The Real-life Diet of Jason Derulo, Who Drinks Salmon Smoothies and Deadlifts Golf Carts

The pop star has always been a fitness devotee, but his newest challenge is staying in shape while he’s stuck at home – and rapidly becoming one of the biggest stars on TikTok

- DANIELLE COHEN

JASON DERULO, A MAN WHOSE MOST FAMOUS REFRAIN IS HIS OWN NAME, IS NOTHING IF NOT CONFIDENT. A life-long athlete, he’s been fine-tuning his workouts for years to maintain those washboard abs. (It’s especially important given that they spend the large majority of his public appearances exposed.) Last year, he whipped up a media frenzy about his own bulge, goading fans on with a Photoshop job. After making an enthusiastic acting debut in Cats, one of the most gleefully panned flops in Hollywood history, he unabashedly maintained that he expected it to be a home run. And then, in March, he caught the TikTok bug, his star rapidly rising on a platform infamous for roasting the over-25 set. The guy is simply impossible to embarrass.

Derulo says he’s never been the type to take himself too seriously. Then again, it’s pretty difficult to be bashful when you look like Jason Derulo. The looks, he says, are where the real work lies, the result of a full decade of dance-heavy performances, rigorous workouts, and ceaseless diet-tinkering. On top of his six-day-a-week workout schedule, Derulo turns every so often to pulling cars, lifting golf carts, and running football routes to stay motivated. Usually, he’d be doing that in between a relentless global touring schedule that had him sweating out backflips and hip thrusts most nights of the year.