Life on tour is stressful (or so I’ve heard), but Taylor Swift could have fooled us with her seemingly effortless stamina during her three-hour “The Eras Tour” show (complete with seamless onstage outfit changes, might I add). ). I wondered how she made it through 44 hits from her 10 studio albums without breaking a sweat or chipping a sequin from her red-sequined Reputation look. So naturally, I scoured the internet for all the information I could find about her wellness routine.
How does she sweat it out? What does she eat in a day? Is she the same as us when it comes to self-care? Thanks to various sources, including Swift’s 2023 TIME Person of the Year interview and her trainer’s interview with Vogue in April 2024, we have a glimpse into the way she prepared for the demands of her tour. Read on for a breakdown of T-Swift’s health and wellness standbys. Alexa, play The Tortured Poets Department.
Swift confessed that growing up she used to tour “like a frat boy,” but this time she didn’t miss a beat. “I knew this tour was by far more difficult than anything I had ever done before,” she admitted to Time. “I finally got myself properly physically prepared for the first time.” Her trainer, Kirk Myers, who prepared her for “The Eras Tour,” told Vogue that they approached her training “with the mindset of a professional athlete.” there is an “off-season” and an “on-season”. (Perhaps she was inspired by Travis Kelce?)
When she’s not on tour (or in the “off season”), Swift trains up to six days a week, “sometimes two hours a day,” to prepare for the grueling tour. Six months before the first show, Swift got on the floor (or treadmill) and ran. “Every day I ran on the treadmill and sang the entire set list out loud,” she told Time. “Fast for fast songs and jogging or fast walk for slow songs.” So she basically did her own version of the Taylor Swift treadmill workout.
In addition to training her body for the tour, she also had to train her dance moves. To do this, she enlisted the help of choreographer Mandy Moore and trained for three months before the first show. “I had three months of dance training because I wanted to get it stuck in my bones,” Swift said. “I wanted to be so over-rehearsed that I could be silly with the fans and not lose track.” When she’s on tour (or “in season”), each show was a three-hour, grueling workout in itself, so she limited added training sessions to twice a week, focusing on conditioning. “Taylor trained throughout the tour,” Myers said. “During in-season training it was more about maintenance, more about stability, mobility and biomechanics.”
Non-stop, back-to-back shows require a lot of R&R, and Swift does it right. Between the tour stages, she spends 24 hours resting and recharging her batteries. “I don’t leave my bed except to get something to eat, take it to my bed and eat it there,” she told Time magazine. “It’s a dream scenario. I can barely speak because I’ve been singing three shows in a row.” Swift knows the importance of taking time to do nothing. After all, millions of Swifties depend on them. “I know that I go to this level whether I am sick, injured, heartbroken, uncomfortable or stressed,” she said. Even though we may not take the stage and have adoring fans, we all deserve a break, be it from training or from the daily grind. Take a break—whether it’s a day in bed like Taylor, a walk around the block, or a homemade lymphatic massage.
Show business also has fad diets, cleanses and quick fixes, but Swift isn’t one of them. When it comes to her diet, she pays attention to a balanced diet. The only information I’ve found in my extensive research on her diet is from 2010 (that’s the Fearless era, y’all), but I think it’s still good advice: “…I try to “I don’t like making too many rules where I don’t need them.” Thanks to common sense, we know what’s good for us.” If you’re a Swiftie, you already know she has a preferencefor those with a sweet tooth. “I bake pumpkin bread for everyone I know and make ginger molasses cookies and hot chocolate and chai,” she told Bon Appétit in 2012 (which is even more important than the Red Era). As for her favorite drinks? Skinny vanilla lattes on weekdays and PSLs on weekends. “The point is, I will never give up what I love,” Swift informed WebMD.
One exception to her balance-first, no-restrictions mentality: Swift abstained from alcohol in preparation for “The Eras Tour.” “I was really disciplined about drinking,” she told Time. “I stopped drinking for a few months before the show, except for Grammy night. Doing this show with a hangover… I don’t want to experience that world.” (P.S. If you don’t want to give up alcohol completely like Swift, try these easy alternatives.)
From interviews in 2010 to her most recent one in 2023, it seems that Swift has always turned to writing and creating art as key mental health practices. “From a young age, every time I felt pain, I thought, ‘It’s OK, I can write about it after school,'” Swift said in 2010. “As a young child, I learned to express my feelings through writing process. ” Swift was onto something; Working with pen on paper has benefits such as reducing stress, creating space for negative thoughts, and deepening self-discovery.
Swift uses her songwriting and music to process her emotions: “Every time something hurts, like rejection, sadness, or loneliness, or I feel joy, or fall in love, I ask myself, ‘Can I write a song about that, with that?’ I know how?’ I feel?'” she continued in 2010. Even if your journal entries about your feelings don’t go platinum, journaling can help you process emotions. Think of it like a therapy session with yourself. “One thing I’ve learned is that my response to everything that happens, good or bad, is to keep creating things. Keep making art,” she told Time in 2023.
Another important mental health practice is setting boundaries, not stressing over things that are out of control, and prioritizing joy. “Over the years, I’ve learned that I don’t have the time or bandwidth to pressure myself about unimportant things,” Swift said. “Yes, if I go out to dinner there will be a completely chaotic situation outside the restaurant. But I still want to go to dinner with my friends.” The moral of her story? “Life is short. Go on adventures.” Enough said.
In her 2010 interview with WebMD, Swift didn’t sugarcoat life on tour: Riding the bus for hours, giving it your all on stage and getting less sleep can be exhausting. Your key to staying balanced despite everything is to follow a calming routine and pack certain travel essentials. When she settles into her hotel room, her first task is to unpack. “I do it everywhere I go,” Swift said. “I really like to put my clothes in drawers and my shoes in the closet.” Swift also shared that she brings candles to every destination. Even though she shared this routine back in 2010, when we were all blaring “Forever & Always” (not Taylor’s version) from our iPods, Swift is a self-care queen through and through, and we like to think she’s making the same efforts today to take care of herself during her “The Eras Tour.”
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