“I started reading and researching about what the human body is capable of doing, but we no longer do very much of because of everything that’s available, like cars and technology,” says Yuan. When Yuan first linked up with McGraw, the musician was already an avid runner and using the P90X regimen.īut Yuan helped him change things up, incorporating ground gymnastics, yoga, martial arts, Tai chi, and animal flow - movement meant to take a body back to its primal roots. McGraw credits Yuan in the book for having shaped his “fitness attitude and workout plan over the past seven years more than anyone else.” McGraw will discuss the book with Jenna Bush Hager at the Union Square Barnes & Noble on Monday at 7 p.m. Seven years later, they’re still working together, and McGraw is releasing his own wellness book, “ Grit & Grace: Train the Mind, Train the Body, Own Your Life,” out Tuesday. So Yuan, suspicious but curious, agreed to fly to Nashville for a one-week trial. Tim McGraw’s book, “Grit & Grace: Train the Mind, Train the Body, Own Your Life.” HarperCollins The country superstar - or one of his assistants - had come across Yuan’s name, most likely in connection to his having trained Craig, or perhaps Henry Cavill for his pre-“Superman” flick “Immortals.” Yuan says McGraw told him he wanted to try something a little different to help him fine-tune his fitness and get in the shape he desired. “I had no knowledge of the whole country music thing, but I knew the name Tim McGraw.” “My manager goes, ‘It’s Tim McGraw.’ And I go, ‘What? The country guy?’” Yuan, 58, tells The Post with a laugh. Then his manager told him who had made the request. He was, however, a martial artist, an actor, a fight coordinator - and he happened to be in the process of training Daniel Craig for his action scenes as James Bond in “Skyfall.” The thing was, Yuan wasn’t a personal trainer. Someone wanted to talk to Yuan about setting up some personal training. Stuntman Roger Yuan was in London when he received a mysterious phone call from his manager. Kurt Cobain's crowd-control video resurfaces after Astroworld tragedy 'Yellowstone' prequel '1883' is cut from the same riveting dramatic cloth Tim McGraw takes a tumble off stage in skintight jeans He was personally chosen for this lead role by director and action legend Master Yuen Woo Ping.Country star Lainey Wilson reveals 2022 CMAs date - and how she roped 'Yellowstone' role
In 2015 will e saw Roger Yuan in Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon: the Green Destiny, playing Iron Crow. Chandni Chowk to China, and Sony’s Black Dynamite. He also caught the attention of action directors Dee Dee Ku, Dion Lam, Hung Yan Yan and Steven Ching su Tung.īeside his action roles, Roger has shaped comedic roles with action. His ability not only to act, but to do his own stunts helped him win the respect of Hong Kong action greats including Jackie Chan, Yuen Biao (Shanghai Noon), Sammo Hung, jet Li (Once Upon a Time in China and America), and Chow Yun Fat (Bulletproof Monk). Roger made his acting debut in Red Corner with Richard Gere. Roger Yuan has worked on action choreography for films including Son of The Pink Panther, Death Becomes Her, Ella Enchanted, Black Dynamite, X Men: first Class, 47 Ronin and the 50th anniversary 007 film, Skyfall, as well as Once Upon a Time in Vietnam, and Warcraft. Country singing star Tim McGraw is a recent client enlisting Roger to get him in shape for his 2012 Brothers of the Sun Summer Tour.
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