Snoop Dogg showing up at Swansea City was surreal enough. The 54-year-old rapper, now an investor in the Championship club, was recently filmed soaking up the applause at the Swansea.com Stadium.
But the real curveball came off the pitch. In separate footage from the same visit, Snoop is seen knocking a ball around before heading into the team gym for a few pull-ups and some light cardio.
It’s not exactly pre-season training, but he moves easily for a man whose public persona doesn’t scream metcons and protein shakes.
A glimpse inside Snoop's gym routine
Another Instagram video gives a clearer sense of how he trains.
In the gym footage, Snoop is dressed in a black tank top and baggy yoga pants, running through what looks like a giant-set upper-body finisher.
He’s working with light weights, using controlled movements.
The first round consists of:
- Close-grip dumbbell press x 10 reps
- EZ-bar upright rows x 10 reps
- High-to-low cable fly x 11 reps
He repeats the circuit for a second round, slightly nudging up the reps:
- Close-grip dumbbell press x 10
- EZ-bar upright rows x 11
- High-to-low cable fly x 12
It’s a simple structure, but effective. The close-grip press shifts emphasis onto the triceps and inner chest. Upright rows bring the shoulders and traps into play. The cable fly finishes the chest through a long range of motion.
Then he adds an extra push. He goes back to the close-grip dumbbell press for another 10 reps before holding the bottom position in an isometric for roughly 40 seconds. From there, still lying on the bench, he raises his knees and performs a static hold with the dumbbells locked out above his head – first with both arms, then switching to single-arm holds.
It’s a finisher built around tension rather than heavy weight. At 54, that approach makes sense. He’s chasing muscle activation and endurance, not a one-rep max.
Boxing conditioning
There’s also older footage from 2018 that shows a broader look at Snoop’s training. It’s not one single session, but a collection of different workouts across boxing, strength and conditioning.
The clip opens with sparring. He’s moving lightly on his feet, showing decent lateral movement and rhythm rather than just standing and trading.
Away from the ring, he runs through Cuban presses for shoulder stability and control. There are barbell box squats, too, suggesting he wasn’t avoiding lower-body strength work.
Cardio features heavily. He’s even seen running on a treadmill wearing a hypoxic training mask. The same mask appears during single-arm dumbbell rows and ladder footwork drills.
While the footage is now several years old, what stands out is that his build today doesn’t look dramatically different.
Taken together, the footage suggests Snoop has been training for years, not weeks – with a clear emphasis on staying lean, mobile and capable rather than chasing size.
