Jason Kelce Embarks on ‘Silly’ Weight Loss Journey

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Jason Kelce is setting some new targets for his physique.

On the Wednesday, March 25, episode of his New Heights podcast— which Jason co-hosts with brother Travis Kelce — the retired Philadelphia Eagles participant, 37, revealed he’s competing along with his former teammate Beau Allen to see “who can lose essentially the most physique fats proportion however nonetheless acquire muscle.”

The previous NFL star defined that the 2 males had accomplished DEXA scans — which measures bone density — to see what they had been working with.

“It’s form of embarrassing seeing your physique damaged down like this,” he confessed. “I’m not going to lie. It’s a good calf-to-hamstring ratio, I feel.”

The soccer legend broke down his stats for his younger brother within the episode, sharing that his whole weight is 276.6 lbs. as he had shed some kilos since his NFL days. “I’ve misplaced 20 lbs. I used to be by no means heavier than 300. Effectively, I did, possibly a few instances, I tipped 300 within the NFL,” he remarked.

The Tremendous Bowl champion stated that his lean mass consists of “207 lbs. of muscle” and that he has “58.7 lbs. of fats,” which equates to “21 p.c physique fats” for him. Jason admitted, “It’s plenty of fats.”

Travis chimed in, “We acquired to get that down.”

The 35-year-old Kansas Metropolis Chiefs tight finish requested his older sibling why he was even doing this competitors, and Jason joked that that is what occurs if you depart the NFL.

“Once you retire, it’s a must to do silly competitions like this to maintain your sanity. So Beau and I are going to attempt to lose as a lot physique fats proportion as potential in three months,” he acknowledged. “We now have the Ocean Drive occasion that we do for the Eagles Autism Basis yearly.

Jason added that whoever loses the competitors should don a speedo on the Ocean Drive occasion.

He additional defined there may be a whole factors system. “Should you get muscle on, you get some extent, and in the event you lose physique fats proportion, you get two factors,” he famous.

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