2MMMkd\/?hl=en\">American Music Awards<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And while he\u2019s proud to still show his onstage physique \u201cto the ladies,\u201d Chingy\u2019s focus on his health is based on long-term performance, both in the gym and onstage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI get female fans who say, \u2018You look even better than you did,\u2019\u201d\u00a0 the \u201cRight Thurr\u201d rapper says. \u201cBut it\u2019s not just about big muscles, exercise keeps me healthy internally as well. I know for longevity, exercise is going to help\u2014even on stage. To this day I\u2019m performing like I\u2019ve never performed before. I\u2019m a new artist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His commitment to training dates back to the days of Ronnie Coleman gracing the Olympia stage. He admits his aesthetic ambitions were never to look freakishly enormous like his iron idols. Instead, staying strong, shredded, and athletic looking has always been his muscle-making motives.<\/p>\n<p>He still hits the weights at least four to five days a week, but Chingy\u2019s routine has now evolved beyond biceps and bench presses. Chingy, who\u2019s been a vegan for well over a decade, has also implemented yoga and other mindfulness techniques into his daily plan. It\u2019s the latest chapter of the star\u2019s mindfulness evolution, and what he credits most with for being able to continue performing and dropping hits at a high level.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI always have conversations with people, and they be like, \u2018Man, how did you do this? And I\u2019ll say mental discipline,\u201d he says. \u201cWhat are you trying to get, physically, mentally or spiritually? It\u2019s always going to take that mental discipline to get it all done. \u201cThe outcome don\u2019t happen unless you do the income.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"CHINGY: &#039;I&#039;M JUST GONNA TRY TO LIVE AND ENJOY MYSELF TILL I TRANSITION ON MY DEATHBED&#039;\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_clCOdlYohM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>Chingy Once Curled for the Girls<\/h3>\n<p>Chingy says he\u2019s been writing rhymes since the age of 6, using anything from a torn piece of paper to a napkin to jot down any idea. He says to this day many his original scribblings are still intact, although not necessarily in his possession.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy little sister got the original lyrics of \u201cHolidae In,\u201d and she won\u2019t give them to me,\u201d he says.\u00a0\u201cShe\u2019s going to have to make me a copy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While his discography is filled with hip-hop classics, it\u2019s safe to say Chingy\u2019s fitness education came from studying the classic physiques he would find each month in Muscle &amp; Fitness and other bodybuilding publications. From Arnold Schwarzenegger to Lou Ferrigno Lee Labrada to Ronnie Coleman, the physique photo shoots helped mold Chingy\u2019s muscle-building mindset.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWorking out makes me happy,\u201d he says. \u201cI love working out. It starts my day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While admiring the mass monsters from a photographic standpoint, Chingy\u2019s gym goals were much more modest: getting stronger while looking shredded enough to capture the attention of the female fans who showed up to his performances.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just wanted to make sure that I was healthy and had a nice physique to my liking,\u201d he says. \u201cSome of those guys were mutants\u2014I had no desire to look like them. \u00a0I just wanted a nice physique and be healthy\u2014and let the ladies look.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chingy\u2019s early training consisted of heavy lifting with the addition of some light sparring. In addition, he added kickboxing and mixed martial arts to his routine, working with former MMA fighter Jermaine Andre in St. Louis. <strong>\u201c<\/strong>A lot of people didn\u2019t know I kick-boxed, he says. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t something I really wanted to get into, but I just wanted to learn it. I\u2019m not really into fighting and all that. I try to stay away from that type of energy.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption \">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:55.36519386835%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.muscleandfitness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Chingy-2.jpg?quality=86&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" alt=\"Chingy\" width=\"1109\" height=\"614\" data-fallback-img=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.muscleandfitness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Chingy-2.jpg?quality=86&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"credit\">Chingy<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Chingy 2.0 for 2024<\/h3>\n<p>Two decades later, Chingy\u2019s training routine has become a little bit more refined. He\u2019s placed a much heavier emphasis on wellness to even surpass the heavy weights that have helped him add nearly 35 pounds of muscle over the past two decades.<\/p>\n<p>For starters, he\u2019s swapped out the brutality of MMA for soothing daily doses of namaste, incorporating yoga and meditation into his regular wellness routine. As he puts it, adding daily mindfulness techniques is just as important as never skipping leg day. \u201cPeople would be surprised that I do yoga,\u201d he says. \u201cI stretch a lot, which is my yoga practice. But where there\u2019s mental discipline, there\u2019s the meditation that disciplines the mind in some way. That\u2019s how I get the mental clarity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s found a perfectly healthy balance of both. When he\u2019s in the weightroom, Chingy sticks to his tried and true method of a two-on, one-off upper and lower-body split. Performing this twice a week still works, he says, so why mess with it.<\/p>\n<p>There have been some subtle changes to his routine. At 44, he\u2019s scaled back on using heavy dumbbells for upper body work. These days he utilizes machine work. He says he\u2019s developed a fond admiration for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.panattasport.com\/en\/all-products\/?yith_wcan=1&amp;filter_tipologia=benches,plate-loaded&amp;query_type_tipologia=or&amp;filter_zona-del-corpo=upper-body&amp;query_type_zona-del-corpo=or&amp;filter_muscoli-target=pectorals-pecs&amp;query_type_muscoli-target=or\">Panatta\u2019s line<\/a> of equipment that his St. Louis gym uses. The new technology he says, still gives him the perfect old-school pec pump. \u201cI like the Panatta machines,\u201d he says. \u201cThey hit that center point of the muscle on a lot of the machines. They\u2019re really good.<\/p>\n<p>The set and rep schemes may differ according to how his body feels that morning. \u201cIf the energy level is high at that time, we\u2019re going to rep out,\u201d he says. \u201cIf it\u2019s low, it might be a struggle to get a couple of reps.\u201d But on any normal workout day, his routine, he says, regularly looks like this:<\/p>\n<p>Day 1: Upper Body<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Machine chest press<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CPNYGo8SShk\">Lat pulldowns<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Biceps curls<\/li>\n<li>Dips<\/li>\n<li>Side laterals<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On Day 2: Lower Body<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Reverse treadmill walk: 2 min.<\/li>\n<li>Quad Extensions\u2019<\/li>\n<li>Calf raises<\/li>\n<li>Lying Leg curl<\/li>\n<li>Treadmill reverse walk at a 15 incline: 2 min. (\u201cIt really hits the quads and the hips,\u201d he says.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>According to Chingy, looking good also requires eating good. He\u2019s been vegan for more than 10 years, he says. He\u2019s given up meat since 2011 and now relies on having one meal a day. It may sound unorthodox, Chingy says he gets by with rice or quinoa bowl with black beans and vegetables, and guacamole. It\u2019s part of his mental discipline plan, which he says has been in successful in helping him overindulge over the years\u2014with the exception of the occasional Ritz cracker.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel great, and I think more people are starting to realize their health is wealth,\u201d he says. \u201cSo you need to take care of yourself as a means to longevity live a prosperous, healthy life until you make that transition.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Chingy\u2019s Spiritual Journey<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>In 2014, <em>XXL magazine<\/em> crowned Chingy as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/chingy-fascinating-rapper-interview\/\">most fascinating rapper<\/a> of his generation, and the title still applies today as Pick 3 Vol 2 is release. Part of the artist\u2019s uniqueness has been unapologetic devotion to philosophy, and how as an independent artist\u2014in which he\u2019s now personally responsible for every detail of his music making business\u2014he\u2019s immersed himself even deeper into his spiritual journey.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith a major record company behind you, you get the TV shows, the big performances and all the radio play,\u201d he says. \u201cWithout a major label, you don\u2019t get those. So you pretty much have to set the tone. So I\u2019ve been grinding accordingly and doing all the things I can.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If you ask Chingy about his curiosity in the cosmos\u2014he\u2019s studied astrology, astronomy, and even numerology\u2014it\u2019s been a part of his life since childhood. \u201cI\u2019ve always been one of those kids looking around, looking up at the sky and wondering, \u2018What is this like? The sun is shining and the moon and stars and but what is this like?\u2019 I\u2019ve always been like this mystical kid, wanting to know what is existence and how we fit into it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now, inspired by a wide-range of spiritual scholars and experts\u2014from Osho to a Kabbalah rabbi, Chingy has found a way to channel his spirituality into his music.<\/p>\n<p>His 2023 EP, <a href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/us\/album\/chinglish\/1690621358\">\u201cChinglish,\u201d<\/a> is an example of how he continues to showcase his growth and evolution, as well as his signature pop-fun style that made him a household name since 2003. \u201cYou can hear a lot of the spiritual growth on there,\u201d he says. \u00a0\u201c[Then] there\u2019s songs that show I still like to have fun and enjoy music. I make music for everybody.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At age 44, and with a new EP, Chingy is now proving that nothing was ever lost over the decades, and that anything is possible with a positive outlook on life. \u00a0He\u2019s still set on leaving lasting legacy with his music\u2014for however long that takes. At the same time in his genuine quest to finding truth\u2014through music, philosophy, and fitness\u2014his ultimate goals is to make others feel good and treating them as he wants to be treated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is what I was put here to do, and I\u2019m gonna do that,\u201d he says. \u201cI\u2019m just gonna try to live and enjoy myself till I transition on my deathbed. Hopefully I\u2019m remember from these great records that I released, and just being a authentic individual and treating others as I want to be treated.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.muscleandfitness.com\/athletes-celebrities\/chingy-uses-meditation-machines-mental-discipline-to-still-got-it-at-44\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can say that Chingy still \u201cgot it,\u201d even after more than two decades since his breakthrough debut album, Jackpot, instantly solidified his status in the hip-hop history books. Today, as the older, wiser\u2014and more muscular\u2014rap superstar puts it, Chingy\u2019s never actually lost a beat. 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