Carrie Coon is a very successful actress. She has appeared on stage, screen, and small screen. Coon’s TV roles include The Leftovers and Fargo. She’s starred in acclaimed movies, The Post and Gone Girl. Coon is currently appearing on The Gilded Age, and shared how she stays in shape for the role on Instagram. She captioned a post, “#GildedAge Trailer Workout, for those days when you have to wait! @gildedagehbo 1) Squat x12 (jump squat if no updo/giant hat). 2) Chest dips x8 if you have two chairs). 3) Elevated push-ups on couch x12. 4) Step-ups on couch x10 each leg. 5) Reverse push-up position alternating leg raises x12 each leg. 6) Single-leg deadlift to reverse lunch x10 each leg. Eat a snack. Repeat.” How does she stay so fit? Read on to see 5 ways Carrie Coon stays in shape and the photos that prove they work.
As you can see in her Instagram post, Coon likes to do squats. NASM states that the exercise has a lot of benefits. “The squat is an effective exercise for improving lower body muscular endurance, strength and power. It is a compound movement involving many joint actions and associated musculature. Individuals performing the squat exercise should be aware of common faulty movement patterns that occur at the foot/ankle, knees, and hips. By becoming aware and consequently correcting these faulty movements novice exercisers will be able to avoid unnecessary and preventable injuries during exercise.”
Coon also revealed in her Instagram post’s caption that she likes to do dips. Strongman.org reports that the exercise has a lot of benefits. “Bodyweight dips are a powerful exercise that can unlock a range of benefits for your fitness journey. Not only do they help build upper body strength, but they also provide an excellent way to develop muscle mass and give you that toned, athletic look. Moreover, dips are an adaptable exercise that you can tailor to your fitness level, making them suitable for both beginners and experienced gym-goers.”
Coon always wants to improve as an actress. She talked about the importance of taking criticism well with Backstage. “The thing I’ve gotten better at is acknowledging the things I’m doing well. That was not something I was able to do as a younger actress. It was all just criticism. I just wanted to do it right. But there’s no ‘right.’ There are only choices. I’ve gotten a lot looser with realizing that what I’m actually doing is giving an editor a bunch of choices.”
Coon talked about what she loves about the theater to Backstage. “In the theater, once you’re done with rehearsal, you become your own arbiter of taste. When you’re doing TV or film for a long time, you end up depending on someone else to tell you when they got it. And so you start to look for that affirmation and you lose touch with the inner arbiter that lets you know when you have it.”
Coon tells Backstage that another reason she loves the theater is that they are less sexist. “In TV and film I’m just a woman who’s going to age out of my job. That’s a terribly toxic place to be psychologically, and I don’t want to spend my time constantly in that world. The theater is more forgiving of age. It’s a place where I will always be welcome even if I get old—which I will! And the theater community in the Midwest, in particular, doesn’t put that kind of emphasis on my looks.”