Built To Scale
Men's Health Australia|December 2018

Whether he’s playing a Dothraki warlord or the King of Atlantis, actor Jason Momoa’s all-out approach to life trickles down to everything he does, especially his training

Ben Jhoty
Built To Scale
JASON MOMOA’S UPROARIOUS laughter is hard to resist, even from across the Pacific Ocean. Unfortunately, in this case, I’m the source of his mirth, having just enquired how he feels about closing in on 40. He’s only 39, he bellows down the line from LA. “You did your research, didn’t you?” he says between guffaws. While I want to point out that I’d said “closing in”, the truth is, the way Momoa lives, works and perhaps most importantly plays, the question is kind of ridiculous.

This is a man who doesn’t measure life in units of time but depth of experience. One who appears to live beyond limits, more recently the terrestrial kind, diving into everything – from scale-plated spandex to a pint of his favoured Guinness – with the gusto of, well, an amphibious superhuman.

“I’m all about just having the best goddamn day I can have,” says Momoa of his full throttle approach to life. “If my wife tells me we’re having spaghetti bolognese for dinner I will work so much harder because I know we’re going to have a great night. I can train hard as long as I know there’s a reward. As long as I know there’s going to be a barbecue or something fun at the end of the night and we’re going to have a couple of beers and celebrate, that’s it for me. I don’t like going to bed not having celebrated something. Life is too short.”

He’s right of course. And it’s an attitude that appeals, regardless of what your age happens to be.

TRAIN WITH PURPOSE

This story is from the December 2018 edition of Men's Health Australia.

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