Oba Femi’s “THE RULER OF ALL DELTS” workout | Celtic Warrior Workouts Ep. 155

Celtic Warrior Workouts is back with ANOTHER BANGER! This week on CWW, Sheamus welcomes the NXT Champion, Oba Femi for a super intense deltoid and upper body workout. Watch along and learn some new gym exercises to add to your next workout.

Go home. >> Speaker 2: This is awesome [LAUGH]
this is good, when you do this workout, this is a great workout,
this is gonna blow the out of your delts. >> Speaker 1: It’s definitely one for
the books. [MUSIC] >> Speaker 2: What’s the crack? How you doing?
I’m Seamus, AKA the Celtic Warrior, and welcome to Celtic Warrior Workouts. We are here today in Orlando, Florida
at the state of the art NXT facility. And my guest this time right
now is the ruler of NXT, please welcome Oba Femi,
what’s going on, man? >> Am good, how were you doing [LAUGH]?
>> Speaker 2: Look at the size of this fella, look at him actually feel small,
look at that. I should have wore bleeding lifts or
something like that, you know what I mean [LAUGH]? >> Speaker 1: Wrestling shoes,
yeah [LAUGH]. >> Speaker 2: How you doing, fella? >> Speaker 1: I’m doing well,
how you doing? >> Speaker 2: I’m doing great,
man, I’m doing great, I’m pumped to get you on the channel. Felt like, listen, let’s be honest,
what an unbelievable career you’ve had such a fast rise, which I came down
here at one time when I was at rehabbing. And all I heard was people mention
your name and your name, and I saw you on TV and I saw you just batter
everybody in sight, it’s incredible. >> Speaker 1: What a journey it’s been,
I’m grateful for it and I see, I look to see where it goes, man. >> Speaker 2: It’s going great, man,
gotta follow that line straight, straight that way, you know what I mean? >> Speaker 1: Just keep going. >> Speaker 2: Yeah, absolutely,
so let’s talk about you, so you’re from Nigeria, Lagos? >> Speaker 1: Lagos. >> Speaker 2: Lagos, I gotta work on that. >> [LAUGH]
>> I gotta work and I apologize, so you’re over there to 18 and you came
over here in a scholarship, right? >> Speaker 1: Yeah, that’s correct. >> Speaker 2: For track and field. >> Speaker 1: Track and field, to do the
shot put, ended up doing some discos and some hammer, but
shotput was always my main. >> Speaker 2: That’s awesome, when did you
start, like, getting into track and field, how old were you when you,
when you started that journey? >> Speaker 1: I wanna say I was 14,
turning on 15, this was like my senior
year of high school. Our educational system works
a little bit differently. >> Yeah.
>> That’s why I was 14 in my senior year, but yeah, that’s when I started and
I stuck with it for the next like seven, eight years of my life. >> Speaker 2: And
did someone go over there and scout you, was that happened when you were like
in high school when you’re doing it or was it something you applied for? >> Speaker 1: No, no, no,
it was my coach back then, he had connections to coaches here. So as soon as I threw a remarkable
distance worthy enough for a scholarship, they got in contact, and
they made it happen. >> Speaker 2: That’s awesome. >> Speaker 1: Yeah.
>> Speaker 2: And what college did you go to? >> Speaker 1: Went to
Middle Tennessee State University. >> Speaker 2: Where is that? >> Speaker 1: That’s
close to Nashville by. >> Speaker 2: That’s right. >> Speaker 1: Murfreesboro. >> Speaker 2: Yeah.
>> Speaker 1: And then, well, transferred to Alabama. >> Speaker 1: Wow. >> Speaker 2: So you’re all tight guy. >> Speaker 1: Roadside guy [LAUGH]. >> Speaker 2: All right, here we go,
there we go, I’m a Notre Dame fella, obviously, you got the balls
there as well, right? Yeah, that’s cool, man,
obviously, it’s a massive, one of the biggest colleges in
the country, obviously, Alabama. >> Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, definitely,
everyone expected me to go there and play football, but I didn’t have
prior football experience, so it didn’t work out that way. >> Speaker 2: Did you have
much WWE experience before, did you watch it as a kid growing up,
or were you well aware of it? >> Speaker 1: So, yes,
I do have a lot of WWE experience, my prime WWE watch time period was 2012, when you had your World Heavyweight,
>> [LAUGH]. >> Championship reign to 2017, 2018,
that’s when I kind of fell off the product a little bit, just life and
stuff, but, yeah, huge wrestling fun. >> Speaker 2: Wow, that’s awesome. >> Yeah. >> Speaker 2: So how did the NFL had
the NIL deal come for you, so obviously, you’ve done college, right,
you’ve done the chef kill at chocolate, how did that process begin,
how did that work? >> Speaker 1: So
I was still in college when it happened, I got the DM from WWE recruits, they were
like, hey, come to Vegas and do a tryout. Skeptical at first, but
then I did some more research, and I was like, this is real. >> Speaker 1: Okay. >> I’m interested, so we go to Vegas,
we do the tryout, fun fact, Nikita, Lyons and Idris and
Offey were part of that tryout, too. >> Right. >> Speaker 1: I got the job, they said,
come to the performance center, and I was like,
I still have one year of college left. >> Right.
>> Speaker 1: And then they were like, okay, so this is perfect, the name, image, and likeness thing with NCAA had
just gotten into effect at the time. >> Okay.
>> Speaker 1: So WWE started the NIL program, and they said they were
going to pipeline me through that. But the only catch was I’d
already done my tryout, so there’s no need to do
a tryout at the end of it. >> Right.
>> Speaker 1: So they were like, we’ll just keep in contact
with you through the NIL and when you’re done with college,
you can start. >> Speaker 2: For someone who’s come in so
quickly and had such a fast ride, I don’t think there’s been anyone
really such a meteoric rise you have. But I love it cuz your work mentality, everything you put into it
just definitely shows, and the fact you’re a built like a bleeding,
>> [LAUGH]. >> Like a brick house here, you know what
I mean, it’s tank, it definitely helps. >> Speaker 2: It does. >> So, no, it’s great, man,
well, so listen, yeah, we got the NXT champ here,
let’s go do a bit. >> Speaker 1: Let’s do it. >> Speaker 2: Okay, Oba. >> Speaker 1: All right. >> Speaker 2: What are we
gonna call this workout? >> Speaker 1: The rule of all delts. >> Speaker 2: I’m already my pants. >> [LAUGH]. >> Speaker 2: This is your go to, how
about this, the version, this the best. >> Speaker 1: This one on the Stairmaster,
yeah. >> Speaker 2: Okay. >> Speaker 1: Just build that like
muscular endurance in the quads and legs. >> Man you do a little punishing yourself? >> Speaker 1: [LAUGH] Something like that. >> [LAUGH]. >> Speaker 1: I just tried to go like 200
just to, we don’t need anything crazy, we just need to get the body like going,
>> 200 what? >> Speaker 1: 200ft. Halfway there already. >> You killing it. >> Speaker 1: 5 more feet,
3 more, 1 more, none. 50ft down, 150ft to go. >> Speaker 2: So
am I doing it right form wise? >> Speaker 1: Yeah, you’re doing
it as good as you can, my bad. 100ft down, 100ft to go. 150ft down, 50ft to go. There we go. >> Speaker 2: That’s no joke? >> Speaker 1: Yeah. >> That’s good. >> Speaker 1: Yeah, that’s a good one. >> Speaker 2: You got one, after the gym. >> Speaker 1: Now that the, the blood
is flowing and everything is pumping. >> Yeah.
>> We’re going to start off with some push presses. >> Speaker 2: Okay.
>> Speaker 1: Since we’re destroying shoulders today. >> How’s your training evolved, Oba? >> Speaker 1: So in, in past years I’ve
done a more strength based training. >> Speaker 1: Yeah.
>> Speaker 1: Just lifting as heavy as I can, but now I’m more volume,
endurance, cardio. >> Yeah.
>> Speaker 1: So that aspect has changed drastically for me, let’s do 45. >> Speaker 2: You normally start with 45. >> Speaker 1: Normally 45. >> Speaker 2: Okay, Jesus, man. >> Speaker 1: So for me, wider guy,
I like to grab the second ring. >> Speaker 2: Okay. >> Speaker 1: With my ring finger. >> Speaker 2: Right.
>> Speaker 1: So second ring, ring finger under and just take a little dip or
my legs and I drive and push. >> Speaker 2: Wow. >> Speaker 1: And then I return
dip with the legs, drive, push. Some people can even find a rhythm
with it and they just keep going. >> Speaker 2: Check out those traps,
it’s having one of those squat pads. >> [LAUGH]
>> Doesn’t even need a squat pad, look at the size of those traps. >> Speaker 1: I’ve never
used that in my life. >> Speaker 2: Yeah, I can tell,
you don’t need one, you came with one, you were born with one. [MUSIC] >> Speaker 1: Dip, drive, dip, drive. [MUSIC] There we go. [MUSIC] So I’ll throw a 45 on top to 25. >> [LAUGH]
>> And also, one of the things that really changed
about my training is the rest times. And that was the biggest factor,
because cardio-based business, we have to be in shape. So I try to limit my rest
periods between sets and that’s helped tremendously in the ring. [MUSIC] >> Speaker 2: That’s crazy. [MUSIC] >> Speaker 2: You’re just
bouncing 185 pounds up here. >> Speaker 2: Fast, like this. >> Like it’s nothing. >> Speaker 2: So here I just gotta get
my hips a little tight, hang on, okay. For me,
you think I should do a wider grip then? >> Speaker 1: If you’re in the front,
I would recommend a closer grip for front. >> Speaker 2: Okay, all right. [MUSIC] >> Speaker 1: There we go, [INAUDIBLE]. >> Yeah. >> Man, you, You remind me of in the sense that when we were training in
SCW he would warm up with 315 on bench. >> [LAUGH]
>> And he’d probably sometimes
warm up a 405 on squats. >> Speaker 1: That’s a crazy man. [LAUGH]
>> Speaker 2: That’s what he warmed up with. >> Speaker 1: Even at my strongest,
I never warmed up with such numbers. [LAUGH]
>> Speaker 2: You’re a freak too. >> Speaker 1: He’s a different breed. >> Speaker 2: You’re both crazy strong
in your own right, this is insane. [MUSIC] Wow, that’s crazy, man. Right? >> Speaker 2: Mm-hm. [MUSIC] How was it?
Was I a little bit better on that one? >> Speaker 1: Yeah,
it’s definitely getting better. The only way to get better at
this lift is just to just do it. >> Keep doing it?
>> Yeah, it’s one of those ones. [MUSIC] >> Speaker 2: That’s a great technique. That’s right, another ten maybe? >> Speaker 2: Yeah.
>> Why not, right? >> Speaker 2: Come on, fella. More stable. Drive, yeah, drive, yeah. [MUSIC] >> Speaker 2: Okay,
I think that’s my limit. >> Speaker 1: Yeah, that might be it. I’ll do one more set at maybe 300. >> Speaker 2: Yeah, why not? >> Speaker 1: Why not?
>> Speaker 2: Why stop there? Just keep going. >> Speaker 1: We’ll be here all day. [LAUGH]
>> Speaker 2: What’s the most embarrassing song in your playlist? >> Speaker 1: I guess Pumped Up Kicks. >> Speaker 2: Really? >> Speaker 1: It isn’t
really embarrassing. >> Speaker 2: I love that song. >> Speaker 1: But I mean,
sometimes I’ll listen to movie playlists, popular songs from movies, instrumental
like Han Zimmer and stuff like that. >> Speaker 2: Which one? >> Speaker 1: Pirates of
the Caribbean is a really good one. >> Speaker 2: Okay, I relate to
that one cuz, when I was a kid, one of my favorite movies was Star Trek 2,
the Wrath of Khan, I don’t know if you’ve seen it,
probably before your time. >> Speaker 1: Yeah.
>> Speaker 2: But it’s a great movie, great story. If you get chat, listen to Star Trek 2,
or even see the movie, Wrath of Khan, it’s probably
the best Star Trek movie ever. >> Speaker 1: I’ll give it a shot,
I’ll give it a shot, yeah. >> Speaker 2: But the music makes it. >> A 100%. >> Speaker 1: All right, big fella. >> Let’s do it. [MUSIC] >> Come on. [MUSIC] Awesome, fella, animal. >> Speaker 1: Yeah. >> Speaker 2: Okay, if we ever wrestle, I’m wearing ankle weights
all over my body. >> [LAUGH]
>> 20 pound ankle weights on my arms and my legs, so you can’t pick me up. You probably will be able to
pick me up though, all right. [MUSIC] >> Speaker 1: Really drive
with those feet, drive, yeah. Come on, drive, you have one more. [MUSIC] Yeah. [MUSIC] [APPLAUSE] Hell yeah, it’s good. >> Speaker 2: Thanks for the motivation. >> Speaker 1: Good, man,
was really good, yeah. So next we’re going to do
seated shoulder presses. >> Speaker 2: Okay. >> Speaker 1: You can be
flexible with this one. >> Speaker 2: Right. >> Speaker 1: We’ll do four sets of six. >> Speaker 2: Okay. >> Speaker 1: Just something. >> Speaker 2: Is it two arms or single? >> Speaker 1: We’ll do both arms. >> Perfect.
>> Do both arms, and then we’ll super set it with
bent over lateral raises. >> For rear delts. >> Speaker 1: Just for
rear delts because a lot of people- >> Show them the rear delts, [INAUDIBLE]. >> Speaker 1: See, a lot of people
neglect the rear delts especially, I did that when I was doing short,
put a lot of benching and pushing. So my front delts and my chest were very
dominant and my red delts were not, and it caused a lot of injuries and problems
with my rotator cuff and stuff like that. So ever since then, I’ve been very
intentional about walking the front and the rear as well. Probably start with 80s because we’ve
been going crazy on the push presses, so. >> Quickly like the 80s there. >> One, two, three, four, five, six. [MUSIC] >> Speaker 2: Six. >> Speaker 2: Yeah, it’s a lot harder
after doing those push presses, right? >> Speaker 1: Yeah,
it’s kind of like a pre-exhaust. So I use those as a pre-exhaust,
and then by the time I get in here, muscles are already fatigued,
I’m ready to go. >> Speaker 2: I think you’re the only
person’s pre-exhausted with nearly 300 pounds on that. >> [LAUGH]
>> I like your style. >> One, two, three, four, five, six. Eight, nine. >> 11. >> 12, 12 reps. >> 12 reps there. [MUSIC] >> Speaker 2: Yeah.
>> Speaker 1: Awesome. >> Speaker 2: I’ll see the 90s. [MUSIC] >> Speaker 1: Six reps again. >> Speaker 2: Six reps again. [MUSIC] >> Speaker 1: I’m loving this. This is great.
I’m having a great time, honestly. >> Speaker 2: Me, too. >> Speaker 2: This is awesome. [MUSIC] So next, now I’m thinking 105 just to see. >> Speaker 1: Come on, man,
you’re not gonna test yourself today? >> Speaker 2: Let’s see. No shot putter anymore. Not as strong as I used to be. Still very strong, but not the same. >> Speaker 1: I don’t believe that. I think you’re just as strong as you were. I think I’m stronger. [MUSIC] That’s quite heavy. [MUSIC] Let me know. >> Speaker 2: No, we’re good. [MUSIC] Yeah, easy. [MUSIC] 11, some of the PC athletes asked me,
how did you get past that hump of people not seeing you as legitimate enough to
be a professional wrestler, that you didn’t earn your stripes, you didn’t
go to the Indies and stuff like that? And my thing is, if you work your ass off,
if you do everything you can and leave no stone unturned, eventually
they will respect your work ethic, and they will be down with
the fact that you are the guy. So, work hard, basically. >> Speaker 1: Even though I came from the
Indies, when I became one of the fastest WWE champions ever in six months,
the amount I got. Because of that-
>> I can imagine, yeah, yeah. >> Speaker 1: But that just drove me on. I was like, I love it. I could have let it bother me, and
I couldn’t let it bring me down. I was like, damn, I’m gonna show. I’m gonna be the best. I’m gonna use it as
motivation every single day. I love it, man, it’s great. All right, last set. >> Speaker 2: Let’s do our last set. [MUSIC] >> Awesome.
>> Step, come on. [MUSIC] Six. >> I thought it was seven.
I said it as a seven [INAUDIBLE]. >> No, no, no. >> No? >> Six. >> Speaker 1: I’m gonna go back to school. >> Speaker 2: First one up. That’s all you need. All you, all you from here. Come on, come on, come on,
come on, just one more. Drive, yeah, yeah, money, money. [MUSIC] Let’s take it home. >> Speaker 1: No harm, ho harm. [MUSIC] >> Nice. >> Speaker 1: Nice, bro. >> Speaker 2: We’re home. >> Speaker 1: I can’t feel my shoulders. [LAUGH]
>> Speaker 2: But guess what we’re going to do? >> From here down. >> Speaker 2: More shoulders. [LAUGH]
>> Okay. >> So that’s going to be just
standard lateral raises but the catch is it’s going to be kind
of a burnout in it of itself. Lightweight with the dumbbells. Let’s shoot for 30 to 40 reps, 3 sets. I know it sounds crazy,
but this is how we build. This is how I build my endurance. This is what changed my game from
being a big burly shot putter who just lumbers around to an athletic big man. >> Speaker 1: What is
your favorite cheat meal? [MUSIC] >> Speaker 2: Burger and alcohol. >> Speaker 1: [LAUGH] What’s your
favorite alcohol, are you a bourbon guy, are you a beer guy, are you Guinness guy? >> Speaker 2: I do like bourbon. I like whiskey more. >> [INAUDIBLE] Whiskey? >> Speaker 2: I’m not picky,
honestly, but- >> Fifth thing, I love you. >> Speaker 2: I’ve never drunk with him. >> What?
You gotta do. >> Speaker 2: No, no, I don’t know why. I’ve been on the road with him,
I just never have. But I stay away from vodka. I try to stay away from the soup,
the clear stuff. >> Speaker 2: Yeah.
>> Speaker 2: But, yeah, burger and alcohol. >> Speaker 1: Why’d you
stay away from that? I thought the super clear stuff was
supposed to be better for hangovers. So what’s your favorite whiskey,
do you have a favorite whiskey? >> Speaker 2: Fireball. >> Speaker 1: Fireball? That’s not real whiskey. We need to get you Tailing,
Tully, a little more Dew. When you get a Patties,
I’ll get you proper whiskey, trust me. >> Speaker 2: I got you. >> Smooth. >> Speaker 2: But me, I’m not picky,
whatever gets the job done. >> Speaker 1: Fireball. >> Speaker 2: However quickly we get
there, we get there, you understand? >> Speaker 1: I love it. Are you sure you’re not Irish? [MUSIC] >> Speaker 2: So my coach back in Nigeria,
the one who started training me with the shot put first,
he was very big on mental strength. So he taught me a few cues that when
you’re doing high endurance stuff like this, don’t close your eyes. Embrace the pain. Just look straight, don’t flinch. He was very big on those kind of things,
just going head on and attacking it. [MUSIC] Then one, two. [MUSIC] >> Speaker 1: How many did you do? >> Speaker 2: 40. [MUSIC] [MUSIC] He’s going for it,
he’s going for it, yeah. >> Speaker 2: I didn’t close my eyes. >> Speaker 1: Man, didn’t close your eyes,
let’s step in the right direction. >> God, I used to always kinda like-
>> Shrug. >> Yeah, or just tense up when I’m
doing it and you’re not really doing. But now every time I do, I just relax. Whatever I’m doing, I just try and relax. >> Speaker 2: Yeah.
>> But it was, I think my neck would flare
up when traps will flare up. >> Speaker 1: Yeah. >> Speaker 2: That’s awesome. >> Speaker 1: All right, second set. [MUSIC] >> Speaker 2: Just checking,
make sure he doesn’t close his eyes. >> [LAUGH] [MUSIC] >> Speaker 2: Stand across the room
without little space next year. You know what I mean?
What are you thinking? What’s going through your mind? [MUSIC] >> Speaker 1: Hell, yeah. >> When’d you get? >> 40. [MUSIC] Yeah. [MUSIC] >> Almost there, almost there. [MUSIC] [LAUGH] That’s that feeling. >> How’s that feeling? >> Speaker 1: Jesus. >> Those delts are activated. >> Speaker 2: I can’t
even feel them anymore. >> Speaker 1: Wanna jump into it? >> Speaker 2: Let’s go. >> Speaker 1: All right. >> I don’t know,
let’s count timer this one. [MUSIC] >> Speaker 1: Last ten. [MUSIC] Let’s go. >> Speaker 2: Awesome, smashed it. [MUSIC] >> Speaker 1: You versus you now. [MUSIC] Come on. Yeah, let’s go. >> Speaker 1: Hey. >> Home stretch. [MUSIC] Go home? [APPLAUSE] [LAUGH] >> Speaker 2: This is awesome [LAUGH] when you do this workout,
this is a great workout. This is gonna blow this out of your delts. >> Speaker 1: It’s definitely one for
the books. [MUSIC] >> Speaker 2: If I couldn’t
feel my shoulders before, but I can’t feel them now. That’s a crazy workout, that’s crazy. >> Speaker 2: So-
>> What was that? 120 flies, I can’t even [LAUGH]. >> [LAUGH]
>> I can’t even do this. >> Speaker 1: Yeah, and
it feels like we should be done, right? >> Speaker 2: Absolutely, yeah, it’s
great workout, man, thank you very much. >> Speaker 1: One more,
ski machine over there, 200 meters we go. That’ll be our finisher,
the Oba Femi shoulder finisher. But it’s actually light but
finisher, let’s go. Ready? >> Speaker 2: Yeah. >> Speaker 1: Let’s do this one. Once it gets to 200 meters, we’re good. >> Speaker 2: Okay, how many sets? >> Speaker 1: One set is fine. >> Speaker 2: Okay, go, come on Oba. [SOUND] 60 meters, 65 to 71, 74, 77, 80, 80, 90, 101 meters. More record going on here. 125 meters, 130, 140 meters, 152 meters, 164, 179, 190, 200. In a minute and 30 seconds. >> Speaker 1: One minute 30 seconds. So we’ll reset on your go. >> Speaker 2: You did 200 meters
in one minute, 30 seconds. I can’t even feel my shoulders Oba. >> Once you get that momentum going,
you can just keep swinging. >> Like that? >> Yeah. >> Speaker 2: People do this though,
right? It’s the same thing. >> Speaker 1: Yeah, it’s the same thing,
people go wider to cover more distance. >> Speaker 2: So here. >> Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah. [SOUND] 120 [SOUND] 200, there you go. [APPLAUSE]
Are you not entertained? >> Speaker 2: No, not right now. >> [LAUGH] I know. >> Everybody else is, though. That’s a crazy finisher,
take a seat, brother. Watching you definitely gives me
flashbacks to when I first started. You know what I mean? I just love the intensity you have power,
everything about it. Old school, fella,
you’ve got a huge fan base already, and a lot of people want to
see you on this channel. So what I normally do at
the end of the workout. Well, I still can’t breathe after
you blow me up on that ski machine. Let’s give you a moment,
just you and the camera. Hey the people watching at home. And to give them maybe
some words of inspiration. You have the floor to
give them any advice and inspiration you possibly can,
fella, the floor is yours, bro. >> Speaker 1: Thank you, well,
a big one for me is stay in the cause, never giving up consistency,
but that’s all generic stuff. The big one is your dreams
should definitely scare you, where you’re going in life,
you should be unsure if you can make it or not, because if it’s a guarantee that
you can make it, then there’s no risk. There’s no payoff trying. If you do what you can already do,
then who cares? Your dream should scare you,
your dreams should be big. And don’t be afraid to chase those dreams, no matter how far it takes you, because
you’ll be surprised where you land. >> Speaker 2: This man is so wise. Always beyond your years,
[LAUGH] not just a bleeding beast. Oba, I really appreciate it,
fella, thank you so much. >> Speaker 2: Thank you so much.
>> For your time, you’re gonna wrestle the show now. He’s gonna go after all that? He’s gonna jump in the car and
drive to do a show. Live event for next day. I appreciate it as said,
to have you on the channel is fantastic. >> Speaker 1: Thank you.
>> Speaker 2: Keep killing it, keep smashing it. And I hope to see you
open our turf someday, pretty soon, cheers, fella, thank you. >> Speaker 1: Thank you, man. >> Speaker 2: And everyone else. >> Appreciate it. >> Speaker 1: Thank you,
guys, brave change. My shoulder you’ll kill me. >> [LAUGH]
>> My God. >> [LAUGH]
>> Speaker 2: I won’t be driving for about a week. I’ll be like this. >> Speaker 1: So tough one. >> Speaker 2: Let’s go now, Casas. My God, dude, that was fantastic. [MUSIC]