Tom Holland revealed the secrets to adjusting his health and wellness routines to prepare for different roles, including how he trained to join the Avengers as Spider-Man.
Tom Holland revealed how he maintains his superhero physique.
Indeed, the Spider-Man actor shared insight into his health and fitness journey and how his eyebrow-raising diet factors in.
The 28-year-old often skips out on having three meals a day and prefers to have just one, he told Men’s Healthin a profile published Jan. 2. More often than not, he’s helping himself to chili con carne he’s previously made a batch of or something of the sort at home.
But of course, Tom’s diet isn’t always limited to his singular mealtime as it depends greatly on the roles he finds himself preparing for. While trying to drop weight for his role in The Crowded Room, he recalled that restricting himself to such extent was, “extremely painful.”
No stranger to bulking up for roles—he has played Spider-Man in Spider-Man Homecoming, Spider-Man: Far From Home, Avengers: Infinity War, Captain America: Civil War and Avengers: Endgame as part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe—he prefers taking that route to dropping weight. Still, trying to put on weight comes with its own challenges.
“I really have to think about eating three times a day,” Tom, who revealed he was currently training for a role, explained to the outlet. “Breakfast, lunch, and dinner to me is an extortionate amount of food.”
And along with his meticulously regulated diet, Tom leads quite the active lifestyle—especially when he was preparing for 2021’s Spider-Man: No way Home.
“We got into crazy shape. We were so fit,” he said of his time preparing for the film with daily HIIT workouts with trainer Duffy Gaver. “A Monday morning would be this hour-long workout: one pullup, two dips, three pushups, four sit-ups, five squats—that’s round one—and you basically go all the way up to 10, so the last round is 10, 20, 30, 40, 50. And then you’ll go all the way back down to 1. That is a monster workout.”
As for how his fitness regimen has affected his daily life? It seems his younger family members now expect Tom, who trained in dance and acrobatics as a kid, to exemplify his Spider-Man agility. While visiting Cornwall with his girlfriend Zendaya and his family, one of his younger cousins had a very important question for him: could he do a backflip?
“So I went outside and I was getting ready, and I was thinking, I can do this,” he recalled, proving his backflip abilities. “I can totally do this. I’ve done this thousands of times. And Z was there, and she was like, ‘Are you sure you can still do this?’”
“I actually did land it,” he continued, “but I pulled every muscle in my stomach, because when you do a backflip, it’s all about extending up as much as you can and then tucking. For weeks, I could not laugh because my stomach was so sore.”
But Tom isn’t the only one that’s been working hard in the gym. To see how other stars are working on their fitness, keep reading…
Kaley Cuoco
Eight months after welcoming her daughter Matilda with Tom Pelphrey, Kaley noted why she loves doing treadmill workouts amid her postpartum fitness journey.
“Putting that incline up is so good for your muscles, and for your circulation,” she told Today.com in an interview published Nov. 22. “I’ll also walk backward, which is amazing for your butt and legs. It pretty much works everything.”
Becky G
After having a transformative year in 2023, Becky revealed how fitness played a major role. “I know at the end of the day who benefits from a healthier me the most—myself,” she told E! News. “Eventually, if you dedicate yourself to it, you will have lived your life longer with this habit than you ever did without it. At least, that’s the way I like to think about it.”
Her go-to workouts? “If it’s a home work out, if it’s stretch, if it’s going outside for a walk—I try to be as consistent as I can be.”
Kelly Clarkson
The Grammy winner explained how moving to New York City helped kickstart her health and fitness journey. “Walking in the city is quite the workout,” Kelly told People in an interview published Jan. 3. “And I’m really into infrared saunas right now. And I just got a cold plunge because everybody wore me down.”
Julianne Hough
Julianne told E! News the exercise she always blocks out time for when she has a jam-packed schedule.
“I know that I can walk around the hills with my dog,” the Dancing With the Stars said. “That’s key because I have to get her out, too. But movement in general, whether it’s 10 minutes or five minutes of something, I have to move my body.”
And when she has more time to break a sweat, she added, “Whether it’s a Kinrgy class or doing Pilates or yoga, the fact that we get to combine all of those modalities is my favorite because I love versatility.”
“I always move, even for a few minutes each day. Sometimes I’ll go into a room, turn up the music and just dance. It’s a great way to let loose and feel great.”
DJ Khaled
The record producer opened up about his love for golfing and how it’s helped him slim down.
“I do it every day and I get a chance to sit on the golf cart or walking about to answer an email or a call and handle my business,” he told Us Weekly in an interview published Sept. 20. “It’s so much [more] pleasurable, meaning [being around] the nature, the sun. It cleanses me.”
“Under normal circumstances it’s going to the gym, but right now I’m taking online classes with my Pilates instructor Britni Lariviere. I’m also trying to jump rope—2,000 strokes each day.”
“Family bike rides are big for us right now and I always try to carve out thirty minutes for pilates with Andrea Rodgers and foam rolling with Lauren Roxburgh.”
“Running and listening to music. The best outlet I’ve found these last few months being stuck in the house! I feel so great and pumped up after.”
“My favorite way to break a sweat is mix of sex, PRx Performance, hiking, biking.”
“By connecting with my audience and motivating them through my Brooke Burke Body fitness app! I’ve been live streaming on the app as well as on my Instagram since the beginning of quarantine in an effort to make fitness fun and innovative. I especially love walking my viewers through total body cardio parties, which is when I crank up the music, let them find their rhythm and let the booty burn. Cardio kicks up your heart rate, so if you’re not sweating, you’re not working out hard enough!”
“I have been doing a lot of Sculpt, Cardio Boxing and Yoga Classes on the obé Fitness App and virtual classes with Pilates By Amanda. If I don’t have a lot of time, I will do Lauren Gores‘ express workouts on her Instagram.”
“During lockdown it’s yoga under my own direction. I can go onto so many different tangents and by the time I am done it is often two hours.”
“My trainer, Amoila Cesar, gets lots of results out of me by appealing to my ‘no quit,’ competitive side. He yells and I love it. During quarantine, I got my fix by doing his 6 Weeks of THE WORK on Beachbody on Demand. I also love a rigorous barre class and need daily yoga.”
“I’ve been doing a lot of dancing in my apartment. I’ll turn on some music and just go. Sometimes it’s more structured, sometimes it’s interpretive, sometimes I twerk. Also hiking!”
“My go-to work out is P.Volve, I’ve gone to their classes for years and now I stream them at home. I try and workout at least 3 to 4 times a week even if its for 30 minutes. Its all about strengthening and elongating your muscles. It’s my favorite!”
Source: www.eonline.com