Kevin Bacon Still Has a Six-Pack at 67 – Here’s the High-Intensity Routine Behind His Lean Physique
Kevin Bacon continues to be in spectacular form, not too long ago displaying off his lean physique to instagram followers. While filming a video joking that, ‘If you’re taking an actor’s shirt off, likelihood is he is sporting a wire,’ the 68-year-old casually revealed his six-pack in the course of.
Much like his Footloose dance routines again in 1984, Bacon approaches health with excessive depth. His exercises are sometimes quick, sharp and environment friendly – getting as a lot work accomplished as attainable in minimal time.
‘I hike, I raise weights, I do calisthenics,’ Bacon said. ‘Sometimes I work with a coach. I do not work out for lengthy durations of time as a result of I’m simply too bored by it. High-intensityquick durations of time are rather more helpful for me.’
It’s an method he has maintained nicely into his sixties. While filming 2025 sequence The BondsmanBacon even had a health club ‘constructed’ on set – though it wasn’t precisely state-of-the-art. In a satirical Instagram videohe revealed the setup consisted of simply two dumbbells and a kettlebell.
‘You spend a lot of time on set in case you’re doing a TV present or movie – 12 hours is often the minimal,’ he mentioned. ‘So it is very arduous to remain in form, and there is a lot of free meals, which does not assist. And you look at these guys with these unbelievable our bodies, our bodies that I can solely dream of. I say to myself, “I really wish I had a gym on set.” And a few of these guys actually do – they arrange these unbelievable gyms proper on set.
‘So this time I advised them that I’ve accomplished nicely and I believe I want to remain in form, so please construct me a health club,’ Bacon added, earlier than revealing the three weights.
But that was clearly sufficient. As somebody who prefers intense, time-efficient periods, the stripped-back setup allowed him to coach rapidly with out overcomplicating issues.
That minimalism seems all through Bacon’s method to health. Speaking to Esquire In 2025, he defined how shedding a massive sum of money in Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi scheme nonetheless fuels his exercises right now – whereas additionally revealing his choice for rough-around-the-edges gyms over polished luxurious services.
‘I’m going to this health club. It has a few machines and solely a handful of individuals there at any given time. There aren’t any showers; it is very bare-bones. But there’s a leg-press machine. A leg press may be brutal. The machine is correct subsequent to a window, and once I look out that window, I’m wanting proper at the constructing the place Madoff was,’ he mentioned.
‘I’m in excruciating ache, doing the leg press, staring out that window. It’s good, in a humorous approach, as a result of I additionally must suppose, “I can get through this.”’
Ryan is a Senior Writer at Men’s Health UK with a ardour for storytelling, well being and health. Having graduated from Cardiff University in 2020, and later acquiring his NCTJ qualification, Ryan began his profession as a Trainee News Writer for sports activities titles Golf Monthly, Cycling Weekly and Rugby World earlier than progressing to Staff Writer and subsequently Senior Writer with soccer journal FourFourTwo.
During his two-and-a-half years there he wrote information tales for the web site and options for the journal, whereas he additionally interviewed names reminiscent of Les Ferdinand, Ally McCoist, Jamie Redknapp and Antonio Rudiger, amongst many others. His standout reminiscence, although, got here when getting the alternative to talk to then-Plymouth Argyle supervisor Steven Schumacher as the membership gained League One in 2023.
Having grown up a eager footballer and taking part in for his boyhood facet till the age of 16, Ryan acquired the alternative to characterize Northern Ireland nationwide futsal group eight occasions, scoring three objectives towards England, Scotland and Gibraltar. Now previous his peak, Ryan prefers to combine weightlifting with working – he achieved a marathon PB of three:31:49 at Manchester in April 2025, however credit the warmth for failing to get under the coveted 3:30 mark…
