Steve Howey Credits His Weight Loss to Prepping for "Stunt" Sex Scenes

'Shamless' superstar Steve Howey shared his motivations behind dropping weight, and having extra sex was an enormous motivator for him.

The frame transformations that public figures, particularly movie and TV stars go through all the time appear to hit harder because of the time that's usually passed in between audiences seeing them on display screen. If you live with someone whom, day in and day out is getting trimmer and trimmer, you typically get slightly more acclimated to their bodily changes. But in the case of any person like, let's say, Steve Howey from Shameless, their weight loss can come as a shock for some other people.

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Steve Howey talked in depth about his weight loss motivations in an interview with 'Men's Journal.'

Prior to changing into a forged member on the uber-popular Showtime collection, Shameless, Howey used to be a prime persona on another long-running TV display, Reba. In a discussion with MJ, he talked about now not figuring out what used to be next for him in terms of his occupation, and it was once this uncertainty that led to him gaining weight.

After signing on to the first season of Shameless, he said that exercising was difficult as a result of he had suffered a compressed vertebrae.

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But it was once kind of a hole-in-a-bucket situation, as a result of he said that the reason his vertebrae was once compressed was immediately attributed to the fact that he had received such a lot weight. "I wanted to lose that extra weight and strengthen my muscles so my bones wouldn't collapse on me."

That's when he decided to exercise more, and talked in regards to the largest obstacle most people face in maintaining a fitness regimen: laziness.

"When I don’t feel like working out, lifting weights or doing serious cardio, the best thing for me to do is just go on the treadmill and walk. I walk and listen to music and 10 minutes will go by, then 15, and then I’ll speed up a bit. Once my blood really starts flowing, I’ll get a second wind and then I want to work out. The best way to get yourself to want to work out is to just get a sweat going and the blood circulating."

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Starting small and warming up is a huge motivator for Steve, who additionally added that he needed to make big adjustments to his vitamin in order to handle bodily fitness.

"I used to be able to eat a bowl of chicken wings and three pitchers of beer and keep going," he stated. "Now, it just makes me want to take a nap. It just gets worse and worse. The older you get, life just becomes worse."

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Steve Howey additionally mentioned that sex has performed a huge phase in his weight loss adventure.

"If you want to get laid more, be in better shape. When I was at my heaviest, it hurt to have sex. That’s the honest-to-God truth. I would get winded. My hip flexors were tight. It was hard to be on top. There is a correlation between being in better shape and having great sex."

He says that it has much less to do with being attractive and more about feeling your best and being able to perform higher for longer.

Plus, he sought after to "look the part" for the "graphic sex scenes" with Shanola

"I realized that if I was going to be doing all these crazy sex positions, I have to be physically fit," he stated. "Literally, it was impossible in the beginning to do what the director asked, and to keep up with Shanola. These are stunts; those sex scenes are like fight scenes. Also, since I’m naked so much on the show, I don’t want to look like a gross fat guy that people change the channel on."

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In addition to Shameless, Howey's had a long-running occupation in film and TV and has been featured on top profile shows like Sons of Anarchy, New Girl, SEAL Team, Carrier, and Dead to Me, and many others.

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Shameless' eleventh and ultimate season debuted on Sunday, Dec. 27, 2020. Its remaining episode will air on April 4, 2021.

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