Tamzin Outhwaite makes fitness a priority even though she has a full schedule of acting, dancing, presenting, and parenting.
Tamzin’s Training Journey
The Eastenders star worked out with Richie Swan, an award-winning class instructor and celebrity personal trainer, in an online group setting through his Sort Your Fit Out in-app program from 2019 to 2023. “We talked online and I answered questions as we went along. Tamsin said it felt like being in a real class and not just watching a video,” Swan tells me.
Daily Workout Routine
Tamzin’s routine was pretty steady. After she got up and took her kids to school, she went to the 10 a.m. weighted or bodyweight class two to three times a week.
Balanced Fitness Mindset
The 55-year-old was disciplined, but she didn’t take her sessions too seriously. Swan stresses that she was clear about never putting pressure on herself.”This was her time to focus on herself; she just wanted to work out, feel good, and clear her mind. It was just as much about peace of mind.
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Strength Training Approach
Tamzin Outhwaite on Instagram Tamzin Outhwaite’s strength workouts that don’t hurt too muchSwan says that she focused on low-impact strength training to build stability and muscle because she was going through menopause. That meant that some sessions involved taking the jump out of moves like squats and doing pulses or isometric holds instead. In these, you stay in a fixed position with your muscles contracted but don’t move your joints.At first, she mostly came to my classes, but then she started going to a class with another teacher named Duncan called “Duncan’s Dumbbells.” In this class, she worked on slow, controlled movements that helped her muscles grow, Swan says.
Workout Structure and Exercises
Each class would last 40 minutes, with a five-minute warm-up, a 30-minute weight session, and a five-minute cool down.The main workout structure, on the other hand, changed. For example, Swan says, “we did three rounds of some supersets (two exercises done back to back) during timed intervals of 45 seconds on and 15 seconds off,” or “ladders,” which started with fewer reps and added more each round.
They would do all the usual compound, functional movements that build strength in the whole body, such as squats, lunges, single-arm rows, lateral raises, press-ups, and shoulder presses. “Like the other trainees, Tamsin would try to do 10 to 15 reps with a weight that was hard for her but still allowed her to keep good form for 10 reps,” he goes on. ‘We’d suggest adding 1–2 kg once that started to feel easy.
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Practical Approach to Fitness
Tamzin’s practical approach to fitness Tamzin doesn’t worry too much about missing a workout.Swan says, “She’s pretty good at putting it behind her and saying, ‘I’ll get back to it tomorrow.'” “She has a realistic and level-headed view of things.”
An actor with a busy schedule needs to be able to stay calm.Swan goes on to say, “She works, she’s an actress and a mum, and she has a very healthy way of dealing with all of that.”
Daily Movement and Wellness
Her daily routine of moving Swan says that Tamzin’s other main goal was to walk 10,000 steps a day through power walking, in addition to her strength training.He also says that she would meditate for about 40 minutes in her sauna blanket, which is like a sleeping bag with an infrared sauna inside. She has also gone on a few solo retreats.
Tamzin was so interested in health that she started her own fully funded, free retreat called We Free Women. It offers therapies like yoga, mindfulness, and good nutrition. Swan says, “She and her team go to different cities in the country and hold restorative retreats for women there.”
