Modern Family’s Nolan Gould Got Super Ripped.
Modern Family actor who played Luke Dunphy is all
grown-up and got ripped. Nolan Gould, 22, had been enjoying his first real
break post-Family when the pandemic started, Gould soon recognized the extra
downtime had led him to indulge in a few too many guilty pleasures.
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| Photo: Courtesy of Nolan Gould | Instagram |
“I spent six months basically on vacation,” Gould
said. “But I feel like now it’s time to kind of make a decision on where I want
to go with my career, and one of the ways you can do that is by changing my look
and my mindset.” So, Nolan boosted his workouts and embraced a healthy new
lifestyle.
“I’ve been working out an hour and a half every day
with my friend Michael who is a personal trainer. We have a really cool
socially-distant setup that has allowed me to get fit while also being safe. It’s
been nice. Especially being unemployed in quarantine, having a reason to get up
and stay motivated. It’s been something that’s been very healthy and positive
for me in quarantine. It’s really changed my outlook,” Nolan said.
“I kind of split stuff up throughout the day. I do an hour of strength training every day, and then 30 minutes of cardio and core throughout the day,” Nolan added. (See photo here)
The young star also put himself on a “pretty crazy
diet,” Nolan says, which consists of lots of lean protein and vegetables, and
no more “teenage boy/bachelor” type meal plans where you skip meals and then
end up eating “four pizzas at once.”
“I’m eating so much healthier, even though there’s
less of it,” Gould says. “What I get is actually really healthy food for you:
lean protein, eating as many vegetables as you want and staying away from things
like soda. Nourishing the mind, body, all that. And actually, for me the
biggest thing was cutting out alcohol, for me that’s actually been very nice. I
feel more clear-headed and have been doing as much writing as possible, being
in acting class, taking all the steps I can so when the pandemic’s finally
over, hopefully I’ll just be ready to go to work.”
Nolan is not just on his health and fitness boost for visual
purposes. He also hopes to one day overcome some of nature’s most challenging obstacles. (See photo here)
“A lot of my life goals outside of acting have to do
with outdoors – I know I want to climb big rock walls in Yosemite, and so I want
to get fit for that,” he claims. “One of my big life goals is to do the Pacific
Crest Trail which is up the coast of America, Mexico to Canada and back.”
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| Photo: Courtesy of Nolan Gould | Instagram |
Gould was able to rediscover one of his favorite hobbies
from the past, parkour, as he gets physically stronger by boosting his workouts.
“I used to do parkour when I was a kid, and really
loved it. Except, there became a point where I kind of started to plateau, or I
couldn't really do the next big move, and it actually scared me, and was getting
hurt a lot,” he explains. “I dislocated my hip trying to impress a girl while
doing parkour and that was the end. I was done after that, obviously.”
Gould added, “Recently
I've been going to different spots, wearing a mask and all that. And suddenly,
I'm able to do all the things that used to scare me. I just hit my first double
front flip recently . I'm obsessed with Keanu Reeves movies — my goal is to one
day do my own stunts.”