Cosmo's Alden Richards Secrets

Fresh from his recent teleserye One True Love, GMA Artist Center talent Alden Richards now takes on a new challenge. Being one of hottest young bachelors out there, it was only natural that he be invited to strut his stuff at the recently held Cosmopolitan Bachelor Bash. But along with his boyish good looks came a lot of hard work and preparation. Because as we all know, failure to prepare is preparing to fail.

 Physically, his aim was to be the best-looking Alden Richards his fans could be truly proud of. His trainer’s goal for him was to lose excess fat, beef up his upper body, and maintain good posture. This was achieved through a rigorous daily routine of 15-20 minutes of jumping rope as often as he can, even in-between taping schedules.

With his coach and Patty Mendoza.

Just a quick warm up for everyone as they will be teaching us some few work out moves.

He makes sure to incorporate 20-30 minutes of running in his routine for additional cardio. To develop core strength and fitness, Alden supplemented his workout routine with abdominal exercises. This includes 20-30 reps of hanging leg raises, abdominal rollers, ball crunches, planks, pikes and side bends. 

 Months prior to the event, his personal trainer and nutritionist limited Alden to a calorie intake of only 3,100 kCal per day. This meant that he had to eat 5-6 small meals per day, spread out over 2-3 hour intervals. This diet was not only about losing weight but also being healthy. A complete balance of protein, carbohydrates, fruits and fiber was recommended, while at the same time avoiding soda, ice tea, and salty chips. This diet also required him to stay hydrated throughout the day. But to make things fun, he was allowed one “cheat day” to eat anything he wanted. Because he wanted to stick to his new lifestyle, he made a conscious effort to stick to only one cheat day per week. This was quite a sacrifice for the young actor, but he discovered that it was well worth it when droves of fans cheered for him at the Cosmo Bachelor Bash.

 Here, we were taught that taking the momentum off is good as it prevents jerking that results to muscle sores.

Push ups with weights and jumping is Alden's hated exercise... It does look so hard.

I learned that Alden wanted to be a pilot but he pursued this career in the favor of his late mother which I thought was very sweet.

Alden is committed, passionate, and disciplined in anything that he does. It not only shows through his breakthrough roles and performances, but in every aspect of his life.

Catch more of Alden Richards in GMA’s upcoming teleseryes, Party Pilipinas, and follow his tweets @aldenrichards02.

My thanks to GMA Artist Management Development Center and Clarence Fuentes for invitng me here!

I am so inspired to work on my fitness as Alden said it should be part of our lifestyles. Oh by the way, if you girls are wondering, Yes! He is still single.

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Photos by: Vergil Lloyd Chua

Venue: Gold's Gym Timog