\n\t\t\tThe intensity never ends for Dylan Scott, even hours after his sold-out shows come to a close. That\u2019s why the country music superstar continues to place a higher priority on his conditioning and training in order to belt out the high notes\u2014or in his case, a low baritone\u2014when the sweltering summer heat take its toll onstage in front of packed amphitheaters all across the continent.
\nShowtime is just part of Scott\u2019s regular routine. When the \u201cMy Girl\u201d singer returns home to Nashville, he has waiting for him a to-do list created by his girl\u2014wife Blair\u2014sometimes as lengthy as the 60- to 90-minute setlist he\u2019s been performing each night on his current \u201cWin the Night\u201d tour along with Cole Swindell. Then there\u2019s a trio of junior Scotts waiting for their dad\u2019s arrival so they can resume wreaking childlike havoc in the backyard.
\nIn other words, life on the road is no match for family life.
\n\u201cWhen I get home, it\u2019s not like I\u2019m gonna rest,\u201d Scott admits. \u201cI have three kids jumping on trampolines, riding bikes, and then there\u2019s [my wife\u2019s] \u201choney-do\u201d list. I never really stop or slow down.\u201d
\nThe 33-year-old has become accustomed to the mix of family and touring. With success\u2014Scott was nominated for the 2023 ACM New Artist of the Year award\u2014he now has a team taking on the touring logistics\u2014unlike the early days which saw Scott and bandmates would drive themselves cross country from gig to gig in a small van.
\nOne element of road life he continues handling, however, is finding a gym at each tour stop. Besides the nightly a workout he gets from belting out 10 to 15 hits including his latest hit \u201cThis Town\u2019s Been Too Good to Us,\u201d Scott relies on hitting the weights regularly\u2014along a bit of cardio work\u2014get the body pumped so he can remain stage sharp at all times.
\n\u201cI\u2019ll hit Google Maps and see what\u2019s around me,\u201d he says. \u201cWe usually try to find a small, local gym, one that\u2019s got the music blasting, and everyone\u2019s having a good time. Those gyms are a lot of fun.\u201d
\nWhen he\u2019s not onstage, or in the gym, or wrapping up a round of household chores,\u00a0 Scott finds himself\u00a0 engaging with his legions of social media followers. Sometimes he\u2019ll treat them to a glimpse of his latest work\u2014Scott recently teased a new drop set for June 21. In return, many of his fans offer to host the avid outdoorsman to a day of hunting on the days he and the band roll into town. And oftentimes, Scott takes them up on their offer.
\n\u201cThere\u2019s been times a random fan will hit me up and say, \u2018Hey, let\u2019s go hunt,\u2019\u201d he says. \u201cI\u2019ll do my research on them before I do it, but I\u2019ll go\u2014I love the outdoors.\u201d
\nBecause his schedule is filled from all angles, maximizing his brand of Country Muscle\u2014Dylan Scott not only has to rely on hitting the gym consistently, whether on the road or his fully equipped home gym, but now has begun adding a greater emphasis on rest and recovery following a minor health scare several years back during the early touring days. That part\u2019s still a work in progress, he admits.
\n\u201cI try to get seven, eight hours of sleep a night,\u201d he says. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t always happen, obviously, but I like my sleep.\u201d<\/p>\n
Gym Sessions for Dylan Scott
\nMusic has always been a part of Dylan Scott\u2019s structure. His father, Scotty Robinson, was a guitarist who performed with legendary \u201870s country stars such Freddy Fender. \u201cSome of the best advice I got as a kid was from my da\u2014he told me the music business is not an overnight success.\u201d
\nOther than a few pickup games of basketball, sports didn\u2019t play a major role in Scott\u2019s high school development. However, Scott admits to being a meathead\u2014sort of\u2014as a teenager, especially when it came to moving heavy weight. \u201cAs a kid, you\u2019re like, let\u2019s go bench and put a bunch of weight on the bar,\u201d he recalls. \u201cI don\u2019t do that stuff any more.\u201d
\nScott boasts of his 350-pound bench back in the day. At about the same, around 2007, he was listening to one of his music idols, Tim McGraw, topping the charts with the hit \u201cLast Dollar.\u201d
\nNow nearly two decades later, Scott is enjoying the success of his second studio album, 2022\u2019s Livin My Best Life. And while he\u2019s matured musically as a solo artist, when it comes to training, he still looks up to his now 57-year-old idol.
\n\u201cTim McGraw is a beast\u2014I don\u2019t know if I could hang with him,\u201d Scott admits. \u201cI don\u2019t do those high-intensity workouts like he does\u2014 I\u2019ll probably get to that point in my life\u2014but he\u2019s in his 50s and is probably still the hardest hitter out there.\u201d
\nAt his home gym, Dylan Scott has loaded his dumbbell rack from 5 pounds to 100. He\u2019s also added a set of medicine balls, a Smith Machine, kettlebells, and a sauna, and is now looking to add a stair climb to his cardio room. For the time being, Scott does a lot of jump rope for conditioning as well as going for some light runs around the Nashville neighborhood.
\nThe days of 1RMs are done, as Scott normally sticks with a bodybuilding-style, single bodypart training split, chest on Monday, back on Tuesday, and so on, when his schedule allows him the luxury of consistency. For Scott, it\u2019s now about getting stage shredded for the fans filling the arenas\u2014and for his wife waiting at home.
\n\u201cI\u2019ll go heavy, but I\u2019ll try to keep high reps, 12 to 15, sometimes even higher,\u201d he says. \u201cI\u2019m not here to really get a big physique. The older I get, I just want to be in shape and I want to look good. Plus I gotta keep a little six pack for my wife.\u201d
\nRest and Recovery are Country Essentials
\nAs Dylan Scott\u2019s workload continues to increase\u2014his current North American tour kicked off in London, ON, this past May and continues until mid November, rest and recovery have become even more a priority, even though it may seem to the \u201cBoys Back Home\u201d singer that a good night\u2019s sleep is a fleeting luxury. \u201cIt\u2019s a little easier, but not completely,\u201d he admits. \u201cPeople think the road life is pretty easy\u2014you just hop on your bus and chill out. But there\u2019s a lot going on, especially mentally in your head.\u201d
\nIn the early years of touring as a young artist, Scott admits the crazy round-the-clock routine of squeezing into a van and with your bandmates and driving cross country from show to show and finding a hotel at late hours were a bit rough on the body.
\n\u201cBack then we may not have gotten the van loaded till midnight or one, and then hit the road for two or three hours before we got to the next city,\u201d he says.
\nEventually, the erratic sleep schedule\u2014sometimes he\u2019d get seven hours, sometimes none\u2014were starting to chip away at his health\u2014more specifically his hairline.
\n\u201cI started getting alopecia, these little small spots in my head where the hair would just fall out,\u201d he recalls. \u201cAfter seeing the doctor he asks me how much sleep do I get? I told him what was going on, and he was like, man, you have to get at least eight hours of sleep. But he gave me my shots and my head\u2019s been healed since.\u201d
\nNow for Scott, the goals aims for at least six to eight hours sleep a night, although he says, even to this day it remains a work in progress. \u201cI\u2019m not gonna lie, it\u2019s not always consistent,\u201d he admits.
\nIf adequate sleep isn\u2019t an option\u2014and sometimes that\u2019s the case\u2014Dylan Scott will turn to recovery methods in order to help calm his highly energized body in the form of saunas and cold plunges. While turning up the heat have brought him good luck so far in his career\u2014he received notice of his first ACM nomination in 2023 while sitting in his underwear getting heated up, it\u2019s also helped him reenergize following a long performance or lengthy workout. However, the cold plunge is something he\u2019s slowly acclimating to.
\n\u201cI\u2019m not that up to speed and up to date on my research with cold plunges,\u201d he admits. I got it way too cold the first time. I didn\u2019t adapt to it. But I will say I felt amazing after I did it the second time. I\u2019ve done it three or four times now\u2014not as cold as the first time and it\u2019s really cool.\u00a0 I feel like a different person when I get out.\u201d
\nMixin\u2019 It with the Fans, Literally
\nEngaging with nearly two million TikTok followers and an additional 700,000-plus on Instagram has its rewards for Dylan Scott. Not only does he get positive feedback from fans after sharing his latest music\u2014he currently averages more than seven million listeners each month on Spotify, but it also creates an avalanche of fan-fueled offers and invites. \u201cThe coolest I got recently was from Julian Smith,\u201d he says. \u201cI haven\u2019t worked out with him yet, but it was cool to talk about working out.\u201d
\nIn addition to getting offers to hit the gym, Scott gets countless offers to hit the woods for a day of hunting. \u201cI\u2019m a big hunter,\u201d he says. \u201cI love deer hunting and duck hunting. When it\u2019s in season and depending on where I\u2019m at in the country, either I got buddies or family out that way.\u201d
\nSo far, it\u2019s turned out OK for Scott.
\n\u201cWe do our research so there\u2019s no crazies or anything but it\u2019s kind of cool thing to do,\u201d he says.
\nAlthough it sounds a little risky\u2014a hunting trip with a random stranger, the southern superstars says he can relate to his childhood dreams of meeting up with his idols if they accepted his offer.
\n\u201cMan, I could just think if I was a kid and I hit Tim McGraw up and he would have went hunting with me, I\u2019d been the coolest thing in the world,\u201d he says. So, you know, I just try to show people I\u2019m still just a regular person.\u201d
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