15 Amazing Bodies of Yellowstone Spinoff Stars

Taylor Sheridan’s TV western Yellowstone has proved to be a runaway hit—and the same can be said for the two spinoffs 1883 and 1923. With a stellar cast including Harrison Ford, Helen Mirren, Tim McGraw, and Faith Hill, the two Paramount hit shows showcase talent that represents the entire spectrum of age and experience. How do they do it? Here are the ways 15 Yellowstone spinoff cast members stay fit, healthy, and camera-ready.

1. Marley Shelton

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Dawn Olivieri, 42, plays Claire Dutton on 1883. The actress loves working out outdoors. "I tend to be most inspired to work out within a location that contains something impressive," she says. "The mountains, a sunrise, a sunset, a waterfall, the ocean. You can pull energy from them while you do your exercises."

2. Julia Schlaepfer

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Julia Schlaepfer, 28, plays Alexandra on 1923. The actress embraces her physique, and has learned to have confidence in her style. “Bodies are meant to change, so I think that’s beautiful,” she says. “I wore a Paolo Sebastian dress to The Politician première], and I was worried because it showed a lot of cleavage. Then I thought, ‘This is crazy. We all have ’em!’

3. Isabel May

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Isabel May, 22, plays Elsa Dutton on 1883. The actress enjoys the natural look which is part of her role. "Taylor [Sheridan] said from the very beginning, 'I want everything to be authentic.' I mean, women didn't start shaving until the 1920s,” she says. “He really wanted that to be an aspect of the show, and so I was more than happy to oblige. I'm lucky to be a part of it. I don't really know how I've had this opportunity. It's difficult to find such depth and growth in a character especially at her [Elsa] age, considering the genre as well, being a Western it's usually from a male perspective."

4. Helen Mirren

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Helen Mirren, 78, plays Cara Dutton on 1923. The legendary actress recommends moderation when it comes to diet. “Take control of your diet and find what makes you feel good,” she says. “I’m the first one at the fish and chips, but what you’re putting inside your body does influence how you feel about yourself, so start there.”

5. Harrison Ford

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Harrison Ford, 81, plays Jacob Dutton on 1923. The actor avoids eating meat and dairy, and sticks to fish and vegetables. "I just decided I was tired of eating meat," he says. "And I know it’s not really good for the planet and it’s not really good for me."

6. Aminah Nieves

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Aminah Nieves, 27, plays Teonna Rainwater on 1923. The actress is passionate about the power of meditation. “I knew that in order to be part of the industry, I needed to focus on my mental health and change the way I viewed myself,” she says. “My best advice for anyone is to try meditation. Use the gift of the medicine that is around you, harness the beauty that we tend to take for granted, and be as forgiving of yourself and others as nature is of us. Step into that fear and demand that it listens to you.”

7. Jerome Flynn

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Jerome Flynn, 60, plays Banner Creighton on 1923. The actor follows a vegan diet. “I went vegan, but I found it very hard to be vegan at that time – I didn’t really know myself how to look after myself in terms of plant protein and it started to drive me a bit mad, so I came off the vegan train and was vegetarian, but I was practically vegan,” he says. “I stayed with goat’s cheese, thinking naively that there was less cruelty involved in the goat industry. But then, my friend, the wonderful Juliet Gellatley [founder and director of vegan charity Viva] came to stay and shared a campaign she was doing about the goat farming industry. It made it very explicit the kind of terrible cruelty that was going on, so I came off and I’ve been vegan since.”

8. Timothy Dalton

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Timothy Dalton, 77, plays Donald Whitfield on 1923. Dalton is an accomplished dancer, and has shown off his skills on The Crown. “I’m your man for a waltz and I’ve even danced the tango with Jennifer Connelly in The Rocketeer, without music I have to say,” he says. “But this one was all changing beats and rhythms and the rest of it. It’s not something I was confident about and had Lesley [Manville] known how unconfident I was, as she was hurtling through the air with her feet off the ground, she wouldn’t have done it.”

9. Jennifer Ehle

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Jennifer Ehle, 53, plays Sister Mary on 1923. The actress says she learned to cook while staying in Scotland for her wedding. “Every day I got some cookbooks from the library in Blairgowrie,” she says. “I’d never really done much cooking, but we’d pick out what I’d make and then we’d walk into town to the grocery store and the butcher and the fishmonger, buy whatever it was, then I’d go home and cook and practice. We ate well and walked a lot. Our landlords called us the dormice because we were so in love and so happy we were hunkered down and they didn’t see us very much. It was very romantic and lovely.”

10. Michelle Randolph

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Michelle Randolph, 25, plays Elizabeth Strafford on 1923. The actress fully embraced the ranch outdoors lifestyle during filming. “We were riding horses on our off days and spending time together,” she says. “I actually have gone back and forth about [the idea of what place I feel suits me most] a lot. I kind of confuse myself. I love cities, I love the hustle and bustle and how everything is available and right there. At the same time, I think I am happiest, not to sound cliché, but when I’m in nature. It just feels like you’re taking a step back and the real priorities in life are health and wellness and you can meditate and not hear cars honking [laughs]! I do think it’s a balance. I could spend 6 months in Montana and then I need 6 months in the city too. I’d like to think of myself as a well-rounded person in that regard.”

11. James Badge Dale

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James Badge Dale, 45, plays John Dutton Sr. on 1923. Dale is no stranger to hardcore training and diets for a role. “If I run six miles every day, I burn 1,200 calories and I’m at zero,” he says. “I’ve been eating a lot of vegetables, chicken, fish, nuts and berries. I eat like a bird.”

12. Tim McGraw

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Tim McGraw, 56, plays James Dutton on 1883. The singer works out with his whole team when he’s on tour. “We do a big CrossFit training session in the afternoon that usually goes from an hour to an hour and a half. It depends on how everybody holds up,” he says. “It starts with 10 or 15 people; it ends with four or five sometimes. That’s our afternoon workout. Then we go get showered up and have dinner, and get ready to do a show.”

13. Faith Hill

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Faith Hill, 55, plays Margaret Dutton on 1883. The singer enjoys a healthy, protein-packed diet. "I don't diet but I do watch what I eat," she says. "For lunch, I usually have a Greek salad with grilled chicken. I love salads for lunch. It's light, delicious and good for you. I vary the protein and sometimes use salmon instead of chicken."

14. LaMonica Garrett

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LaMonica Garrett, 48, plays Thomas on 1883. The actor works hard to stay fit and strong. “I do maybe four days per week,” he says. “It will be different each day. If I’m doing legs, I’ll do core. If I’m doing back, I’ll work my core another way. If I’m doing chest, I’ll do core another way, so just something with core every day, and diet. You know, abs, or most of it is nutrition in the kitchen, so I just have to modify the way I eat and it helps.”

15. Sam Elliott

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Sam Elliott, 78, plays Shea Brennan on 1883. The actor refuses to allow technology to run his life. “I don't have email,” he says. “Twitter, Facebook — everywhere you look, people are looking at their hands. In restaurants, it's like you're sitting in a patch of jack-o'-lanterns because everyone's face is lit up by their phone. Nobody's relating to each other.”

Taylor Sheridan has created some of the biggest hits on TV, starring some of TV's most beautiful people. Dive into the secrets behind the impressive physical and mental fitness of the stars from hit series like "Yellowstone," "1883," and "Mayor of Kingstown." Discover how Kelly Reilly, embodying Beth Dutton, embraces nature and yoga for mental clarity, and how Piper Perabo, playing Summer Higgins, adopts a low-maintenance beauty routine. Learn from Jeremy Renner's hydration secrets, and explore Hassie Harrison's journey to self-empowerment. From Faith Hill's and Tim McGraw's work ethic to LaMonica Garrett's fitness regime, each story reveals a unique aspect of these talented actors' lives. Uncover how they balance the demands of their roles with personal growth and wellness, offering insights and inspiration for anyone looking to lead a healthier, more balanced life.

1. Kelly Reilly

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Kelly Reilly plays Beth Dutton on Yellowstone. She took The Telegraph through a typical day in her life. In it, she shared some of her favorite exercises. Reilly says that 8 am, she does, “A long dog walk along the beach. I love hiking and horse-riding, and do yoga occasionally (I'm no Gwyneth Paltrow), more for my mind than anything else.”

2. Piper Perabo

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Piper Perabo plays Summer Higgins on Yellowstone. She shared some of her hair and skincare secrets with Into The Gloss. “In my off time, I really go crazy low-maintenance. I rinse my hair with apple cider vinegar, and it takes all the product out. I’ll stop dyeing my hair, and my roots come out. I just try and give my body a break: just wash your face, and put on some sunscreen.”

3. Jeremy Renner

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Jeremy Renner plays the lead role of Mike McClusky on Mayor of Kingstown. He also plays Hawkeye in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Renner has to stay in shape to play that role, and shared some of his tips with Men’s Health. “I’ll take something called ‘Liquid IV’ which has potassium, and electrolytes and things like that. So you only need one of those, and it’s worth like four [water bottles].”

4. Hassie Harrison

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Hassie Harrison plays Laramie on Yellowstone. She shared her secrets for self-confidence with Modeliste. “I think the root of empowerment is liking and accepting, all of yourself. From there, you can feel confident about who you are and what you bring to the table. Taking it a step further, you learn how to advocate for yourself and make better choices. Once you master that, you can extend that to advocating for others within your personal and professional community and the world at large. That’s what empowerment means to me…so far. I’m sure I will expand on that as I get older and gain more life experience.”

5. Faith Hill

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Faith Hill played Margaret Dutton on the miniseries, 1883. She tells New Beauty that she and her husband, Tim McGraw, believe in having a strong work ethic, and have taught their daughters that. “It is very important to us as a family, and the girls have seen that. The one thing we stress is that you don’t get things handed to you on a silver platter—you have to work for the things you want. They know it takes hard work. You don’t just arrive.”

6. Tim McGraw

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Tim McGraw played James Dillard Dutton on 1883. The singer is open about his weight loss process, and talked about it on Instagram. He wrote in this post’s caption, “The goal is to get to a place where you can say, without restriction, I accept where I am today. I will start from here.

I’m not big on looking back. I tend to look forward, to focus on tomorrow. To my mind, forgiveness and letting go doesn’t mean you suddenly have to love yourself; it’s just about accepting that you are a work in progress, not a finished product.”

7. LaMonica Garrett

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LaMonica Garrett played Thomas on 1883 and Tucker on Special Ops: Lioness. He shared the secrets behind his impressive six-pack to Muscle and Fitness. “It will be different each day. If I’m doing legs, I’ll do core. If I’m doing back, I’ll work my core another way. If I’m doing chest, I’ll do core another way, so just something with core every day, and diet. You know, abs, or most of it is nutrition in the kitchen, so I just have to modify the way I eat and it helps.”

8. Jennifer Ehle

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Jennifer Ehle played Sister Mary on 1923, and Mason on Special Ops: Lioness. She shared what she wants the industry to include more of to Collider. “Intimacy coordinators. That would have made a huge difference to my 90s. That is an extraordinary thing. We now have a number on our SAG card to call if we feel like something needs to be shared. The communication, the dialogue, the sense of how deep this goes in all walks of life, how deep this problem goes, how whenever there's a discrepancy of power people are vulnerable to abuse. I think the awareness of that globally is huge.”

9. Cole Hauser

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Cole Hauser plays Rip Wheeler on Yellowstone. He tells People that he makes sure to stay in shape for the role. Hauser said that he’s changing his approach to fitness. "Now I'm trying to lean out, so it's really about food and cardio and being able to lift my own weight. That's a big thing for me is just being life strong."

10. Dawn Olivieri

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Dawn Olivieri plays Sarah Atwood on Yellowstone, and played Claire Dutton on 1883. She shared with SELF in 2014 that she likes to workout outside. "I tend to be most inspired to work out within a location that contains something impressive. The mountains, a sunrise, a sunset, a waterfall, the ocean. You can pull energy from them while you do your exercises."

11. Luke Grimes

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Luke Grimes plays leading role Kayce Dutton on Yellowstone. He revealed in an interview that he learned how to horseback ride and do other cowboy things for the role. “It started about two months before we began filming when I got the part. Taylor’s really into authenticity, so I was on horseback almost every day.”

12. Kelsey Asbile

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Kelsey Asbile plays Monica Long Dutton on Yellowstone. She is also studying Human Rights, and opened up about how people can support women’s rights with Numero Magazine. “I always think the first step is educating yourself. And then being mindful of how you can help while also centering the people you advocate for. ‘Nothing about us, without us.’”

13. Josh Holloway

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Josh Holloway played Roarke Morris on Yellowstone. He shared his fitness secrets with Men’s Journal. “I thought, 'Enough of this letting go and getting it back. Maybe you can't be completely performance-ready all the time, but you can't let it go. You need to stay within striking distance.'"

14. Hugh Dillon

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Hugh Dillon not only plays Ian Ferguson on Mayor of Kingstown, he helped co-create the show. Dillon is open about his struggles with sobriety, and talked about how having supportive people helped him to The Men’s List. “If you don’t have people around you that can guide you out of that, it’s brutal. I was really lucky. I had family, my wife who loved me and even my manager Bernie Breen.”

15. Emma Laird

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Emma Laird plays Iris on Mayor Of Kingstown. Before acting, Laird was modeling, and developed an eating disorder. She told Hungertv.com that picking up acting helped her get through this. “I was in New York about five years ago, and I had a really bad eating disorder. I was slowly coming out of that and I gained a bit of weight, and then my agents told me to lose weight again. I was like, ‘I can’t do this any more,’” she recalls. “So then, in New York, and not able to get work because I was ‘too fat’, I had a minute to switch off. So I found this acting school and I went to an open day, and this guy said, ‘Yeah there’s a spot on this two-month course, but it starts tomorrow.’ So I had to move out of this model apartment that day because I couldn’t stay there any more. I’ve never really properly thought about this, or said this, but that acting course… That course really saved me. I went through some really awful shit in the modelling world around that time, and going to those classes and being able to fall in love with something really saved my life.”

16. Zoe Saldana

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Zoe Saldana plays the leading role of Joe on Special Ops: Lioness. She talked about how she approaches eating in an interview with Byrdie. “I try to be balanced. I don’t like hearing, ‘Oh, I’m doing this diet, or I’m doing that diet.’ I like when people use words like ‘my lifestyle.’ When we use the word ‘diet,’ we’re preparing ourselves for a big sacrifice that we know, the older we get, we’re going to be too weak to fulfill. We just end up crashing and defeating ourselves. So I like telling myself that I’m not doing a diet, that this is my lifestyle, and I’m choosing to have a balanced meal. I don’t like having zero carbs or all protein. I like getting all the nutrition that my body needs so that it can heal itself naturally.”

17. Jill Wagner

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Jill Wagner plays Bobby on Special Ops: Lioness. She revealed some of the charities and causes she supports to My Devotional Thoughts. “I support LLS-Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. They do so many good things to support people with cancer and help cure all blood cancers. I also love an organization called The Gentle Barn. The Gentle Barn rescues animals from severe abuse and neglect who are too old, sick, lame, or scared to be adopted into homes. We are a sanctuary to horses, donkeys, cows, pigs, sheep, goats, turkeys, chickens, llamas, peacocks, emus, cats and dogs. Once rehabilitated, the animals help us give hope and inspiration to children with the same stories.”

18. Nicole Kidman

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Nicole Kidman plays Kaitlyn Meade on Special Ops: Lioness. She shared some of her skincare secrets with Forbes. Kidman revealed that sunscreen is a big part of her routine. “As someone with very fair skin, I'm very serious about sun protection and have been since I was a kid. I'm so grateful my parents were serious about sun protection when I was a child! Growing up in Australia, we spent so much time at the beach, my parents were always very serious about keeping my skin safe from the sun.”

19. Dave Annable

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Dave Annable played Lee Dutton on Yellowstone, and currently plays Neil on Special Ops: Lioness. In an interview with Deadline, he supported the strikes in the entertainment industry. “I’m part of the union and I’m happy to support the union. There are so many crew members and folks that are outta work, that are living paycheck to paycheck right now. It would be lovely to get back to work and get this industry moving again. That being said, it needs to be updated. Times change, things change. Obviously our whole business is changing. In the 20 years I’ve been doing this, it’s sort of night and day how much it’s changed. All of the deals need to reflect that.”

20. Laysla De Oliveira

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Laysla De Oliveira plays Cruz Manuelos on Special Ops: Lioness. She shared how she got in shape for the role to Toronto Life. “I was lucky to work with a former Navy Seal named Jared Shaw who was basically responsible for turning me into a badass. Every day, we did an hour of strength training, an hour of weapons training and an hour of stunt training. Before that even started, I did hand-to-hand combat at this gym the studio sent me to in L.A. A lot of rappers go to the same gym, so I ended up training with Wiz Khalifa.”

The hit series "FBI" showcases not only gripping crime narratives but also a cast of stars with incredible bodies and unique fitness approaches. From Missy Peregrym's love for athletic roles to Alana de la Garza's trust in her creative process, these actors bring more than just their acting chops to the screen. Sela Ward's poolside laps, Zeeko Zaki's protein-powered transformation, Vedette Lim's desert hikes, and Ebonee Noel's technical dialogue mastery all contribute to their on-screen personas. Even Connie Nielsen's thoughtfully curated diet reflects her commitment to holistic well-being. Join us in exploring the inspiring physical journeys of these "FBI" stars.

1. Missy Peregrym

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2. Alana de la Garza

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Alana de la Garza talked about what she likes about starring in FBIin an interview. “There is something really relaxing about that creative process when you trust the people you work with and you’re able to perform. If you’re able to take words off a page and, luckily, the words that are on our pages are just incredible. The storytellers that we have that are writing these scripts are so good that you can trust that and you’re able to feel creatively complete by trusting the other characters on the show who are also your friends. There is something relaxing about that.”

3. Sela Ward

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Sela Ward loves to swim to stay in shape. She shared this photo on Facebook of herself in the pool after doing laps. She captioned the photo, “Got my laps in for the day! Can someone hand me a towel, please?”

4. Zeeko Zaki

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Zeeko Zaki talked about his weight loss in an interview with Entertainment Tonight. "The craziest part was just being kind of a different person every year. You get like 10 lbs. a year, I wanted to do it slow," Zaki explained. "But my biggest tip and the thing that I walked away from was a little trick I learned from The 4-Hour Body by Timothy Ferriss — 30 grams of protein within 30 minutes of waking up. So give it a shot."

5. Vedette Lim

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Vedette Lim spends a lot of time outside. Naturally, she likes to do outdoor workouts to keep herself in shape. Lim posted this photo on Instagram of herself going on a hike in the deserts of Arizona. She captioned it, “A visit to my birth state.”

6. Ebonee Noel

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Ebonee Noel has worked with Dick Wolf in both FBI and Law & Order SVU. She talked about her process with playing her roles in an interview with One Chicago. “I tried to make the technical dialogue be as interesting as possible when delivering it, because I know some of the stuff, I got the script and it’s like what am I talking about here? If I don’t know what I’m talking about, the audience is going to have no idea what I’m talking about. So it’s just fleshing out that jargon and trying to find her joy in figuring these things out.”

7. Connie Nielsen

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In a 2014 interview with Parade, Connie Nielsen talked about her diet. “For breakfast, I eat organic food with high fat content, such as whole milk yogurt, nuts, seeds, fresh fruit and a scrambled egg. I cook it in organic grape seed oil for its high omega content. I drink a cappuccino for its dose of milk and the coffee for its taste, antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. At lunch, I might eat smoked salmon with a slice of Mozzarella di Bufala, made from the milk of domestic water buffalo, along with avocado.”

The dead are alive! Here we delve into the fitness and lifestyle secrets of the beloved cast from the iconic show. From Andrew Lincoln's stamina-focused training for his role as Rick Grimes to Norman Reedus's relaxed approach for Darryl Dixon, each star brings a unique perspective to maintaining their health under the demanding conditions of filming. Lauren Cohan champions exercise variety, while Danai Gurira emphasizes wellbeing through varied workouts. Jeffery Dean Morgan finds fitness in farm life, and Melissa McBride reflects on the show's impact.

1. Andrew Lincoln

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Andrew Lincoln played Rick Grimes on the show. In a 2012 interview with Men’s Health, he shared his approach for training for the series. Lincoln revealed that stamina is the main thing he values. "Of course, I want to be in good shape and be fit, but I want to have stamina. It's not an exercise in vanity. It's about being able to do stuff.”

2. Norman Reedus

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Norman Reedus plays fan-favorite character Darryl Dixon, which lead to him getting a spin-off. He shared his fitness secrets with Men’s Journal. “I have a trainer in New York I use every so often when I’m getting ready to go back on the show. Nothing too specific. I just try to shed any holiday pounds and get my mind right. When I’m down there [in Atlanta], I have a gym in my house, so I try to work out when I can, but sometimes when you work so many hours all you can do is get home and fall on your face. I’m also running through the woods in 103° heat and my crossbow weighs a ton, and I’m always riding bikes and building things, so the pounds melt off.”

3. Lauren Cohan

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Lauren Cohan played Maggie Greene on the show. She shared her fitness routine with Shape Magazine. "I am the queen of exercise variety. This week I was in L.A. and I took a Pure Barre class, went to Burn 60 [an interval workout class] twice, ran the track at UCLA, made it to the gym, and took a yoga class. I also really love to dance. I dance through workouts that aren't even about dancing! At home, all my furniture is pushed to the edges of my living room so that I can dance around the room.”

4. Danai Gurira

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Danai Gurira played the fan-favorite character, Michonne, on the show. She shared her approach to fitness with Women’s Health. “If I haven’t worked out, if I haven’t exercised and connected with my body in some way, it chips away at my feeling of well-being,” she says. “It might be lifting weights, it might be boxing, it might be something a little less intense. There’s no need to break records tomorrow. It’s just about slowly finding what feels good and what feels rewarding.”

5. Jeffery Dean Morgan

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Jeffery Dean Morgan played the villainous Negan on the show. He and his wife, Hilarie Burton, live on a farm. Morgan tells Men’s Journal that he likes to chop wood. “I’m a little bit obsessed with it. I love an ax, but I recently got a log splitter, which has changed my life as I near 55.”

6. Melissa McBride

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Melissa McBride plays Carol Peletier on the show. She talked about the impact the show has had to AMC.com. “I think being a part of something that sort of just took over, it still has not quite settled in my mind. I understand how big the show is. I experienced how big it got and that's maybe why it's hard to fathom that I’m a part of it. It's bigger and more unexpected than I ever could have imagined, and I still have not quite grasped that I am indeed a part of this massive thing. I think one of these days, maybe even years from now, I will look back with a different perspective. You know, see the whole of it.”

7. Jon Bernthal

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Jon Bernthal plays Shane Walsh on the show. He also stars on The Punisher and shared his workout secrets for the show with Men’s Journal. “Today we got up at 4 in the morning. Usually we’ll start with a little strength work, whether it is taking on squats or the bench press, doing five sets of three at the maximum weight. There’s a lot of supersetting, and bodybuilding weight practices. Then we work on a lot of MetCon [metabolic conditioning], doing as many rounds as we can, trying to get each movement just right. It will usually be about five or six full-body moves, like pull-ups or cleans. We’ll do that for somewhere around 20 minutes or so. Then in the afternoon we’ll do boxing or jiu jitsu workouts between scenes. I always want to box, but they really try to keep me working my whole body as much as possible. On top of that, learning the fights for the show or weapons training is almost a whole other workout on top of that. So it probably works out to three separate big, different workouts a day. It’s pretty gnarly.”

8. Christian Serratos

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Christian Serratos plays Rosita Espinosa on the show. She shared some of her skincare secrets with The Cut. “I started double-cleansing probably around the time my daughter was born, because I noticed that when I would wipe my face dry on a towel after cleansing, I still had makeup around my hairline or the edges of my face. And I was mostly annoyed with the fact that the makeup was getting on my towels.”

9. Michael Rooker

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In addition to playing Merle Dixon on The Walking Dead, Michael Rooker also plays Yondu in the Guardians of The Galaxy franchise. He talked about doing his own stunts with Smashing Interviews. “I didn’t do a lot of major action stuff in this one. I like doing physical stuff, but this was easy enough for me. I really didn’t have many major fights. Yondu is just … you don’t want to mess with this cat. His weapon of choice is pretty powerful, so you don’t want to screw around with the guy. He’s a tough old boy.”

10. Alanna Masterson

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Alanna Masterson plays Tara Chambler on the show. After having her daughter, Masterson was subjected to body-shaming. However, she hit back on Instagram. “Dear Instagram trolls, body shamers, and the men and woman who think it's ok to comment on my weight: I hope that you don't have children. And if you do, I hope you teach them about kindness and acceptance. I hope they learn that it isn't ok to make fun of people or call people names.”

11. Khary Payton

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Khary Payton played Ezekiel on the show. He shared how he stayed in shape on the show to Muscle and Fitness. “We film in Atlanta where it’s hot and humid, and I lose weight if I’m not doing something. So I have this CrossFit-style regimen that’s just 20 minutes. I do five pullups, 10 pushups, and 15 body-weight squats. I do as many rounds as I can in 20 minutes. By the time I get halfway through, I’ve got to cheat on the pullups. By the time I’m done, I’m in a pool of sweat on the floor. My best is nine rounds.”

12. Austin Amelio

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Austin Amelio played Dwight on the show. In an interview, he revealed that he has adopted a vegan diet. “I watched that documentary ‘What the Health’ ten days ago, and the next day I was like, ‘I’m done.’ It’s been 10 days, completely vegan the whole entire time, and I feel better than I felt like in years.”

13. Tom Payne

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Tom Payne, who played Jesus, works with trainer Tom Fitzgerald on his diet and exercise. Fitzgerald told The Hollywood Reporter that Payne eats a lot of protein. “Most people would need a period of ‘cutting in’ after a program like this,” Fitzgerald explains. “However, Tom has such a fast metabolism that just keeping up the calories is the main challenge; losing fat in order to show muscular definition happens almost automatically.”

14. Lauren Ridloff

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Lauren Ridloff played Connie on the show. She revealed to Shape that she is training to run the New York City Marathon, and shared her reasons for doing so. "It was more about meditation," she says. "It was about reentering myself and problem solving, troubleshooting, all of those things...You know, my mind just wanders [when I run]. I never know where it's gonna go, which is quite nice."

15. Steven Yuen

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Steven Yuen played fan-favorite character, Glenn Rhee. He told The Guardian that he wants to represent the Asian community through his work. “Where I try and speak from as an actor is always feeling, I guess, isolated. I warred with that for a lot of my life – of feeling disconnected from a system, a majority, or a group. I deeply wanted to connect, so I would bend and twist and break myself to try and conform.”