Hey guys, Eric here for Young Hollywood. Once again, we are spending the day with Mercedes Lewis. We are going beyond the athlete. We're here at Gains Athletics where we're going to learn a little bit about uh cross and a jab. Let's do it.

All right, we're here with Cooper Gibson, Mercedes Lewis's trainer. Now tell us what you're doing here.

I'm just preparing his hands to strike. just doing a basic wrap kind of protect his wrists more so than his knuckles. And then get to it.

How often do you do this?

Uh, four days a week.

Four days a week?

Yeah, it depends like sometimes maybe three days a week depending on when I have my daughter, but you know, we try to switch it up so you know, my body is being put through things a different. So sometimes we'll strike, uh sometimes we'll do Jujitsu.

Well, let's see how you guys do here. All right. Very nice. All right, so tell me what you guys are going to do now cuz you switched up the uh

So we we switch from boxing. Usually we more of pads. We're getting into some tie pads and kind of work all his knees, kicks, elbows, which is more appropriate for like football. We got to loosen his hips and keep them explosive.

All right. Let's see it. Couldn't see that. I think it just happened. I feel like Mercedes is kicking so hard. He's like almost busting us out of here. All right, now I got to ask, have you ever accidentally been hit by Mercedes?

You know what? It's been close a few times. One time we were doing similar workout. One for me to kick low. And I kick high. The skin of the towel was here.

I got to take these bad boys off. So we're going to do a jab first, right?

Uh yeah, so first get a good base. Okay.

going to be the squat. Okay. You don't want to be square and giving all your body. So you like that. Uh-huh. Every punch has a footwork. Okay. So when you throw your jab, taking that step. All right.

All right, so let's try this. So here, you hit my mid. There you go. When you throw your jab, uh-huh.

Try not to be moving. So. Okay. It's cool to circle every once in a while. Just a just to switch it up a little bit, but you don't want to be like pretty soon. I'm trying to I'm trying to walk out of the door. There you go. There you go. All right, now you're going to throw a cross. Okay. The cross is just with the opposite hand. Important thing uh on a cross, it's to make sure you get good rotation. So if you're throwing your jab here, the cross is here. All right. And you kind of think about as if you're putting out a cigarette butt. Okay. Talk about the footwork of the punch. It's here. You're throwing your cross from here. All right. So let's do this. So jab, cross. There you go. Ah. Go ahead. All right. That's a rhythm. So when you throw your jab and you throw your cross, you want to kind of connect your cross at the end range of your jab. So be long with your jab. So when you're here, There you go. Move around and then when you throw your punch, plant it. Good job. All right, next one. Jab, cross. Jab, cross, hook. Okay. Cool, come over here. I want you just to mirror me, okay? So I'm here. You're going to the same thing. I want you to rotate your body and pivot on your left foot. Okay. Pretty much you're pulling a cross. It's all in the rotation. Pretty much pretend your your arms. There you go. Look at that. With it. There you go. Turn down. Like this. All right, let's go. you're punching.

All right, now I'm getting sweaty. This is getting this is not a sport anymore. All right. So now, so now, come here. I want to show the uppercut. Same thing with the hook. So the hook is straight through, right? The uppercut is same motion. I'm just up. All right. Give me your give me that left shoulder. Now throw it. I think I'm missing the sound effect. I think that's the problem. All right. Let's see. Okay, wait. Okay. See, that's what we were talking about. I almost punched him in the face. So jab, cross. All right. There we go. There we go. All right, we good? We're good. All right. Thank you.

All right, I am back here at Mercedes Lewis's pad. Second time I've been here. I feel like I live here.

Yeah, you're a usual guest now and uh just have a key.

Yeah, I told you that, you know, whenever you wanted to come back. I had you. So I don't really have that much time to be so I appreciate the company.

Well, if you're inviting us, we'll be here more.

All right, so you are all ready now to head upstairs to the party. Tell us what you're wearing.

Uh today I am wearing Tom Ford. And I like the uh the navy and the white combo here. Yeah, I thought, you know, my mom said it was kind of cold upstairs, but I kind of I'm ready for anything, so it really doesn't matter.

And I also love how your whole family's here. I got to meet Cody, I got to meet the sister, got to meet your mom. So.

They're here. They're uh they're excited about it.

Incredible. All right, now let's go upstairs and party with your mom, right?

Yeah, let's go. Oh, it's a beautiful day. Look at this. Oh.

All right, so this is it, right?

This is it. This is beautiful. This is it. What a great day in LA to have a party. It's a nice day. This is awesome. It really is. Got the music going on. Nice and light. got my family over there.

I was going to say, we want to we want to meet the family. Are they going to be okay with that?

Yeah, I think they will. Okay. to my immediate right. This is Ashley Snow. This is my 25-year-old brother. We're the closest three years apart. And then we have Cody Withers over here. Same mom, different dad. Different swag, but uh my best friend over here.

All right, now Cody, you live with Mercedes, right?

Yes, ma'am. We've been living together since last summer.

How's that working for you?

It's great.

Does he have parties?

No, he doesn't have parties.

Not that you know of. Last time I was at his house, he has cameras in there. Yeah. See that little guy right there? Look at that.

I am Skye, I am Cody. And he doesn't even need to, but it's all good.

Do you come and and use the amenities, hang out by the pool?

No. That's a thought. I definitely as of right now I haven't, but I will.

Now, do you guys travel to Jacksonville and and watch your brother on the field?

Absolutely. Often.

Very cool. You guys are awesome. Enjoy the party. Thanks for talking to us. All right. So this is the infamous Nikki that Mercedes is always talking about. We saw your picture on Twitter. You guys are always, you know, really getting along. What's the secret to a good relationship?

Um, just being I can't.

Is you can't, you're so cute. Yeah, you can do this as well. Me and her relationship. It's pretty awesome. She's honest with me. She feels like she can come to me about certain things. You know, sometimes she may not be able to go to my mom and tell her right away. So, she kind of comes to me about, you know, little things and we'll talk about it and hash everything out before she presents it to my mom. That way, that way it's a little lighter uh by the time my mom gets the information.

Now, does she tell you about who she's dating?

Yes, I do.

Yeah. And does he give them a hard time?

No, I'm pretty good at like choosing and he likes them, so it's okay.

If she can find somebody that kind of models me, I mean, I'm I'm pretty, I'm happy about that.

All right, sounds good. We're going to go meet mom. Is she a tough one?

Uh, yeah.

How me today? Hey. What's up? How you doing?

I'm good. How's your workout?

I got it in. What's up, man? How you doing?

Chilling.

First things first, your son is absolutely amazing. Do you feel like the luckiest mom ever?

Yes.

Now, he told me that you guys started a foundation together. Yeah. What was what was the inspiration behind that?

Helping kids that in the surrounding area where we come from.

Thank you so much for having us. And like I said, your son, your sons, your daughter, amazing.

Thank you.

All right.