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"I AM A HUGE FAN OF GARDEN OF LIFE
AND I HAVE MY SHAKES EVERY MORNING."
"I travel with a blender and it became a joke in the NFL, all the chefs made fun of me saying,
‘here comes Rashad and his blender…’,” said Jennings. “The shake is key because it sets the tempo
for how you are going to eat the rest of the day.”
allow for much wiggle room in his diet and sources veggies,
protein and complex carbs for each meal, plus a house salad.
The protein varies between chicken, fish or tofu.
“Eating is a part of working out—you don’t always do what you
want in the gym, you do it because it will give you results,” said
Jennings. “I don’t have to enjoy the taste of every meal because
I am looking at the result.”
Jennings is a firm believer in customizing vitamins based on
bloodwork. He prefers to get as many vitamins as possible through
his food, but he loves Garden of Life’s mykind Organics Men's
multivitamin, which he takes first thing in the morning with a large
glass of water.
and his leisure, his mind and his body, his education and his
recreation. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues
his vision of excellence through whatever he is doing and leaves
others to determine whether he is working or playing.’
He hopes young people will gravitate towards that premise.
“The world is more readily available at our fingertips than
at any other time in the history of mankind,” said Jennings.
“Not to reach out and grab all that inspires you is almost a
disservice.”
For more information or to volunteer for the Rashad Jennings
Foundation, visit RashadJennings.com. Follow him on social
media at @rashadjennings and #TEAMSHADSQUAD.
“We are beginning to be aware of roles in the food industry,
thinking of new ways to get sources of protein but it’s all a matter
of planning,” said Jennings, who mastered a crash course in meal
prep during his time at Liberty University. “I don’t like playing
Russian roulette in the kitchen, so I still do meal prep and have
things ready to eat.”
Jennings is a positive, glass-overflowing type of person. But his
level of discipline isn’t without suffering. He says his inspiration
comes from the little version of himself and imagines the young
people he can assist as a grown-up.
“I see this little kid that I was and as an adult I feel like I am
looking at him­—we are two different people hearing all the things
he wants to do with his life. That’s why my outreach includes kids
dealing with empty syndromes,” said Jennings, who credits his
desire for giving back to his relationship he has with God. “I really
think God put me in a position he knew I was able to endure, and
throughout my truest heart I believe I had to go through a lot to
speak authentically from it and for people to receive it.”
Jennings’ platform has drawn out a squad of volunteers, but he
can always use more creative minds and hearts.
“I look at the Rashad Jennings Foundation as a conduit within
my network to connect and support philanthropic education,
health and fitness,” said Jennings. “I want to be the leader of
my family even from the grave, leaving a legacy wherein people
believe they can accomplish anything.”
Jennings sums up his own extraordinary health, both body
and mind, in one of his favorite passages originally attributed
to Lawrence Pearsall Jacks. ‘A master in the art of living draws
no sharp distinction between his work and his play, his labor
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