Country music is not all beer and barbecue (although those are definitely big parts of it). Some of country’s top stars are also advocates of fitness and living a healthy lifestyle, splitting their time between honkytonks and gyms. We’ve assembled a list of the top 10 fittest country music stars that you can two-step to.
Carrie Underwood
- Tabata workout, high-intensity interval training
- Frequently seen on her social media showing at home workouts
- Even shows herself working out with her baby in her arms- making it work no matter what!
- Leg circuits
- Running
- Bodyweight workouts
- Boxing
- Avoids fast food entirely
- Follows a vegetarian diet and recently became vegan
- Underwood’s diet consist of only vegetables and fruits
- Snacks on oats while touring
Tim McGraw
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- Made our list of Top 10 Fittest Singers
- Travels with a trailer that opens into a portable gym
- Uses battle ropes
- 20 pound chains
- Uses 40 lbs weights to his ankles
- 12 circuits of cross-fit style exercise
- Hurling sledgehammers onto the tractor tire
- Exercise balls and dumbells
- Avoids drugs and alcohol
- Follows the paleo diet.
- For breakfast: Tim chooses breakfast with oatmeal, dried cherries, walnuts, and pure Canadian maple syrup. For lunch, he drinks a protein shake and for lunch, he eats avocado with tuna, apples, and eggs. Lastly, for dinner Tim has a grilled chicken breast with half of a sweet potato and a side of spinach or broccoli
Taylor Swift
- Made our list of Top 10 Fittest Singers
- Taylor’s diet consists of: salads, yogurts, sandwiches, and no sugary drinks.
- Works out at Modelfit and Soul cycle
- Does push-ups on bikes
- Goes running frequently
- Tricep dips 3 x 10, 15 reps and rest for 30 seconds between.
- Press-ups 3 x 10 15 rep and rest for 30 seconds between
- Dumbbell lateral raise 3 x 12 15 reps
- Plank toe taps – Toe Tap 10-2 times and rest for 60 seconds in between
Luke Byran
Can’t wait for #FarmTour2016. #TBT to last year…
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- Enjoys fishing
- Built a daily gym during tour
- Runs on treadmill
- Does circuit training
- Does stretching and yoga
- Luke’s diet consists of: fresh fruits, vegetables, whole grains, nuts, and healthy oils
Kellie Pickler
- Goes kayaking
- Goes hiking
- Runs on treadmill
- Goes walking frequently
- Does not eat red meat
Thomas Rhett
See y’all in a few minutes #ohiostate
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- Enjoys body surfing
- For years he was on the road traveling for shows, neglecting sleep, hanging out and eating pizza as a matter of ritual. Until he went on tour with Jake Owen, who brought a trainer on the road with him
- Finds burpee pull-ups hard but a great full body exercise
- Recommends finding a friend to work out with for anyone looking to get back in the gym
- Ambassador for Snap fitness gyms, where he also runs some bootcamps as part of the partnership
- Does dynamic stretching
- Does consistent high-intensity training and adheres to a semi-strict diet that keeps him away from processed foods, grains and sometimes diary
Miranda Lambert
- In 2014, Miranda Lambert lost 20 pounds through her workout and diet
- Enjoys a mostly vegetable drink that is sweetened with fruit at the start of each day.
- Does cardio
- Circuit training
- Body weight exercises
- Lunges
- Works with resistance bands
Jake Owen
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- Says “Fitness is a therapeutic cardio”
- Enjoys horseback riding
- Golfs
- Does boxing
- Owen often does the master juice cleanse which consists of two tablespoons fresh squeezed juice, two tables of maple syrup, a pinch of cayenne pepper, and 10 oz of filtered water
- Wakeboards
- Offroads
Shania Twain
- Eats a low carb vegetarian diet
- Does yoga
- Does Horseback riding
- Does pilates to stay fit
- Eats a plant-based diet with black beans, chickpeas, and soybeans
Kip Moore
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- Surfs
- Runs around on stage
- Does curling as a sport
- Skateboarding
- Swims
- Offroads
- Eats Healthy when on the road
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