Florence Pugh’s Diet and Workout Routine: 5 Things You Need to Know About Her Superhero Physique
Florence Pugh is a critically acclaimed actress who is also no stranger to commercial success. She debuted with the 2014 drama film The Falling. Her role in the independent drama Lady Macbeth got her recognition from the British Independent Film Awards. She has done some great movies since then, like Fighting With My Family, Midsommer, Little Women, Oppenheimer, and many more. Her role in Little Women made her a contender for an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award.
She has played Yelena Belova in the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Black Widow. In every one of her movies, she appears to be at the top of her game when it comes to her physique. However, unlike most celebrities, she is not afraid of food. She makes healthy eating and living about fun and not about vanity. To her, the main element of her diet and workout is balance. If she gorges on cheese boards, she also makes sure to eat her veggies. She focuses more on her physical stamina than whether she will look a certain way. Without further ado, here are 5 essentials of her diet and workout routine.
1) Florence Pugh believes in moderation (and indulging at times)
Florence Pugh believes in the best nutritional advice of all time, which is to do everything in moderation. According to Health Yogi, the 28-year-old sticks to a basic diet of a breakfast that consists of egg whites and fruit, porridge, or toast, and a lunch consisting of a salad full of fresh veggies. For dinner, she likes to have a healthy combination of protein and vegetables but often opts for an indulgent meal of sushi.
She has no intention of ignoring her snack cravings or starving herself for a long period of time. She has a sweet tooth that she satiates with a bar of dark chocolate. She also believes in eating every few hours to keep herself energized, but she stays away from heavily processed food like a plague.
She even declined to have a certain physique in preparation for Black Widow and did not want her meals to be monitored like those of her castmates. Speaking to Elle Canada, she said,
“That was a big deal for me. [I] didn’t want to be part of something where I was constantly checked on and people were making sure I was in the ‘right’ shape. That’s not me at all.”
She even took her own meals, cooked by herself, on the set of Black Widow. According to her, it is a very therapeutic thing for her to be able to cook every day. She takes charge and stays on top of her nutrition goals.
2) Florence Pugh loves to do strength training and stunt training
According to her interview with Culture Trip, for her role in Fighting With My Family, she was asked to get “really strong.” She fell in love with strength training since then and it has “brought a lot of skills to the surface.” She opened up about it and said,
“As soon as we got the roles, [director] Stephen [Merchant] mentioned he wanted us to do as much wrestling as we could. We would have stunt doubles, but he wanted to get us in the ring so we needed to get really strong. We were assigned CrossFit trainers, and it was a month of intense squatting and eating as many protein bars as possible. And wrestling 24/7. My trainer had a gym in Oxfordshire, which is where I was based at the time. I still train with my guy because I actually got ready with him for The Little Drummer Girl. It’s brought a lot of skills to the surface.”
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She also loves to do her own stunts most of the time and spends a lot of time training for them. She practices the action choreography again and again till she masters every move to perfection. This dedication has allowed her to have a stunning physique with excellent stamina.
3) Florence Pugh substitutes workout with dancing at times
Anyone who follows Pugh on Instagram knows that she loves to dance. According to her interview with Elle Canada, she “grew up with a lot of dance, a lot of movement.” She is always up for a dance party and is often seen grooving it up on social media. However, many might not know that she sometimes uses her dancing as a substitute for working out. “This is my ‘procrastinating doing another set of abs’ dance,” she once shared in her Instagram stories. It is an easy way to get the body moving and work on the abs and muscles.
4) Florence Pugh is a nature girl and is not afraid to get dirty
She often goes into nature and shares pictures of herself walking in the woods. One time, she took to Instagram to share a heartfelt message during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“There’s a lot to frown about at the moment, which is even the more reason it’s SO crucial we allow ourselves some peaceful happiness.
Discovering adventures in the trees and the leaves is my HEAVEN.
Go biking, go swimming, go to the beach, go to the woods, eat that Gyros with extra tsatziki, climb a mountain, watch Bojack Horseman, have a long bath, cook a Sunday Roast, make some toast at 10pm..DO IT”
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She even goes on hiking trips and shares gorgeous views with her followers. All of this natural exercise helps her keep her body toned.
5) Florence Pugh has a personal trainer
Florence Pugh has been working with the exercise wizard, PT James Shields for training since 2019. They met on the sets of Fighting With My Family and instantly clicked over their shared vision of fitness. He used to make her do CrossFit and later introduced her to burpees that were tailor-fit to suit her character’s need to get off the ground time and time again.
Diet and workout are not surefire things; there is no one rule that will serve everyone’s unique needs. Florence Pugh’s understanding of her body and its needs has made her able to navigate her diet and workout in a much better way.
