{"id":424228,"date":"2026-01-19T23:23:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T23:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/424228\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T23:23:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T23:23:10","slug":"tom-hiddleston-44-built-his-night-manager-physique-with-these-unforgiving-circuit-workouts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/424228\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Hiddleston, 44, Built His ‘Night Manager’ Physique with These Unforgiving Circuit Workouts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tom Hiddleston<\/a> may be a decade older than he was when he last played ex-military man-turned-hotel manager Jonathan Pine in The Night Manager \u2013 but that doesn’t mean he’s lost any of his enthusiasm or discipline for fitness<\/a>. Various roles have required the 44-year-old to pay particular attention to that area of his work, and his reprisal of Pine only made him more dedicated to his training.
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‘I love movement, and I love movement in cinema,’ Hiddleston told BBC<\/a> Radio 2<\/a>. ‘Anything physical \u2013 especially this character Pine, he’s so competent and capable, and I get a thrill in the audience when I see other actors doing stunts. So there was a lot of sprinting and fight training and jumping over walls.’ <\/p>\n

Building a physique worthy of a former soldier<\/a> for the new series meant Hiddleston endured lots of training. As always, he worked alongside celebrity trainer Simon Waterson, who devised a training plan capable of matching the physical demands required of Hiddleston during filming. <\/p>\n

Tom Hiddleston’s Dedicated Training Routine <\/p>\n

Hiddleston has always maintained a high base level of fitness, with his role as Loki in Thor and Avengers films, and James Conrad in Kong: Skull Island, all requiring him to stay lean and film-ready. Training for the second series of The Night Manager proved no different \u2013 in fact, the intensity<\/a> was ramped up even more. <\/p>\n

‘The dedication needed to complete these action movies\/series is unprecedented,’ Waterson said on Instagram<\/a>. ‘Tom is meticulous in his prep on every level. Consistent and never left anything on the table. Train hard, film easy.’ <\/p>\n

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Hiddleston’s training revolves around a combination of strength, functional and conditioning exercises. Waterson incorporates circuit-style training<\/a> into the British actor’s routine to build an athletic physique \u2013 one recent workout Waterson shared<\/a> saw Hiddleston complete one set of 30 different exercises across a gruelling session. It featured a mixture of heavy compound<\/a> movements, bodyweight exercises<\/a>, and intense conditioning work. <\/p>\n

This approach is intentional. ‘The workouts I designed were fast and efficient,’ Waterson added. ‘The sessions contained all the crucial elements to portray the character both physically and mentally.’<\/p>\n

Running Is the Priority \u2013 But in Moderation <\/p>\n

While Hiddleston spends a lot of time in the gym preparing for roles, he absolutely loves running<\/a>. ‘The baseline of my routine is running, because it keeps my stamina up, and it keeps me on an even keel,’ he told MH<\/a>. But the 44-year-old doesn’t just do the odd 5k<\/a> here and there \u2013 he’s competed in five ultramarathon events since 2021, most recently completing the 174km Montane Summer Spine Challenger in less than 34 hours. <\/p>\n

Waterson actually had to stop<\/a> Hiddleston’s daily 10k runs while preparing for Kong: Skull Island: ‘He’s a runner \u2013 he wants to run everyday. It’s his form of escapism. For the job of Kong, he had to put on more muscle tissue. And to put on more muscle tissue, I have to literally say, “You can’t go and run 10k every single morning, because the muscle tissue I’m cultivating on a daily basis is being burnt off”.’<\/p>\n

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