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\nEd Sheeran shows off his ripped abs on the cover of Men\u2019s Health UKThe singer, 34, told the outlet that he wanted \u201cto be a responsible dad\u201d when his daughter Lyra was born in 2020He does Pilates, runs, and lifts weights to stay in shape, but says his health philosophy centers around \u201cmoderation\u201d<\/p>\n
Ed Sheeran<\/a> has transformed his body \u2014 and his lifestyle \u2014 since becoming a dad, ditching post-show pints for Pilates, the singer tells Men\u2019s Health UK<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n The \u201cShape of You\u201d<\/a> singer, 34, showed off his ripped figure in a shirtless cover of Men\u2019s Health UK<\/a>, telling the fitness mag that a turning point came when his first daughter Lyra<\/a>, now 5, was just two weeks old. \u201cI had my best mate round and we had a bottle of wine. I went to bed, then Lyra woke up 20 minutes after I\u2019d fallen asleep. I woke up and I was like, \u201cF—, I probably shouldn\u2019t drink if I\u2019m going to feel this dreadful,\u201d he said.\n<\/p>\n As Sheeran, who shares Lyra and daughter Jupiter, 3, with wife Cherry Seaborn<\/a>, tells Men\u2019s Health UK, \u201cI want to be able to do the night stuff. It all came in at the same time of wanting to be a responsible dad, wanting to feel and look good.\u201d\n<\/p>\n Ed Sheeran shared the exercises he does on the road.<\/p>\n Patrik Giardino \/ Men’s Health<\/p>\n In the five years since welcoming Lyra, Sheeran has lost 30 lbs. thanks to Pilates, weight training, running, and heading straight back to his hotel room for dinner and a massage after a show instead of hitting the pubs.\n<\/p>\n \u201cI can be a guy who can be led quite easily and if I finish a gig and my mates are there, I could go out,\u201d Sheeran tells the outlet. \u201cSo actually having to be in my hotel room\u2026 I get the massage and, as soon as the massage is done, I need to go to bed. So it\u2019s great for maintaining my voice, maintaining energy and keeping healthy.\u201d\n<\/p>\n The PEOPLE Puzzler crossword is here! How quickly can you solve it? Play now<\/a>!\n<\/p>\n His exercise journey began by walking on a treadmill and answering emails during COVID, and then he and his wife began doing Zoom workouts with personal trainer Ali Thomas.\n<\/p>\n On tour, he said, his go-to workout is on the Pilates reformer. He explained that the day after a show, “the last thing I want to do today is bench press and deadlift, so this is a really gentle way to still have the same level of exercise and feel like I\u2019ve burnt calories, but I\u2019ve also stretched.\u201d\n<\/p>\n He shared that he recently rewatched footage of himself from 2015 in the video\u00a0Jumpers for Goalposts: Live at Wembley Stadium, which documented his historic run of shows at the iconic London venue.\n<\/p>\n \u201cEach morning I\u2019m getting interviewed and they\u2019re like, \u2018How was last night?\u2019 And I was like, ‘Oh, I was out until 6 a.m. doing tequila shots and smoking cigarettes with this person and doing this and that.’ Then I\u2019d play a show and it was that seven days a week. But when you watch it and you look at me now, I look 40 in that and I look 24 now.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for\u00a0PEOPLE’s free daily newsletter<\/a>\u00a0to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.\n<\/p>\n