Trevante Rhodes, the critically acclaimed American Actor who starred in blockbuster movies like Moonlight, Mea Culpa, Bird Box, and most importantly, Mike, never hesitates to have an intense fitness routine. With his 6-pack abs, the heartthrob makes all his fans draw their attention to his extremely fit physique. He recently revealed how he maintains it and what are some of his motivations.

The 34-year-old actor, Trevante Rhodes, explained how he had always been a fitness enthusiast. In fact, he claimed to have started exercising from as early as a six to seven-year-old. The actor also bragged about being permitted to train along with the high schoolers when he was only in middle school. Recently, he shared some of his ab-routines.

Trevante Rhodes’ warm-up routine

Trevante Rhodes was at the Men’s Health gym where he indulged in a 30-45 ab session. While training, he also walked the audience through his routine. He first began with the importance of warming up. Then he stated, “I do a combination of crunches, reverse crunches, toe taps, Knee to elbows, side crunches, cobra stretches, superman stretches, and cat-cow stretches.”

He then mentions how his actual routine begins with a superset with weighted heel lifts. Then he proceeded to say, “The second move in the super set is a single arm oblique crunch obliques are important to me, because, women find them very se*y.” He also added, “For me, cable ab exercises are better than just straight body weight because I need that added weight to help the muscle be more be more pronounced.”

The third exercise he follows is seated reverse crunches, which are followed by a reverse oblique crunch. He wraps up his exercise with a lean-back oblique. The Hulu’s Mike actor did not always have stunning roles. In fact, at the beginning of his career, one of his acting ventures disappointed even his mother.

Trevante Rhodes disappointed his mother

At the beginning of his career, Trevante Rhodes starred as a co-star in a show called, “Gang Related” back in 2016. After the announcement, his mother was excited enough to even talk about his son’s achievements over social media. Rhodes recalled, “Within my second month of being in LA, I booked my first audition. It was like a co-star on a show called Gang Related.” But when it aired, disappointment was all her mother could get. But why?

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“And this show airs, and all you see is my dead body because the whole scene had been cut. She was like, “that’s it?” Mike said back in 2022. The Oscar-winning actor, Trevante Rhodes, is having one of the bustling acting careers that gets both popularity and critical applause. His fit physique is also a cherry on top of his acting skills and remains a fan favorite.

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