Russell Crowe is opening up about getting his health in check.
The Gladiator actor appeared on Wednesday’s episode of the Joe Rogan Experience, where he revealed he’s shed an impressive 57-lbs after gaining weight for a movie role. The 61-year-old talked about his new film Nuremberg, in which he stars as Nazi politician Hermann Göring during the Nuremberg Trials following World War II. You can ch-ch-check out the trailer (below):
During their conversation, Russell revealed to Joe that when he finished filming the movie, he weighed 126 kilos (277-lbs). Now, he’s down to 100.09 kilos (220-lbs). WOW! That’s a 57-lb difference! So how did he manage to shed all the weight? Well, mainly from doing one thing… or should we say NOT doing not one thing!
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The Nice Guys star explained he’s dialed the casual drinking WAYYYYY back:
“I’m a big proponent for having a drink. It’s my cultural heritage and as a working-class man, it’s my goddamn right, Joe.”
Working class… Riiiight. LOLz!
He noted that as you age, “there are certain things you start to learn about your capacities.” And for him, casual drinking is just no longer sustainable:
“If I decide to have a glass of wine with dinner, it’s going to be a really nice wine … I try not to have casual drinks, now just to have a drink for the sake of it.”
So long, beer belly!
The Man of Steel star also revealed he receives injection from health platform Ways2Well to treat various injuries. And he believes getting the shots in his shoulders and knees help reduce inflammation in his body:
“I think we talked before about just how many old injuries I carry, and how the injuries in my shoulders are deeply arthritic. But we can now see in an ultrasound that a year ago I had big thick bands of arthritis, and now it’s lessened, probably by about 70%. On one area in my right shoulder, probably by about 90%.”
Wow! That’s amazing! But the Oscar winner assured Joe he’s taking his transformation “slowly” to ensure he keeps it up:
“What I want to do is make all these changes and make it a long-term situation. Ways2Well was a great call for me, because it’s calmed down a bunch of stuff and it’s taking a bunch of pain away, so I can go and work out and not have to suffer for two or three hours afterwards.”
You can hear more from their conversation (below):
We’re so glad to hear Russell is getting his health in order!
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