Everything 'Vikings' Star Alexander Ludwig Eats In a Day

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'Heels' actor Alexander Ludwig breaks down the diet that keeps him in shape to play beloved hero Ace Spade in the Starz original wrestling drama.

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00:00 Okay, this is sounds so weird,

00:01 but I swear there's something here.

00:03 But I've always wondered why they added me

00:04 in like spicy tea.

00:05 It could also be disgusting,

00:08 but like, I feel like there's something there.

00:11 I'm Men's Health.

00:13 I am Alexander Ludwig,

00:14 and I'm gonna show you what my diet looks like

00:16 when I am training for heels.

00:18 For heels, we, you know,

00:23 scheduled workout sessions as part of our day.

00:27 So it actually became a part of our job

00:29 to show up to the gym.

00:30 Then after that, we would go into wrestling.

00:33 So we would actually get into the ring

00:35 and we would go through moves that we had to learn.

00:37 And inevitably I would say to one of them,

00:40 "Hey, I've got this move that I saw on YouTube

00:42 "that I really wanna be able to do.

00:44 "And I don't know, do you think we can do this?"

00:46 And they would go, "Yes."

00:47 And we would start working on that move

00:49 to find a way to work it into the script later.

00:53 In a perfect world, I'll skip breakfast.

00:58 I'll have a coffee before I train and I'll go train.

01:02 Then I do, and this is a big thing on TikTok,

01:05 which is really funny.

01:06 They call it like the 12, 330.

01:08 But essentially you're on a treadmill at a 12 incline

01:13 going three miles per hour for 30 minutes,

01:16 basically low intensity aerobic activity.

01:19 And that really helps burn fat without losing muscle.

01:24 For lunch, I'll usually have a salad with chicken.

01:27 So it'll be like a chicken Caesar salad,

01:29 romaine lettuce, chicken, some olive oil,

01:32 and then maybe some vegetables in it, just very basic.

01:36 And then for dinner, it'll usually be chicken, fish,

01:39 or steak with vegetables and potatoes or sweet potatoes.

01:43 That's like in a perfect world.

01:45 And that's definitely when I feel my best.

01:47 Toughest diet I've ever done for a role.

01:50 It has to be bad boys or heels.

01:52 It's a toss up between the two.

01:55 Oh, definitely beer and iron side,

01:58 because I just, I'm fascinated with that culture.

02:00 And I would just get spraying about what was it

02:02 I would've liked being a Viking.

02:05 My favorite go-to carb, if I'm being healthy,

02:07 it's sweet potatoes.

02:09 Go-to comfort food is pizza, for sure.

02:12 My wife's been getting me on this like deep dish pizza,

02:14 which is like phenomenal.

02:17 I'm like a meat lovers guy.

02:19 I just want like all the meat.

02:21 The secret to a good protein shake,

02:23 I mean, for me, it's blueberries.

02:25 I love blueberries.

02:26 Last meal I cooked for, I made chicken wings,

02:30 which doesn't sound that great, but I gotta be honest.

02:33 I kind of crushed it.

02:35 We sat down, we watched "Survivor" with our baby girl,

02:38 and I grilled chicken wings.

02:40 I made this like epic sauce.

02:42 And chicken wings are actually like,

02:44 if you're grilling them,

02:44 they're actually a great happy medium, like cheat meal.

02:47 'Cause they're not really a cheat

02:49 if you're not frying them.

02:50 I'm gonna do that more.

02:52 Oh yeah.

02:53 You always have to have ranch anywhere close to the pizza.

02:56 Now you're just making me hungry.

02:58 A dream taco, like fish tacos in Hawaii.

03:02 They're just like ridiculous.

03:03 Like a fish or shrimp taco is amazing.

03:06 Okay, this is sounds so weird,

03:08 but I swear there's something here.

03:10 But like, I've always wondered why they added me

03:11 in like spicy tea.

03:12 It could also be disgusting,

03:15 but like, I feel like there's something there.

03:18 All right, men's health, that is what I eat.

03:21 That's some of my training,

03:22 and I hope you check out Heals,

03:24 and I hope you guys love it.

03:26 (upbeat music)

03:28 (upbeat music)

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