Jake Kim Workout: Train like The Leader of Big Deal!

Last updated on July 6th, 2023 at 04:12 pm

Our Lookism Inspired Workouts Database continues to grow and we even built out our Viral Hit Workouts as well – and Jake Kim is next up among our popular manhwa / webcomics. 

We’ve already had some insane training regimes show up among both of those databases, and we’re going to need to step it up a notch again for Jake Kim who is one of the strongest characters in the series.

That said, you guys did ask for a bodyweight workout that can end up within our calisthenics workouts on the site and thankfully Jake Kim’s physique is one that I believe we can definitely work around to make that happen.

Jake Kim Stats:

Real Name: Jake Kim

Height: 6’5

Weight: N/A

Anime: Lookism

Powers: No

Jake Kim is extremely tall, even coming in among our behemoths compared to male anime characters within our Anime Workouts Database.

That said, his physique is muscular, but still shredded and achievable with a solid calisthenics workout.

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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Jake Kim Diet and Nutrition

**Keep in mind: this section will be nearly identical for each hero.**

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.

AND, there are a thousand different ways to reach your goals, so finding the most sustainable way is what’s important.

Which is why our Academy utilizes multiple different Nutrition Classes (Greek Gods, Vikings, Spartans, Hunter Gatherers, Monks, Samurais, Minimalists, SuperHumans) to allow people to choose what is right for YOU!

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Jake Kim 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 learn more about Jake Kim I’ll be pulling right from his Lookism Wiki Fandom which starts with an extremely short bio section here:

Jake Kim is the leader of the West River Gang, Big Deal.

From there they go into some discussion about his appearance, which you should already know from the manhwa or even the images I have shared throughout this article, but here’s a short snippet of what we’re working with:

Jake Kim is described to be handsome, with a tall slender figure. Although he’s been shown to have a range of expressiveness within his face, usually his eyebrows always look raised, and a calm expression. His hair is black and his eyes are a deep brown.

This doesn’t give us much to go on either, but I think it does the trick considering we already know what the aim is for this specific portion of the workout.

The part that is really going to tell us the most about what we need to accomplish for our workout is his abilities section that they describe here for us:

Jake Kim is among the most proficient fighters in the series utilizing a fighting style based off of MMA and his father’s, Gapyrong Kim’s, street fighting style. He is extremely skilled in combat and the third person to defeat Euntae Lee in the Webtoon (the others being Daniel and Gun).

Although it may be argued that Daniel may be faster, Jake defeated Euntae, who as Daniel stated before, was the second to visibly injure Gun. He was able to defeat Xiaolong, who was comparable to Gun in strength. And, as of chapter 388, blocked a kick from Sinu, who had “Invisible” kicks.

In the Hunt for Big Deal arc he had to (for a limited time) fight both Yuseong (an extremely powerful figure, as the Workers version of Gun Park) and Xiaolong (who was stated by Jake (who fought Gun) and Old Face (who witnessed Gun) to be on par with Gun), but Xiaolong only got stronger from there (as did Gun who got much stronger than his past self), and he was putting up a decent fight (albeit on the losing end), and once Yuseong left, Jake adapted to Xiaolong’s fighting style and ending up cornering him. A testament to his durability and endurance is that he survived a fall from a school building after taking heavy blows from the weapon wielding Xiaolong and pure destructive power (as stated by Johan) of Yuseong and still willed himself to push forward and push back the police to keep Big Deal safe.

Now that’s like quadruple (if not more) the information we got from every other section.

They don’t specifically mention his strength or speed so much as being one of the strongest fighters in the entire series. They do mention his strength being comparable to Gun, which is massive in itself, and his durability and endurance – so these are two things that will be a top priority, but we know it won’t necessarily need to be focused around any mass gain other than a chiseled and toned aesthetic.

That means the goals for our Jake Kim Inspired Workout are:

• Jake Kim’s Toned and Muscular Physique
• Jake Kim’s Strength and Endurance
• Jake Kim’s Fighter Core and Speed

This one will be pretty intense considering we’re dealing with one of the strongest fighters in the series, and as Lookism fans we know exactly how powerful that makes him, but we’ll also be allowing you to scale back if needed.

If you’re a beginner, though, I do recommend starting with one of our Beginner Workouts, primarily the Beginner Ninja Workout if you’re going to be looking to eventually upgrade to this one.

That said, this one will be right on the money for intermediate to advanced levels looking to have an intense calisthenics routine to add to their regime.

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Jake Kim Workout Routine

Training Volume:

4-5 days per week

Explanation:

I told you this one is going to be intense, and I wasn’t kidding. I’ll actually be using a model we built for one of the strongest Demon Slayer characters of all time and then switching some things around (specifically the Circuit Test as well) to be built more around Jake Kim. You’ll have four days of calisthenics training and a West River Gang Circuit Test you can complete weekly, biweekly or monthly as you’d like.

Jump Rope Scaling Guide: 

Scale Jump Rope Skips to Jumping Jacks or Toe Taps onto a DB or KB or Stair. Also scale from 100 to 30-50 reps as needed.

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Jake Kim Workout: Sample Workout Schedule

Monday: Big Deal Calisthenics A

Tuesday: Big Deal Calisthenics B

Wednesday: West River Gang Circuit Test

Thursday: Big Deal Calisthenics C

Friday: Big Deal Calisthenics D

Saturday: Optional Fighter Endurance Work

Sunday: Rest Day

Jake Kim Workout: Big Deal Calisthenics A

Warm Up: 

10-30 Minute Jog

Circuit One: Complete 3 Rounds

Boxer Skips x 100

Hollow Hold x 30-60 seconds

Push Ups x 25

Sit Ups x 20

Mountain Climbers x 15-30

Circuit Two: Complete 3 Rounds

Boxer Skips x 100

Glute Bridges x 15

Dips x 12

Chin Ups x 8-10

Half Burpees x 10

Jake Kim Workout: Big Deal Calisthenics B

Warm Up: 

10-30 Minute Jog

Circuit One: Complete 3 Rounds

Boxer Skips x 100

Air Squats x 30

Decline Push Ups x 25

Lying Leg Raises x 20

Inch Worms x 10

Circuit Two: Complete 3 Rounds

Boxer Skips x 100

L-Sit Hold x 15-30 seconds

Plank to Push Ups x 12

Pull Ups x 8-10

Jump Squats x 10-15

Jake Kim Workout: West River Gang Circuit Test

In a perfect world our Academy members or 90 Day System members will use this day to work in our Benchmark Workouts to continue testing and improving scores and tracking them against other members; especially our SHJ Core Benchmarks (although our Hero Benchmarks are just as awesome).

If you are not an Academy member or you don’t have access to a 90 Day System, you can also sub in different circuits here from some of the HIIT resources I provide.

(Another note: You should continue coming back and re-trying to workout every so often to see how much you can improve your score!)

West River Gang Circuit Test: Complete 2 Rounds for Time

800M Run

40 Push Ups

35 Air Squats

30 Double Unders

20 Sit Ups

15 Dips

10 Pull Ups

Jake Kim Workout: Big Deal Calisthenics C

Warm Up: 

10-30 Minute Jog

Circuit One: Complete 3 Rounds

Boxer Skips x 100

Superman Hold x 30 seconds

Incline Push Ups x 25

V-Ups x 20

Wall Climbs x 10

Circuit Two: Complete 3 Rounds

Boxer Skips x 100

Bulgarian Split Squats x 15 each leg

Tricep Extensions x 12

Wide Pull Ups x 8-10

Planking Shoulder Taps x 20

Jake Kim Workout: Big Deal Calisthenics D

Warm Up: 

10-30 Minute Jog

Circuit One: Complete 3 Rounds

Boxer Skips x 100

Wide To Close Push Ups x 30

Double Unders x 25

3 Point Squats x 20-30

Slow Mountain Climbers x 20

Circuit Two: Complete 3 Rounds

Boxer Skips x 100

Russian Twists x 30

Plank Hold x 60 Seconds

Bodyweight Rows x 8-10

Wall Sits x 60 seconds

Jake Kim Workout: Optional Endurance Work

For your endurance, HIIT or MMA/Parkour days you have quite a few options.
You can utilize enforced endurance training that I will program for you based on your fitness level like we do with other workouts here at SHJ…OR you can do 45-60+ minutes of varied cardio (bike, treadmill, elliptical, stairs, row, swim, etc.)…OR you can even use the HIIT resources I’ll provide.

I’ll break it down in that order:

Option One – Run Based on Overall Fitness Level:

Beginner: 1-3 Miles

Intermediate: 3-5 Miles

Advanced: 5+ Miles

Endurance Work Resources:

• Constance Wu Workout Routine and Diet Plan
• Ewan McGregor Workout Routine and Diet Plan
• Kid Flash Workout Routine and Diet Plan
• Grant Gustin Workout Routine and Diet Plan
• How To Continue Training After Your First 5K (Workout Included)

Option Two – Varied Cardio for 45-60 Minutes:

Split your cardio up however you’d like but complete 45-60+ minutes using:

• Treadmill Walk/Run
• Rower Machine
• StairMaster
• Elliptical
• Swim
• Bike

Option Three – Complete HIIT Training Using SHJ Resources:

• The Best HIIT Workouts
• Jump Rope Workout Database
• Academy Members: Insert a Benchmark Hero Workout (Circuit) or SHJ Core Circuit Test

Jake Kim Workout: Optional Additional Training Resources

Parkour Training Resources:

• The Nightrunner Parkour Workout Routine
• The Assassin’s Creed Parkour Workout Routine
• The Robbie Amell Parkour Workout Routine

Main MMA Training Resources

• Anna Diop Workout Routine and Diet Plan
• Ryan Potter Workout Routine and Diet Plan
• Frank Grillo Boxing Workout

Other MMA Training Resources:

• Deathstroke Workout Routine
• Daredevil Workout Routine
• Moon Knight Workout Routine
• Sagat Workout Routine

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