Russell Westbrook’s Workout Routine, Diet & Supplements

Russell Westbrook's workout

Russell Westbrook is a famous American basketball player.

He can say thanks to his dad for teaching him to play basketball – look where he has come! His dad would drill Russell as well as his brother, Raynard.  

Both Russell’s mom and dad made sure their two sons also focused on academics, so Russell eventually became an honors student.

In 2008, he joined the NBA’s Oklahoma City Thunder, and become a much-needed and dynamic player. He led his team to the NBA Finals in 2012.

In 2017 he was named the Most Valuable Player. Oscar Robertson says he was also the 2021 MVP. He had become the first player in 55 years to average, for the entire season, a triple-double.

As a senior, Russell achieved over 25 points on average for a game.

He has had a phenomenal career, winning an Olympic gold medal as a member of the men’s basketball team.

Now he has joined up with LeBron James and Anthony Davis on the Lakers team.

Not only a fantastic career as a top basketball player, but he has also drawn attention to the creative outfits that he loves to wear, so much so that he collaborated with Barneys New York, which started selling his Westbrook XO Barneys New York line in 2014.

His Westbrook Frames brand also was launched to the point that he was named the marketing creative director of True Religion’s spring campaign.

He also launched a clothing line with them.

It was in 2015 that he married his college girlfriend, Nina Earl, and they have a son and twin daughters. He lives in Los Angeles.

Current Stats

  • Age: 33-years old
  • Weight: 91 kg. /200 lbs.
  • Birthday: 12 November 1988
  • Birthplace: Long Beach, California, USA
Accolades/accomplishments:

Look at his full career history and awards here

  • ‘NBA Most Valuable Player – 2017’
  • ‘9× NBA All-Star – 2011-2013, 2015-2020’
  • ‘2× NBA All-Star Game MVP – 2015, 2016’
  • ‘2× All-NBA First Team – 2016, 2017’
  • ‘5× All-NBA Second Team – 2011-2013, 2015, 2018’
  • ‘2× All-NBA Third Team – 2019, 2020’
  • ‘2× NBA scoring champion – 2015, 2017’
  • ‘3× NBA assists leader – 2018, 2019, 2021’
  • ‘NBA All-Rookie First Team – 2009’

Workout Principles of Russell Westbrook

As you can see, Russell Westbrook is pretty shredded.

That’s thanks to his workout routine and his top basketball skills. He plays with intensity and ferociousness.

Unlike the heavy bodybuilder types, this NBA player, like so many others of his team, has a lean, mean, and athletic body.

Russell also has a trainer who has helped him achieve this look.

You can see that he treats his body with great respect because he also follows a precise meal plan to achieve his goals.

When he is off-season he likes to get even more athletic and ripped.

Russell Westbrook’s Training Methods

Chris Brickley who is a BlackOps basketball owner as well as being a skills trainer works closely with Russell Westbrook during the NBA off-season.

Russell’s body just seems to have been engineered perfectly to withstand all the unrelenting rigors of the NBA seasons.

Even his mind seems to possess amazing endurance.

He hardly ever wastes a flight asleep; rather he studies games footage on his iPad.

Watching a lot of films allowed him to play hard but also to play smart.

Even though his workouts are shrouded in a lot of secrecy, it is said that he focuses a lot on his core and his balance.

At one time on an NBA TV feature, Russell allowed the cameras to capture his on-court routine but they could not get to see his weightlifting regimen.

He said, “I work out a lot—just not with cameras around.”

A lot of his teammates don’t even know the details of his workout routines.

“Russ is just a very, very unique player,” says Thunder head coach Billy Donovan, “He’s clearly the best rebounding guard in the league. There’s no doubt about that.”

Well, his body certainly lives up to all his successes!

Russell Westbrook’s Workout Routine

Exercise One

Mondays and Saturdays: Push and Pull Day
  • ‘Push and pull superset’
  • ‘Weight plate push-ups’
  • ‘Weighted pull-ups’

Russell will perform 3 total sets. He will have 60 seconds rest in-between. He will start off by doing weighted push-ups and then perform pull-ups until 100% muscular failure.

Exercise Two

  • ‘Dumbbell snatch superset with single arm cable rows’
  • ‘Dumbbell snatch -10-12 reps’
  • ‘Single arm cable rows – 10-12 reps’

This exercise is a perfect pulling movement – it helps to develop Russell’s back and biceps.

It’s a classic pulling exercise that helps Russell with many athletic movements on the basketball court. He will perform 3 total supersets – and stay in the 8-12 repetition range on both exercises.

Exercise Three

‘Bottoms-up abdominals’

These classical abdominal and oblique’s exercises help Russell to increase his core strength and overall explosiveness.

Abdominals and oblique’s are used in many of his athletic moves on the court and are vertical for his jumping, speed, and core development.

Tuesdays and Sundays: Compound Exercise Day

On Tuesdays and Sundays, Russell does full-body exercises.

He will perform 5 different compound movements.

He will work on explosion, strength, and full-body athleticism. He will start his workout routine with 10-minutes of stretching; then he will move into the full workout routine.

He will perform 4 total sets of 6-8 rep with 2 minutes resting in-between the sets.

Russell Westbrook’s Diet Plan

Russell incorporates these rules into his diet plan to get maximum results:

Carbohydrates

He times his carbohydrate intake as well as the type of carbs he ingests.

This ensures maximum energy before he works out with maximum recovery afterward.

He will eat carbs only for breakfast, pre-workout, and post-workout – this ensures that he doesn’t store any body fat.

Protein is late at night

Russell Westbrook watches his diet intensely to see how it affects his natural testosterone levels.

He takes a testosterone booster that is legal for NBA players. He takes it late at night with a protein that is slow-digesting.

He does it like this because he knows that his body will be producing testosterone late at night.

Consuming the pills with protein, his Alpha Male hormone is boosted through the night and this maximizes his progress.

He knows the importance of antioxidants

Russell consumes a recovery protein shake for growth after working out.

He also uses antioxidant supplements to ensure his body is fueled the right way to be the top-class athlete that he is. He also snacks on goji berries and drinks green tea.

He is known to season his food with turmeric. These are all notable antioxidants that aid in his recovery.

How he keeps his shredded off-season look

Breakfast: 

  • 7 Egg whites and 1 whole egg
  • 2 tablespoons cottage cheese
  • 2-ounces brown rice
  • A handful of goji berries
  • 2 powerful all-natural testosterone boosters

Lunch: 

  • 5 ounces of chicken breast
  • 5 oz. sweet potato
  • 2 cups veggies
  • 1 teaspoon olive oil

Post-workout meal:

  • 4-6 – ounces ground turkey
  • 2 ounces brown rice
  • Avocado
  • 1 cup of green beans
  • 1 cup broccoli

Afternoon snack:

  • A scoop of whey protein
  • Large handful of raw almonds

Dinner:

  • 5 ounces grilled salmon
  • 1.5 cups steamed veggies with coconut oil

Late night:

  • 5 ounces cottage cheese
  • 1 scoop Casein
  • 1 ounce Almond Butter and Stevia Extract mixed in blender + 2 powerful all-natural testosterone boosters

Cheat meals

Before a game, Russell will eat a peanut butter sandwich to give him energy.

It consists of toasted wheat bread, Skippy peanut butter, strawberry jelly.

Sometimes he will have some almond butter on both sides or he will drink a protein shake with some fruit and whey protein.

This helps with quicker recovery because he has powerful antioxidants in the smoothie.

As for his cheat days, Russell enjoys a chocolate chip cookie.

For late-night hunger pangs

Russell will have casein shakes that include stevia extract mixed with whey protein. This helps his muscles to stay cool and calm and to help them regenerate.

Russell Westbrook’s Supplements

Testosterone supplements that Russel takes supercharge his muscle recovery, muscle growth, and stamina.

They also increase other male powerhouse hormones like HGH. Many other celebrities are also noted to take high testosterone-producing supplements such as:

Power Testo Blast/Power Muscle Blast:  These supplements are also known to flush the body of toxins and to melt away body fat and also help to pack on lean muscle.

Other supplements he takes are:

  • Whey protein
  • Casein protein
  • Coconut oil
  • Olive oil
  • Omega-3
  • Antioxidants

Russell Westbrook’s Noteworthy Recommendations

Russel Westbrook is a veteran player – not only is he a superb athlete but he has a matching physique that many people want to know how he achieves such outstanding alignment and leanness.

He also has some excellent recommendations to would-be basketball players.

He says, “I would say just to be yourself.  None of us are gonna play perfect. That’s the reality.”

He says it is vital that young players “don’t psych themselves out after they go on a cold streak, especially come playoff time”.

He says it’s imperative to maintain your poise because lots of times, young players put a lot of pressure on themselves.

It’s not needed – “because the reality of the games comes down to guys missing and making shots, and that’s all part of the game as well.” 

‘I’m never satisfied. I’m always trying to get better and learn from my mistakes’Russell Westbrook