In his new Peacock sequence Orlando Bloom: To the Edge, the actor Orlando Bloom scales a 400-foot crag, freedives 100 ft on one breath, and jumps out of a aircraft at 13,000 ft to attempt wingsuiting for the primary time. His wellness practices, as he tells GQ, have concerned an identical quantity of gutsiness: getting dosed with frog poison, embarking on a quick that includes consuming bentonite clay.
Greater than 20 years after Bloom was first launched to audiences worldwide as the platinum blond elf Legolas in The Lord of the Rings trilogy, he’s now a 47-year-old dad and engaged to pop star Katy Perry. (He additionally doesn’t eat gluten anymore, so there isn’t any lembas bread on the menu.) He’s retained a style for journey, even after struggling a near-death accident throughout which he broke his again. In Orlando Bloom: To the Edge, he discusses the aftermath of that, all whereas nonetheless pushing his physique and thoughts to extremes.
GQ caught up with him to find out how he stays in form with an eye fixed for longevity, the wholesome fat he feeds his mind, and what the deal is with frog poison.
For Actual-Life Weight loss program, GQ talks to athletes, celebrities, and different excessive performers about their eating regimen, train routines, and pursuit of wellness. Needless to say what works for them may not essentially be wholesome for you.
GQ: What’s the very first thing you do while you get up?
Orlando Bloom: We have now a household mattress. So Katy can be like, “Thank God for the day. I am simply grateful in each manner.” And Daisy will go, “Mommy, daddy,” and we’ll have this cute second. I am going to say [the Buddhist chant] “Nam-myoho-renge-kyo,” as a result of that is a part of my apply. After which we’ll embark on the day. Typically it is stumble round and discover the espresso, and typically it is take the tinctures essential to get my mind on-line.
What are these tinctures?
I take an adrenal factor and I take some inexperienced powders. And I take issues that simply assist me rehydrate, like salts and stuff, lemon tea.
What’s a day’s price of typical meals?
I attempt to eat a complete meals eating regimen as a lot as doable. I attempt to keep away from sugar, as a result of I am an addict to sugar. As soon as I begin, I can not cease.
It’s exhausting. What’s your poison?
Cookies. Ice cream. So I attempt to have a balanced eating regimen actually—greens and proteins. Gluten makes me go to sleep.
We see a number of clips of you exercising within the present, however what does your typical routine appear like?
I attempt to be purposeful with how I practice my physique. I attempt to consider full physique actions, floor to overhead, or a variety of assist from my glutes, my legs. Attempt to get my again supported as a result of clearly I had this again damage. I’ve a stretch routine, which you see within the present, which is one thing that I am going to do each morning very first thing.
I attempt to combine it up. So I stroll loads or I cycle. Or I attempt to get cardio at a low coronary heart charge, after which attempt to get a excessive cardio coronary heart charge a few occasions if I can. I’ve moved away from actually heavy weights. I am pondering extra, as I am in my mid-forties, about longevity. How does my physique really feel and the way do I get pleasure from this for the long-term?
Talking of longevity, you introduced your uncle on for one of many episodes and talked about this concept of your loved ones ageing “vitally.” When did you begin pondering of longevity as a part of your wellness routine, and are there any longevity thinkers whose work you subscribe to?
Yeah, Dr. Mark Hyman, is any person who’s a buddy and any person I’ve spoken to at totally different occasions. We had a dialog about the advantages of Bragg’s apple cider vinegar in your life. Typically I am going to have a shot of apple cider vinegar and it will simply swap my mind on virtually. It feeds the microbiome in a manner that helps me to focus. [Ed. note: Bloom and Perry are among investors who acquired Bragg Live Food Products in 2019.]