{"id":45568,"date":"2025-09-29T21:00:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T21:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/45568\/"},"modified":"2025-09-29T21:00:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T21:00:08","slug":"how-ed-sheeran-is-training-for-a-six-pack-after-getting-in-the-shape-of-his-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/45568\/","title":{"rendered":"How Ed Sheeran Is Training for a Six-Pack After Getting in the Shape of His Life"},"content":{"rendered":"

First Ed Sheeran was loving the Shape of You; now he’s admiring his own physique<\/a>. At 34, he claims he is in the ‘best shape of my life’ \u2013 but isn’t content with stopping there. <\/p>\n

With worldwide tours requiring consistent performances on stage multiple nights in a row, Sheeran requires a certain level of fitness to keep energy high. But while some artists, such as Stormzy<\/a> and Tom Grennan<\/a>, spend their spare time in the weights room, Sheeran has never been associated with the gym. <\/p>\n

Instead, the 34-year-old has preferred swimming<\/a>, cycling<\/a> and running<\/a> as his go-to forms of fitness. He even credits running with providing him with an alternative release after he quit smoking<\/a> in 2019. More recently, Sheeran has enjoyed reformer Pilates<\/a>, but he’s never focused on one specific exercise goal.<\/p>\n

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But mindsets evolved, and at the start of 2025 Sheeran entered the year with clear ambitions for his physique. ‘I got to the start of the year, but because I basically put on a load of weight last year, I was like, “I’m going to hit the gym heavy, try and lose a stone”,’ Sheeran told SiriuxXM’s Andy Cohen<\/a> when asked how he managed to get so ‘shredded’. <\/p>\n

‘And then, as I was doing that, I wanted to see how far I can take this,’ Sheeran continued. ‘I’ve never actually had a six-pack<\/a> in my life, and I just wanted to see if I can do it. I keep messing up because I keep being out somewhere and thinking, “I’ll just have a couple of beers”. But I’d say it’s going alright \u2013 I feel like I’m in the best shape of my life.’ <\/p>\n

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Ryan is a Senior Writer at Men\u2019s Health UK with a passion for storytelling, health and fitness. Having graduated from Cardiff University in 2020, and later obtaining his NCTJ qualification, Ryan started his career as a Trainee News Writer for sports titles Golf Monthly, Cycling Weekly and Rugby World before progressing to Staff Writer and subsequently Senior Writer with football magazine FourFourTwo.<\/p>\n

During his two-and-a-half years there he wrote news stories for the website and features for the magazine, while he also interviewed names such as Les Ferdinand, Ally McCoist, Jamie Redknapp and Antonio Rudiger, among many others. His standout memory, though, came when getting the opportunity to speak to then-Plymouth Argyle manager Steven Schumacher as the club won League One in 2023.<\/p>\n

Having grown up a keen footballer and playing for his boyhood side until the age of 16, Ryan got the opportunity to represent Northern Ireland national futsal team eight times, scoring three goals against England, Scotland and Gibraltar. Now past his peak, Ryan prefers to mix weightlifting with running \u2013 he achieved a marathon PB of 3:31:49 at Manchester in April 2025, but credits the heat for failing to get below the coveted 3:30 mark\u2026<\/p>\n

You can follow Ryan on Instagram @ryan.dabbs<\/a> or on X @ryandabbs_<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n