Lebron James Breaks Down His Game-Day Routine ｜ Mind the Game ｜ Prime Video
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00:00I would say like the top 20 guys in the league, like 19 of them are like religious, religious, if not 20, about their routine, about what shots they need, all the prep, recovery, diet, sleep, all this stuff.
00:12How do you approach, I'd love to start with a practice day and then a game day and so like what does your day look like and how you manage it?
00:19Yeah, for sure. I mean, for a practice day, you know, we're practicing at 11.
00:25I like to get to the facility, you know, around, probably around 8, 8.30, you know, to start my work.
00:33Breakfast at the facility, breakfast at home?
00:36I don't eat until after practice.
00:37After practice, so hydrate?
00:39So I'm hydrating, I have like either like a green juice or some fruit or whatever the case may be, but I don't eat a full meal until I get back home after practice and that's usually around like, my first meal is usually around like 1.30, 2 o'clock.
00:53And by design or you just don't like eating before?
00:56By design.
00:56By design.
00:57Yeah, by design.
00:57So you want that little bit of a fasting quality?
00:59Yeah, a little bit of fasting quality, yeah, by design.
01:01And are you taking supplements?
01:02Yeah.
01:03Creatine?
01:03No, no creatine, no.
01:05Just natural, everyday vitamins, things of that nature.
01:11Just a little protocol of vitamins.
01:12If I have anything after practice, I have like a fruit smoothie, you know, because I've burnt so many calories or whatever.
01:18I have a fruit smoothie or some overnight oats.
01:21It's something quick.
01:21So I get there and I usually get dressed and go to the weight room.
01:26I'm usually in a weight room for about 45 minutes.
01:30Every day or different days?
01:32Different days.
01:33Different days.
01:34If we had a couple days in between hand, I'll go to the weight room then because I like to lift on game day as well.
01:39Yep.
01:40So I'll go to the weight room and then I'll…
01:41So your lifting schedule isn't predicated on game day practice day.
01:44It's on the day.
01:45Like what have I done?
01:46I haven't lifted in three days.
01:46Yeah, what have I done?
01:47Like for this week, so say for instance for this week, today we had a day off.
01:54So this morning was predicated on all rehabbing, body work, things of that nature before I got here.
02:01So I didn't know strength in whatever case may be.
02:04Tomorrow we have a game.
02:07I'll go in early and I'll get a lift in before and then right after I lift, I'll shoot.
02:12You know, early, three, four hours, five hours before the game starts.
02:16Because it's a back-to-back on Friday, I probably won't lift that day.
02:20It'll be more of a recovery work and then a little bit of shooting as well just to prep me for the game.
02:26So, yeah, it's…
02:27I have schedules dependent on how the games are flowing throughout the season.
02:32Right.
02:32That's routine with the schedule.
02:35And do you…
02:35But you go in the gym almost every day to do activation.
02:38Yeah, yeah, yeah.
02:38Mobility stability every day, non-negotiable.
02:40Yeah, non-negotiable.
02:40For sure, same.
02:41And then, like, do you…
02:44And this is probably a little bit of a summer question, but in the season, do you break it up into, like, a strength block, a power day?
02:50You know, like, do you break it up in, like, you know…
02:52No, I do a little bit of that.
02:53Total body type stuff.
02:55Yeah, maintenance.
02:56Maintenance, total body.
02:57In the summer, do you break it up?
02:58No, in the summer, I break it up.
02:59Because the difference between, like, obviously, you and Noah, like, and you like to break it up in the summer because you don't want to get, like, you don't want to get stale.
03:07Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
03:08Three months of the same.
03:09Three months, you're doing the same like you, so you definitely break it up on purpose so you don't get tired of the same routine.
03:15And also, like, target in on a specific thing.
03:17Yeah, exactly.
03:17Like, today we're working on power, today we're working on strength, whatever it may be.
03:19Yeah, exactly.
03:20Like, so for, like, during the season, it's kind of the same, a little bit.
03:24It changes it, but it's the same routine because it's a cadence.
03:27You know, my body is…
03:28I know my body is going to react well to it.
03:30No matter what I'm doing, my body is formed and it knows exactly how it's going to get the most out of it for those games.
03:37Right.
03:37And, like, the demands, you know, make it almost impossible to get gains anyway.
03:41So, like, they break it up too much.
03:42Like, of course, you have to touch on these things, but you can do that in a total body workout where you touch on it for maintenance rather than focus in on, like, blood metric stuff, you know.
03:50So, that's interesting.
03:52Yeah, for sure.
03:53And then game days.
03:54Maybe give me the rundown on game days.
03:55Or let me go back to practice days.
03:57What are your preferred recovery modules?
03:59Like, do you massage, compression, hot and colds, hyperbaric, cryo, use them all?
04:05It could be all of those on a day, you know, and I try to maximize as much as I can.
04:09And if it's a practice day, I try to get the massage in, the cold tub in, the, you know, we have the Normatec legs, you know, to the compression unit, the ice bags.
04:22I try to get it all in, yeah.
04:25Use them all, variance.
04:26Plus a nap.
04:27Yep.
04:27You know, when I get home after practice.
04:29The most important.
04:29The most important, get a nap in.
04:31You know, when I wake up, you know, I'll either, depending on how my body's feeling, I can, I have some things at home where I can put my foot in the foot bath, knees, everything.
04:40Just, I'm trying to maximize how can I be to optimal shape and game ready for the next day.
04:47I'm always thinking about the next day.
04:48You're obsessed.
04:49Yeah.
04:49I love it.
04:52I love it.