Varun Dhawan is one of the most bankable stars in Bollywood and his washboard abs, toned physique and amazing triceps have a huge role to play in that. You can look at his Instagram account and figure that he follows an intense workout routine. Varun Dhawan’s inspirations are bodybuilding gods like Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger. In fact, the actor had even shared a picture of the two on Instagram and written: “Arnold and Stallone. One at the age of 70 and the other at 69. Inspiring us all even now.”
1. When he was training for Dishoom, Varun worked out on a new routine for three months with the help of celebrity fitness trainers Prashant Sawant and Rohan Sawant.
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2. While working out for Badrinath Ki Dulhania, Varun was on a high-carb diet and worked out specifically to increase his muscle mass and focussed on his chest and arms.
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3. In an interview with NDTV, fitness trainer Namrata Purohit said that he worked out for one and a half hours six times a week. “Varun works out for about one and a half hours, four to six times a week depending on his schedule. He does a mix of pilates and weight training, and works on strengthening his body as well as on agility, flexibility, balance and stability,” Namrata Purohit told NDTV in an exclusive interview.
4. For his workouts, Varun Dhawan starts with warm-up exercises and then does cardio and follows it up with heavyweight training.
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5. “He basically does two forms of training i.e. weight training and pilates. However, each routine is different and every workout challenges him differently,” Namrata Purohit told NDTV.
6. Varun likes to change up his workout routines and keep things interesting. For Judwaa 2, the actor decided to go on the Body Shred Program.
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7. Namrata Purohit told the online portal that pilates had made Varun Dhawan more flexible and hence it had also helped him get lean and prevented injuries. Varun also likes dancing and Pilates has helped with that as well. Every mainstream Bollywood star needs to be a good dancer so pilates is a good way to go. “Varun definitely likes to change it up when it comes to his workouts. For Bhediya, he had taken to running a lot and different flow drills and animal flow,” says Mayukh Majumdar, Content Strategist at Filmfare.
8. “The lockdown significantly changed my workout routine. At first, I was into Yoga with Mihir Joglekar and then switched back to training with my instructor Prashant Sawant. And finally, I experimented with something new, training in animal flow with Devrath, a master instructor. I think this really changed the mobility of my body and made me more flexible. I wasn’t aiming to get too bulky during the time but simply more flexible and mobile,” Varun Dhawan had revealed in an interview with Lifestyle Asia India.
9. “He’d come to the gym in the morning and then again in the evening. In the morning we’d target two body part workouts and in the evening he’d do ab workouts. He also did a lot of functional training and took care of his nutrition and food needs,” celebrity trainer Prashant Sawant had told GQ India about the actor’s training regimen for Street Dancer 3D.
The key takeaways from Varun Dhawan’s workout routine are consistency and an eagerness to try new things. Varun doesn’t treat exercise as a task or a chore but as a means to discover new things about his body. If you’re looking to make a change this year, you can try out the different aspects of Varun Dhawan’s workout routine.
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