G’day mates!
In the land down under, where golden beaches meet sprawling outback landscapes, a breed of performers not only captivates audiences with their talent but also embodies the epitome of health and wellness. From the silver screen to the small screen, Australia boasts a cadre of actors and actresses whose dedication to fitness, nutrition, and mental well-being sets them apart as shining examples of holistic vitality.
Houston’s Fitness Czar Samir Becic has this to say of these fit Aussies “Congratulations to all the remarkable individuals who made this list. Thank you for being amazing role models, especially to the younger generation.”
Join us on a journey through the realms of fitness, nutrition, and mental health as we spotlight the fittest Australian actors and actresses, revealing the strategies and insights that empower them to thrive both on and off the screen. Prepare to be inspired, motivated, and perhaps even a little envious, as we uncover the holistic approach to success in the entertainment industry.
Eric Bana
Fitness:
- For his role in “Force of Nature: The Dry 2”, Bana faced physically demanding conditions, including hiking in and out of a rainforest during the middle of winter.
- His exercises of choice are cycling and free weights.
- He does not follow a strict ‘abs’ exercise plan, preferring not to go to the gym regularly. However, he occasionally lifts weights.
- For his role in “Troy”, Bana incorporated high-intensity interval training (HIIT) into his workout routine, which included sprints or cycling with brief recovery periods.
- In his mid-20s, he used to lift very heavy weights, including bench pressing over 300lbs.
Nutrition:
- Eric struggled with his weight in the past but now is aiming for a healthy diet and workout routine.
- He emphasizes that training is 30% exercise and 70% diet.
Mental Health:
- Eric enjoys racing and driving as a form of entertainment and a hobby for his free time, he says that he has liked cars since he was a child.
- He is an advocate for the Mental Illness Fellowship, which aims to increase awareness of mental illness in Australia.
- Supports various other charities, including those that focus on mental health and well-being.
- Takes an unflinching look back at his career, life, and passions, indicating a practice of self-reflection.
Jacob Elordi
Fitness:
- Jacob works out 3 times a week focusing on key muscle groups rather than doing week long workouts. His goal is to add a rep or a bit of weight with each session, steadily increasing tension on the muscle fibers, which is vital for muscle gain.
- His favorite workout is the “40:20 Blitz Workout”. He does four rounds of each move for 40 seconds, then rests for 20 seconds. Exercises include ball slam, tire flip, battle-rope jumping jack, and plank up.
- He maintains a consistent workout schedule, which is key to his physical transformation for various roles.
- His workout includes a mix of strength training, cardio exercises, and flexibility work to build muscle, burn fat, and improve overall fitness.
Nutrition:
- Elordi eats around 13 calories per pound of body weight. He employs a form of intermittent fasting. He adopted a more flexible approach, simply delaying his first meal until hunger struck. This makes it easier to hit the calorie deficit because there are only so many calories you can consume in X amount of hours.
- His lunches lean towards lighter options, often sushi, while dinners comprised more indulgent choices like burgers and pizzas.
- For his role in ‘Euphoria’, he increased his protein consumption, which is crucial for muscle building.
- While playing Elvis, he adopted Elvis’s preference for bacon, consuming a pound of bacon daily.
- He focuses on functional eating for overall well-being rather than strict dieting for aesthetics.
- For the film ‘Deep Water’, he followed a strict diet to portray a prisoner of war, which involved significant weight loss.
Mental Health:
- After the release of The Kissing Booth on Netflix, Elordi woke up to four million new Instagram followers. The sudden surge in fame made him feel like “my brain went through the f**king wringer.” He struggled with being a character to the public and felt disconnected from himself.
- The anxiety of encountering paparazzi affected his mental health. Elordi even faced rumors that he had called the paparazzi on himself, which intensified the pressure he felt.
- Elordi moved to Los Angeles and filmed two sequels to The Kissing Booth, but he still grappled with the challenges of fame.
- He received advice from actor Ben Affleck, who acknowledged the struggle of feeling like a phony in certain moments. Elordi reflected on how fame skews one’s view and creates a paranoid way of living.
- Elordi is actively trying to overcome his anxiety of his ego overtaking him. As he struggled with homelessness, Elordi slept on his friends couches and cars.
- He explained how his dog Layla provided him with happiness and warmth.
- In Euphoria, Elordi portrays the complex character Nate Jacobs, who exhibits narcissism, manipulation, and violent temper. Despite the negative perception of his character, Elordi successfully separated himself from Nate’s traits. He intentionally lost weight to better portray Nate’s mental struggles, demonstrating his commitment to authenticity in his acting.
- Elordi has found a “more functional” workout regime that aligns with his goal to stay healthy and active throughout his life. His focus is on maintaining overall well-being, including mental health.
Isla Fisher
Fitness:
- Isla works out with a personal trainer and enjoys doing that help with her cardio, posture, and muscles.
- Prefers outdoor activities over gym workouts.
- Enjoys hiking and swimming as her main cardio exercises.
- Practices yoga five times a week for peace of mind and body.
- Follows the Tracy Anderson workout method to add variety to her routine.
Nutrition:
- Believes in proper nutrition and moderation in eating habits.
- Consumes a mostly vegan diet with a lot of plant-based meals.
- Includes rich omega-3 foods like salmon and mackerel for skin health.
- Avoids treating her body like a “garbage can” by avoiding unwholesome foods.
Mental Health:
- Isla enjoys doing outdoor activities as a way to get active while also clearing her mind.
- Supports children affected by the cost-of-living crisis, reflecting her compassionate nature.
- Uses humor and storytelling to make new friends and cope with a nomadic childhood.
- Finds acceptance and peace with her body, focusing on the positives.
Chris Hemsworth
Fitness:
- Growing up Chris enjoyed surfing and playing Aussie rules football.
- To stay in shape for films he trains with his personal trainer Luke Zocchi.
- He focuses on targeting different areas of the body such as his back, chest, shoulders, arms, and full body circuits.
- Follows a 5-day training schedule focusing on different body parts each day.
- Engages in functional exercises with bodyweight and weights, reducing rest for efficiency.
- Incorporates HIIT workouts, including boxing, squats, and core exercises.
Nutrition:
- Chris has a set diet which helps with the gym gains.
- Consumes around 4,500 calories per day across eight meals every two hours.
- Diet includes steak, chicken, fish, sweet potatoes, white rice, and protein shakes.
- Starts the day with a green shake made of leafy greens, low-glycemic fruits, nuts, and seeds.
Mental Health:
- Chris emphasizes that living for yourself and not others is what keeps him motivated to make new experiences and enjoy life.
- Practices mindfulness, meditation, and breathwork, especially during sauna and ice bath routines.
- Engages in physical activities like surfing to stay present and mindful.
- Prioritizes sleep management and stress reduction techniques.
Claire Holt
Fitness:
- Claire workouts using apps as a form of guidance and motivation such as Obe Fitness, Peloton, Soto Method, and Melissa Wood Health.
- Engages in workouts 3 to 5 days a week.
- Runs 2 to 5 miles once a week at a moderate pace.
- Includes strength training, yoga, and cardio exercises.
- Enjoys sports like volleyball, tennis, swimming, and water polo.
- Her go-to fitness essentials are resistance bands, bala weights, yoga mat, pilates ball, foam roller, and cute workout clothes!
Nutrition:
- Claire focuses on eating organic foods but does say she eats out a few times a week.
- Follows a diet of clean food with healthy carbs and proteins.
- Enjoys HU chocolate every night (low sugar and vegan).
- Occasionally drinks alcohol but in moderation.
Mental Health:
- Claire utilizes working out as her “me” time she says she likes to get a good sweat in and that it makes her feel content.
- Advocates for mental health awareness.
- Has been open about her personal struggles with mental health.
- Uses her platform to promote conversations about mental well-being.
Nathalie Kelley
Fitness:
- Instead of going to the gym she likes to do more natural outdoor activities such as walking and running outside for cardio.
- Nathalie incorporates yoga into her mornings, often after a meditative cup of tea.
- She enjoys Power Flow classes, which are taught in a slightly heated room.
Nutrition:
- Nathalie starts her mornings off with a glass of warm water and lemon slices.
- She has been focusing on a healthy diet consisting of lots of vegetables and meat for protein.
- She follows a diet that omits seeds, grains, and nuts due to her condition of psoriasis.
- Nathalie prefers skincare and nutritional products with pure and natural ingredients.
Mental Health:
- Nathalie enjoys tea ceremonies which are like a moving meditation. She says she does this every morning and that it starts her day off with a clear mind.
- She emphasizes the importance of finding a wellness program that suits individual needs and circumstances.
- Nathalie uses her platform to destigmatize mental health issues and promote open conversations about mental well-being.
Nicole Kidman
Fitness:
- Growing up Nicole’s family ran marathons, resulting in her to enjoy running till this day.
- She also likes to do outdoor activities that keep her fit such as hiking, skiing, horseback riding, yoga, etc.
- Includes walking or running in her neighborhood, especially enjoying the warm Nashville weather.
- Prefers cardiovascular activities over muscle-building, with swimming, running, and spinning as part of her routine.
- Regular yoga practice for relaxation and targeting trouble spots like arms, butts, and legs.
- Engages in 55-minute Pilates sessions for core strength and flexibility.
- Enjoys sports like tennis and outdoor runs, particularly on the beach in Australia.
Nutrition:
- Nicole allows herself to eat what she desires but in moderations.
- She says that she makes 80% of her diet healthy while the remaining 20%, sometimes 30% includes treats she wants to eat such as carbs and cheese.
- Incorporates a lot of seafood into her diet, avoiding pork and processed foods.
- Enjoys fresh vegetables and fruits, particularly from Australia.
- Prefers fresh bread with homemade jam and eggs, with a cappuccino on the side.
- Takes a daily multivitamin to fill any nutritional gaps.
Mental Health:
- Nicole opened up about her depression and says that acknowledging and working towards the problem instead of away helps improve her mental health alot.
- Delves deeply into her roles, sometimes affecting her mental state due to the intensity of the characters she portrays.
- Values the experiences and knowledge gained from her acting career and seeks to stay open and raw in her emotional expressions.
Hugh Jackman
Fitness:
- Hugh trains in the gym consistently in order to play and look the part in his films.
- He focuses on the chest, shoulders, legs, back and core.
- These workouts consist of running, squats, arm presses, sit ups, lat pull downs, etc.
Nutrition:
- Hugh’s diet focuses on bulking and eating as much whole foods and proteins as possible for weight gain resulting in him consuming 8,000 calories a day.
- The foods he eats consist of chicken burgers, baked salmon, vegetables, fruits, etc.
Mental Health:
- Hugh Jackman has revealed that he has been attending therapy to help him cope with unresolved childhood trauma and the impact of his mother leaving when he was 8 years old. He has found therapy to be helpful in gaining a better understanding of his experiences and improving his relationships with loved ones
- Jackman suffered sleepless nights while playing the role of Peter, a workaholic with a new partner, young baby, an ex-wife and their troubled teenage son. The star says he continues to consult a therapist who helped him through filming.
- While Hugh was filming, he was able to work with a therapist on set who could help him get through unsettling scenes.
- Jackman believes that mental health support should be available on film sets, especially for movies dealing with challenging material
- Jackman advocates mental health support. Jackman says he hopes his films will spark conversations around mental health issues that are urgently needed.
- He also has mentioned that intimacy coaches have become more common on film sets for scenes involving intimacy. He believes that just as physical well-being is important, mental health support should also be prioritized
Dacre Montgomery
Fitness:
- Dacre Montgomery is an all-rounder when it comes to fitness and health. He focuses on different aspects of fitness everyday.
- In regards to weight training and strength building, Dacre focused on endurance, lifting low weights at high reps.
- Dacre is keen on boxing as well, as it is one way to build strength without resorting to heavy lifting. He uses resistance bands to help in training as well.
- Implements a well-rounded fitness routine including weights, resistance bands, boxing, yoga, and surfing.
- Focuses on light weights, high reps, static holds, and resistance band training.
- Trains almost 5 to 6 days a week, with each session lasting 1.5 to 2 hours.
Nutrition:
- Dacre’s diet consists of a protein-rich and a high carbohydrate diet. He focuses on good carbs over bad ones.
- By that, we mean whole grain bread or pasta, brown rice, sweet potatoes, leafy green vegetables, and fibrous fruits. When it comes to proteins, you can do no wrong with chicken breast, lean steak, fish, or alternatives like quinoa.
Mental Health:
- Dacre Montgomery reported that he struggles with anxiety. To help his mental health, Montgomery likes to do yoga.
- After his injuries, he moved to a low-intensity regime that included the art of yoga. This decision, in return, helped his mental health and his anxieties. Learning to calm one’s body and mind is a sign of strength. He also likes to surf regularly. It is an escape from the world.
- Advocates for mental health awareness and has shared his personal struggles with depression.
- Has spoken about his experiences with nerves and anxiety, using them as a motivating factor in his career.
- Open about his obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and the importance of addressing it.
Alex O’Loughlin
Fitness:
- O’Loughlin starts with a ten minute light jog or skipping. He follows this up with intervals and low-intensity exercises. His circuit workout consists of 3-5 rounds of bench press, squats, chin ups, shoulder press, lunges, bent-over dumbbell rows, and low-intensity cardio.
- He works out five times a week and each workout consists of intervals or circuits. Sometimes instead of intervals or circuits he will instead do a boxing workout.
- In addition Alex loves to exercise outdoors and he will occasionally integrate running hills with climbing and push ups.
Nutrition:
- Alex makes sure to drink about two gallons of water a day.
- Breakfast consists of a half-cup of oatmeal, a banana, a few almonds, and a splash of 2% reduced-fat milk.
- Lunch and dinner include a balanced combo of protein, veggies, and carbs — and he has a simple paradigm for portion control.
Mental Health:
- Alex had opened up about his struggles with OCD, obsessive compulsive disorder, and ADD, attention deficit disorder. To help ease his mind, Alex likes to ride motorcycles, rock climb, listen to music, and play his guitar. He, also, likes to indulge in Jiu Jitsu as he did since childhood.
- Embraces meditation for inner peace and balance.
- Serves as a celebrity ambassador for causes including cancer research and mental health awareness.
Margot Robbie
Fitness:
- Margot Robbie is a fitness geek. She trains with her PT, David Higgins in order to stay strong and healthy, both physically and mentally. Robbie works on a combination of strength training and reformer Pilates.
- They start with a warm-up of foam rolling for five minutes. Next, taking minimal rests, she does 15 reps of a combination of chest, oblique, bicep, and shoulder training.
- Includes a 500-rep ab challenge within her workouts.
- Follows a 6-days a week workout routine that incorporates weight lifting, cardio exercises, and sessions of ballet or Pilates.
Nutrition:
- This Barbie eats right! She avoids saturated fats, fast foods, sugary drinks, and chocolate.
- Eats porridge, berries, and a kale and apple smoothie for breakfast.
- Has lemon chicken and brown rice for lunch and fish (usually tuna) and sweet potato for dinner.
- Maintains a diet that avoids most saturated fats and includes plenty of quality proteins and vegetables.
Mental Health:
- To help manage her stressful day, Robbie has a list of things she needs to do that specific day. This includes long-term, short-term, fun things, and non-fun things.
- Robbie likes to start her day with writing a plan for the things she can do at home. She believes that achieving a goal-no matter how big or small- can really help offer a sense of control and purpose at any time.
- She also indulges in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu to improve her mental health as well. This with the incorporation of yoga is a great way to decompress.
- Raises awareness for mental health and shares advice for those struggling with anxiety and isolation.
- Incorporates hot yoga sessions, contrast baths, and Epsom salt soaks into her routine for both physical and mental benefits.
Phoebe Tonkin
Fitness:
- Phoebe Tonkin likes to do boxing and interval training with her trainer, Tracy Anderson. She tries to go four to five days a week. Her routine consists of chest and tricep workouts, dancing, back and biceps workout, legs and glutes workout, and shoulders and upper body workout.
- When starting to feel out of shape, she slowly reintroduces exercise, limits the amount of sugar and dairy intake, and redirects her focus to reduce stress.
- Enjoys swimming, running, and hiking as her favorite cardio workouts.
Nutrition:
- Avoids refined sugar, dairy products, high carb, and junk foods.
- Incorporates green and leafy vegetables, fruits, nuts, seeds, salmon, and lean chicken into her diet.
- Tonkin’s daily diet consists of an almond milk latte, a fruit salad of berries and apples for breakfast; almonds and dark chocolate for snacking during the day; and a piece of grilled salmon or hormone-free, organic chicken with vegetables and maybe quinoa [for dinner]. She also tries to fit in a green juice daily. Her favorite guilt-free snack consists of dates with a spoonful of almond butter in them.
Mental Health:
- Tonkin expresses how feeling lonely and being an introvert is difficult. Her dog provided her with a sense of purpose. Her dog forces her to be more active. To battle loneliness and over-thinking,
- Tonkin goes on walks, exercises, and turns off her phone. She also reads many self-help books to help her mentally. With the company of her friends, they like to go horseback riding.
- Advocates for mental health awareness and works on projects that highlight mental health issues.
- Prepares for roles by researching and understanding the experiences of people dealing with addiction and recovery.
Sam Worthington
Fitness:
- Sam Worthington works out with the help of his personal trainer, Rodney Johnson. For his training, Wrothington was doing five or six hours of training a day. He would get up, train for two hours, eat, then have a short sleep. After this, he would get up, train again with heavy weights, eat and sleep again.
- Regular training sessions, including:
- 3 sets of crunches (10-12 reps)
- 3 sets of lateral raises (10-12 reps)
- 3 sets of squats (10-12 reps)
- 3 sets of hammer curls (10-12 reps)
- 3 sets of Russian dips (10-12 reps)
- 3 sets of incline dumbbell bench press (10-12 reps)
- 3 sets of hanging knee raises (10-12 reps)
- 3 sets of triceps dips (12-15 reps)
- 3 sets of seated dumbbell rows (12-15 reps)
Nutrition:
- Sam does not follow any particular diet and eats whatever he likes. His food includes lots of protein and carbs to get energy for intense training.
- He loves indulging in pepperoni pizza and loves to cook eggs.
- He does not drink either, as he is well over eight years sober.
Mental Health:
- After his battle with alcoholism and anxieties, Worthington has been sober for over 8 years! He explained that his emotional growth was a result of his sobriety. Spending time with his family and taking time away from acting benefits his health mentally.
