Paul Rudd has a secret to looking young. he is sleeping
who is rad men’s health‘s March 2023 cover star told the magazine he gets eight hours of sleep every night.
“People ask me, ‘Can you send me your meal plan? How many times a week do you work out? Do you drink alcohol? Do you eat carbs? Do you have cheat days?’ The most important part is sleep,” Rudd said.
Rudd, 53, says anyone who sets their alarm for just four hours of sleep to get more time to train is short-selling themselves.
“They’re hurting themselves,” said Rudd, PEOPLE’s Sexiest Man in 2021.
Rudd’s morning routine includes coffee and cardio.
“I do cardio before I eat anything. I’ve never done that before.” [Ant-Man]said Rudd.
Playing a superhero Ant-Man The actor wanted to do it, but it changed his life, he told the magazine.
“I didn’t really think they were the type of actor to offer those roles,” he said. I was excited to do the thing. If it was announced that I would be joining a superhero franchise, most people would say, oh my god.
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Preparing for the role included hiring a trainer, lifting weights and cutting sugar, as well as establishing a routine.
“I’ve learned a lot about how my body responds to food, how it responds to exercise, and where I’m happiest and how it affects me mentally. . . . if I wore this suit, it made me feel good to be the character that was supposed to be a superhero, and I wasn’t impersonating.”
However, he said his fitness routine doesn’t have much to do with another Marvel movie or magazine cover.
“I finally realized that if you make fitness part of your lifestyle, you’ll feel better,” he said.
Even when Rudd is at his peak level of fitness, it’s easy for him to stay grounded, he told PEOPLE in 2021.
“I remember on the set of [Avengers:] end gameI was working out hard, eating perfect, and training like an athlete for a long time,” Rudd said. [a former Sexiest Man Alive], and I thought, “What do you mean?” why try it? that.”
Rudd is currently filming the third season for Hulu. Only Murders in Buildings.
