Due to a brand new film function, Katie Holmes is in her finest form ever.

The 39-year-old actress covers the April situation of Women’s Health, the place she talks about amping up her exercise routine for the upcoming action-thriller The Doorman. To get the look of  an ex-Marine, Holmes’ fitness center time consisted of lifting weights and private coaching periods that generally lasted two hours.

“I needed to be genuine to an individual who educated within the army,” she stated. “Which suggests somebody who wasn’t at all times taking note of the mirror and who was in form not for self-importance, however as a result of that’s what her job known as for.”

However her intense coaching had offscreen advantages as nicely, together with stronger muscle groups and a newfound love of boxing.

“I used to be a five-pound weight individual, and now I can do 15, 20,” Holmes shared. “And I’ve been doing plenty of boxing, which I had by no means finished earlier than. It’s thrilling. You will get out the stress of the day. I simply go in there and consider all of the mundane issues that trouble me. Visitors! I postpone all my calls until after boxing, as a result of it places me in a a lot calmer place.”

 

Holmes additionally will get actual about staying match — together with her 11-year-old daughter Suri in thoughts.

“Being a mother or father, each selection I make it with my baby in thoughts. So a part of getting in form is to be an instance,” she instructed the journal.

The Dawson’s Creek alum sticks to primarily plant-based meals however makes an exception for the occasional slice of pepperoni pizza.

“It was about becoming into my denims, and I’m so sick of that,” she stated of her consuming habits. “Now I consider it extra as a well being choice.”

 

Holmes additionally likes group exercise courses like SoulCycle, sharing that she enjoys the “sense of group.”

She defined, “Like, if she will be able to do it, I can do it too.”