By otakuyassine3@gmail.com 
Brie Larson is known for committing to her roles—and yes, that means committing. To play the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU)’s Carol Danvers a.k.a. Captain Marvel, she worked out like a total boss, incorporating deadlifts, one-arm pull-ups, hip thrusts, and more into her routine. But now, she’s embarking on a new adventure: dance.
“My routine is very specific right now, because I’m very focused on dance,” she exclusively told Women’s Health at an October 8 Thorne mocktail event.
The 35-year-old first began dancing last year, when she told her Instagram followers that “her inner voice was telling me to dance.” Thus, she began dancing for six hours per day for seven months, culminating in a performance for friends and family.
Now, the actress is still dancing, but for fewer hours each day. “I realized that I was not supporting my system for how much I was asking of it,” she says.
Here’s what to know about Brie Larson’s current wellness routine—including her workouts, diet, favorite mindfulness practices, and more.
She dances for more than three hours every day.
Currently, Brie hits dance class by 7:30 a.m., ending around noon. Since she’s already mastered the basics, she’s now learning specific choreography; she also wants to work on “going lower and going backwards.”
Aside from the endorphins, Brie especially loves that the rehearsal provides a time for her to be phone-free for a few hours each day.
“I don’t even think about my phone during that time—it’s just time with my body and figuring out how to use it,” she says. “I doubt that I’m the only person that looks at themselves sometimes and you’re like, ‘Wait, I’m in here.’ I want to understand my body better. I want to learn about it. Our bodies are just going to change, so this is my body today.”
Luckily, Brie’s experience training nine months for the MCU already provided her with the knowledge that she can push herself to try hard things—and accomplish them.
“Sometimes you go through phases where you’re trying and trying and trying and you feel like you’re not getting anywhere, and then one day you just wake up, and you can do this thing,” she says. “Now you’re like, ‘Oh my gosh, I can do this. What else can I do?'”
She mixes in low-impact workouts.
When Brie isn’t dancing or training for a role, she’ll turn to some light cardio, stretching, or Pilates as her go-to workouts.
“I love hot yoga. I love Pilates. When I’m in New York, I also just love going for long walks. I walked for an hour today—just listened to music and walk,” she says. “I can be pretty full-on with how I do things, but there are also times when I take it easy.”
She fuels her body with home-made meals.
During Brie’s initial dance training, she snacked on protein bars and shakes. But soon, she realized that it wasn’t enough food for her.
“I was like, ‘You need to romance yourself,'” she said. “I’m single, and it’s like, ‘I’m not cooking for myself, and how could I let any more in until I know how to romance myself?’ I was like, ‘Well then, we’ll change.'”
So, Brie started a new routine: On Sundays, she hits her local farmers’ market for produce, then goes to the grocery store for any other ingredients she may need. She then meal preps her dishes for the week: For breakfast, it could be a frittata incorporating lots of veggies, meanwhile for lunch, she loves a chili, a protein-filled salad, or even tacos.
Because of this, Brie adds that she’s begun to understand produce seasons, which makes her feel more “grounded.”
Throughout the week, she then cooks herself dinner every day, rarely ordering takeout. “It’s just a way that I relax,” she says. “There’s just nothing better to me then, at the end of the day, I’m cooking something that I’m excited about and watching a movie.”
She loves ‘basic’ wellness practices.
Aside from her workouts and diet, Brie makes her health a priority every day. She’s in bed by 9 p.m. to get up at 5:30 a.m. She also drinks lots of water, takes Thorne supplements, and avoids drinking “too much” alcohol.
“Those are the things that make me feel really good,” she says. “I ask a lot of myself every day, and I feel like I can meet it.”
To unwind, Brie journals, partakes in cold plunges and saunas, takes her dogs for a walk, reads, and plays video games.
“Right now, I’m reading a book called Patricia Wants to Cuddle,” she says. “I just finished The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom last week. I’m figuring out what game’s next. I played that last game for 500 hours, so I feel like I need to take a deep decompress before I leave it completely.”
But Brie isn’t trying to reinvent the wellness wheel. “It’s not anything that’s a big secret—it’s the most basic things,” she says. “There are no new hacks.”
Charlotte Walsh (she/her) is an associate news editor with Women’s Health, where she covers the intersection of wellness and entertainment. Previously, she worked as a writer at The Messenger, E! News, and Netflix. In her free time, she enjoys reality television, tennis and films starring Nicole Kidman.
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