Last updated on August 1st, 2021 at 07:48 pm
This week is a week of Naruto and Jujutsu Kaisen!
We already have our Naruto Inspired Workout Database that is a mini section off of our Anime Workout Database, but Jujusu Kaisen is getting their quickly!
This week we’ve already seen our Jiraiya Inspired Workout and Minato Inspired Workout – and Shikamaru isn’t even the last of the week!
Shikamaru is definitely going to be landing on our most popular Naruto characters of all time list once we get to it. Him, and our final character of the week (including Jiraiya and Minato as well) really lock us in and get us ready to have it next week!
Shikamaru Stats:
Real Name: Shikamaru
Height: 5’7 1/2
Weight: 117.7 lbs.
Anime: Naruto
Powers: Yes
Shikamaru is around the average height range we see among male anime characters – although that range has been going up a bit.
His 117 lbs. does make him extremely light, though.
Wolverine was the shortest spot among comic characters we’ve seen at 5’3, prior to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles coming in at 5’2, (and Gimli even shorter) – but Damian Wayne (Robin) is only 5’4. Goku isn’t that tall either, though, standing only 5’7, with Miles Morales only an inch above him.
One Punch Man falls in at 5’9 right there with Ryu, Nightwing at 5’10, and then Spider-Man, Daredevil, and Green Arrow coming in around 5’11 and Beast joining them.
We’ve had Superman and Eddie Brock’s Venom at 6’3, and Captain America, Scorpion and Batman at 6’2, and Carnage at 6’1. Thor and Cyborg are towering over them at 6’6, Thanos and King right there with them at 6’7, Bane at 6’8, and Deathstroke right below at 6’5, and Black Manta at 6’4.
Ronan and Sagat are 7’5, and Doomsday came in at 8’10, and I doubt any characters are touching that anytime soon.
But, don’t worry if you’re not the same height or weight range.
We write these routines to be utilized by anyone and everyone.
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Shikamaru Diet and Nutrition
**Keep in mind: this section will be nearly identical for each hero, unless I mentioned differently (for example someone like Hulk may get something specifically different)**
Every hero needs to still have a good diet.
Unfortunately we can train like them, but I don’t think any of us are suddenly getting their powers, or the ability to magically stop caring about nutrition.
You can’t out train your diet, so I want to still give some pillars for nutrition.
You can start by checking out The Nutrition Pillars on the site, but I’ll break down some more information for you guys as well.
Guys like Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart incorporate 80/20 dieting with big weekly cheat meals, Hugh Jackman, Tom Hopper, Benedict Cumberbatch and Terry Crews utilize intermittent fasting (something I use daily as well), Ariana Grande, Mustafa Shakir and Madelaine Petsch are vegans, Brandon Routh and Frank Grillo opt for paleo, and tons of others utilize their own variations as well.
It’s all about sustainability.
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Shikamaru Workout Routine Research
We’ve made it to “the fun part”.
And, if you don’t know by now, I say that every single time we get to the workout routine research section for character workouts.
To get us started I’ll be pulling right from Shikamaru’s Wiki Fandom page, starting with his bio.
Here’s what they tell us about him:
Shikamaru Nara is a shinobi of Konohagakure’s Nara clan. Though lazy by nature, Shikamaru has a rare intellect that consistently allows him to prevail in combat. The responsibilities that these successes leave him with cause him frequent annoyance, but he gladly accepts them so that he may be of service to his fellow members of Team Asuma, and to prove himself to generations of the past and future.
While I don’t normally skip into more of a personality bio, I do think it’s relevant for this one.
They go on to state:
Shikamaru is naturally a lazy person and his inclination is to do as little work as possible. As an Academy student and even during his early career as a genin, Shikamaru is able to get away with this, spending his days sleeping, watching the clouds, or playing games of shōgi and Go. His goal is to live unremarkably, free of anything of noticeably good or bad, and then to die just as unremarkably as he lived. When he is faced with the potential for conflict or commitment, he responds first by saying, “how troublesome,” and then by trying to find some way out of it, either by pretending to be indisposed or even outright saying that he doesn’t want to do whatever it is.
The laziness is obviously a recurring theme here!
Even moving into his overall powers and abilities section we learn:
Due to his poor grades in the Academy, Shikamaru was thought to be anything but a remarkable ninja, but his potential was demonstrated when he was the only member of his graduating class to become a chūnin during Part I. Despite being a newly made chūnin, he could hold his own against jōnin-level opponents like Tayuya of the Sound Four. In Part II, he could defeat Hidan of Akatsuki after leading the latter to a trap. His skills led to him being offered a position as one of the Twelve Guardian Ninja in the anime, being made deputy-commander of the Fourth Division and chief-strategist of the entire Allied Shinobi Forces, as well as the right-hand man of the Seventh Hokage years later. He has been told he possessed qualities befitting the Hokage by Asuma Sarutobi, Temari, and Boruto Uzumaki, but has stated that he doesn’t want to deal with the responsibilities of being Hokage.
For Shikamaru we’re going to be sticking to the very minimum training regime!
We want to be lean and toned and we want to become a ninja, BUT we want to do it a lazy way.
For this we’ll be using three very basic days of calisthenics training paired with some minimal endurance work.
This is going to be a great one for any beginners looking to work their way up to a more advanced style of ninja training!
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Shikamaru Workout Routine
Training Volume:
3 days per week
Explanation:
For this one we’re going to be mixing up basic calisthenics training with some simple endurance work to train like a ninja – but a lazy one!
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Shikamaru Workout Routine: Sample Workout Schedule
Monday: Lazy Ninja Calisthenics and Endurance A
Tuesday: Optional Additional Training or Rest Day
Wednesday: Lazy Ninja Calisthenics and Endurance B
Thursday: Optional Additional Training or Rest Day
Friday: Lazy Ninja Calisthenics and Endurance C
Saturday: Optional Additional Training or Rest Day
Sunday: Mandatory Rest Day
Shikamaru Workout Routine: Lazy Ninja Calisthenics and Endurance A
Warm Up:
25 Jumping Jacks
25 High Knees
Workout:
Push Ups
3×20
Air Squats
3×15
Dips
3×10
Pull Ups
3×5-10
Core:
Sit Ups
3×20
Lying Leg Raises
3×20
Plank
3×60 seconds
Endurance: Choose One to Complete
Row 1-2 Miles
Run 1-3 Miles
Bike 3-5 Miles
Shikamaru Workout Routine: Lazy Ninja Calisthenics and Endurance B
Warm Up:
25 Jumping Jacks
25 High Knees
Workout:
Close Push Ups
3×20
Lunges
3×10 each leg
Tricep Extensions
3×10
Pike Push Ups
3×5-10
Core:
Sit Ups with Twist
3×20
Flutter Kicks
3×50
Hollow Hold
3×30 seconds
Endurance: Choose One to Complete
Row 1-2 Miles
Run 1-3 Miles
Bike 3-5 Miles
Shikamaru Workout Routine: Lazy Ninja Calisthenics and Endurance C
Warm Up:
25 Jumping Jacks
25 High Knees
Workout:
Wide Push Ups
3×20
Wide to Narrow Squats
3×20
Chair Dips
3×10
Chin Ups
3×5-10
Core:
Bicycle Crunches
3×30
Lying Leg Raises with Hip Thrust
3×20
Superman Hold
3×30 seconds
Endurance: Choose One to Complete
Row 1-2 Miles
Run 1-3 Miles
Bike 3-5 Miles
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