What is the secret of Tom Cruise's youth?
Tom Cruise looks and enjoys a physique that many much younger men dream of. What is the secret of Tom Cruise's youth, experts in the field of health and fitness answer, The Canadian quotes.
“It’s rare to find people like this, but it’s not an impossible mission.” says Javi Pires, a health, habits and weight loss coach who recalls other famous cases in the industry, such as that of Sylvester Stallone (75). ), Arnold Schwarzenegger (74 years old), Jean-Claude Van Damme (61 years old) or Keanu Reeves (57 years old). “These are people who have always taken care of themselves. Throughout his life, Cruz has made an effort to take care of his physical and mental health through regular exercise, physical activity, proper nutrition and, of course, clear rules for sleep and rest,” says Javi Pires.
Despite being 60 years old, Tom Cruise looks 20 years younger.
“I enjoy sea kayaking, caving, fencing, treadmill running, weight lifting, rock climbing, hiking... as many different activities as possible,” Cruz said, and coach Javi Pires says those things don’t come overnight.
“From a muscle to fat ratio standpoint, Cruz looks pretty muscular, he's very strong, he looks determined. This is mainly due to strength training, using weights or using your own body weight. At least three to four days a week. They should also be combined with cardio training to improve endurance."
In magazines such as Men's Health, Cruz explained that he kickboxes at the gym wherever he goes and does cycling combined with running and sprinting outdoors. “I enjoy sea kayaking, caving, fencing, treadmill running, weightlifting, rock climbing, hiking, etc.; as many different activities as I can,” he admitted in a 2018 interview.
In fact, Cruise only talks in public about his fitness and promoting his films, his personal life is a mystery. Cruise has been single since 2012, when he divorced his third wife Katie Holmes, the mother of his only biological daughter, Suri. His first wife, Mimi Rogers, is said to have introduced him to the Church of Scientology, a cult that cost him his divorce from his second wife, Nicole Kidman, with whom he adopted two children. Today he ranks second in the organization to David Miscavige, the “savior of the free world,” and claims that this belief cured his dyslexia.
Scientology, on the other hand, has nothing to do with her apparent youth. “His face shows a little bit of 60 years,” Pires says.
The second richest actor in the world, according to Forbes, who estimated his fortune at $570 million in 2020, has not made any pacts with the devil, but has been using Botox and hyaluronic acid injections for more than 10 years.
But his muscles and physical condition are the result of hard work and a strict diet that have kept him at the top of the highest paid and most influential actors in Hollywood.
15 waiters and 1 personal chef
Instead of the classic three meals a day, The Last Samurai eats a diet of 15 “snacks” including cranberries, organic nuts and dried fruit. His diet does not exceed 1,200 calories, with very few carbohydrates prepared by a personal chef who accompanies him everywhere, including on film sets. Sugar is prohibited.
“You have to be in a certain physical shape to do stunts,” notes Pires, and Tom Cruise is known for doing his own stunts.
In the third Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, for example, his character, Ethan Hunt, climbs the Burj Khalifa (at 828 meters high, it is the tallest building in the world). Since Cruise wanted to climb the exterior skyscrapers in Dubai, but his production insurance did not allow it, he hired another company himself.
However, in the sixth installment of the saga, he had a spectacular accident in which he broke his ankle while jumping between two roofs separated by a distance of almost 10 meters. But the scene ended as it was captured by cameras from three angles.
It is often said about Tom Cruise that although "he will not be the best actor in history, because although he has three Golden Globes, he does not have an Oscar, he is not the shortest, although he is not the tallest, but he is the most wild".
