{"id":929790,"date":"2026-10-12T04:02:29","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T04:02:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/929790\/"},"modified":"2026-10-12T04:02:29","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T04:02:29","slug":"romesh-ranganathan-48-lost-20kg-by-keeping-fitness-simple-heres-how-he-made-exercise-stick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/929790\/","title":{"rendered":"Romesh Ranganathan, 48, Lost 20kg by Keeping Fitness Simple \u2013 Here’s How He Made Exercise Stick"},"content":{"rendered":"

Funny and self-deprecating on screen, Romesh Ranganathan takes his health and fitness seriously off it. He’s not your typical gym-goer, though. Rather than training to build a bodybuilder’s physique or hit performance milestones, his focus is on staying strong, healthy and active as he gets older \u2013 and being there for his three sons.<\/p>\n

‘I got a medical when I turned 40 as I started to worry about my own mortality, not for myself, but because of my kids,’ he told On: Yorkshire Magazine<\/a>. ‘Before, when I was going to the gym or staying on top of fitness, I’d do it for some sort of vanity reason. I’ve long since abandoned that and have accepted that I’m never going to look good. So the second half is about my reaction to that medical.’<\/p>\n

Now 48, Ranganathan revealed on the Wolf & Owl<\/a> podcast that he’s been training more consistently in recent months. He has previously said he lifts weights three or four times a week \u2013 sometimes more if his schedule allows \u2013 while also trying to keep his daily step count<\/a> high.<\/p>\n

Romesh Ranganathan’s Workout Routine<\/p>\n

‘I started hitting the gym for weights about three to four times a week, sometimes more if I fancied, and was trying to up my step count and cardio, but my appetite for that is a struggle,’ he said in an interview with Huel<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It’s an approach that has helped him lose around 20kg over the past few years.<\/p>\n

Running has also become a key part of his fitness journey. After initially hating it, the comedian went on to complete the London Marathon<\/a> in both 2024 and 2025.<\/p>\n

The turning point came after one piece of simple advice.<\/p>\n

‘Running is something that people had always recommended to me. But as soon as I had a go at it, I found it unbearable. I’d go out for a run and be blowing after two minutes, then start walking, run a bit more, start blowing again. I’d come back and just feel absolutely battered,’ he told Runner’s World<\/a>.<\/p>\n

‘Then somebody gave me the basic tip of just slowing down a little bit and getting on top of my breathing. That is the single most helpful tip I’ve ever had; suddenly I went from someone who couldn’t face running to seeing all of the benefits of it. That’s not to say that it suddenly became easy.’<\/p>\n

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