Kevin Bacon Still Has a Six-Pack at 67 – Here’s the High-Intensity Routine Behind His Lean Physique
Kevin Bacon is still in impressive shape, recently showing off his lean physique to Instagram followers. While filming a video joking that, ‘If you take an actor’s shirt off, chances are he’s wearing a wire,’ the 68-year-old casually revealed his six-pack in the process.
Much like his Footloose dance routines back in 1984, Bacon approaches fitness with high intensity. His workouts are typically short, sharp and efficient – getting as much work done as possible in minimal time.
‘I hike, I lift weights, I do calisthenics,’ Bacon said. ‘Sometimes I work with a trainer. I don’t work out for long periods of time because I’m just too bored by it. High-intensity, short periods of time are much more beneficial for me.’
It’s an approach he has maintained well into his sixties. While filming 2025 series The Bondsman, Bacon even had a gym ‘built’ on set – although it wasn’t exactly state-of-the-art. In a satirical Instagram video, he revealed the setup consisted of just two dumbbells and a kettlebell.
‘You spend a lot of time on set if you’re doing a TV show or film – 12 hours is usually the minimum,’ he said. ‘So it’s very hard to stay in shape, and there’s a lot of free food, which doesn’t help. And you look at these guys with these incredible bodies, bodies that I can only dream of. I say to myself, “I really wish I had a gym on set.” And some of these guys really do – they set up these incredible gyms right on set.
‘So this time I said to them that I’ve done well and I think I need to stay in shape, so please build me a gym,’ Bacon added, before revealing the three weights.
But that was clearly enough. As someone who prefers intense, time-efficient sessions, the stripped-back setup allowed him to train quickly without overcomplicating things.
That minimalism appears throughout Bacon’s approach to fitness. Speaking to Esquire in 2025, he explained how losing a large amount of money in Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi scheme still fuels his workouts today – while also revealing his preference for rough-around-the-edges gyms over polished luxury facilities.
‘I go to this gym. It has a few machines and only a handful of people there at any given time. There are no showers; it’s very bare-bones. But there’s a leg-press machine. A leg press can be brutal. The machine is right next to a window, and when I look out that window, I’m looking right at the building where Madoff was,’ he said.
‘I’m in excruciating pain, doing the leg press, staring out that window. It’s perfect, in a funny way, because I also have to think, “I can get through this”.’
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Ryan is a Senior Writer at Men’s Health UK with a passion for storytelling, health and fitness. Having graduated from Cardiff University in 2020, and later obtaining his NCTJ qualification, Ryan started his career as a Trainee News Writer for sports titles Golf Monthly, Cycling Weekly and Rugby World before progressing to Staff Writer and subsequently Senior Writer with football magazine FourFourTwo.
During his two-and-a-half years there he wrote news stories for the website and features for the magazine, while he also interviewed names such as Les Ferdinand, Ally McCoist, Jamie Redknapp and Antonio Rudiger, among many others. His standout memory, though, came when getting the opportunity to speak to then-Plymouth Argyle manager Steven Schumacher as the club won League One in 2023.
Having grown up a keen footballer and playing for his boyhood side until the age of 16, Ryan got the opportunity to represent Northern Ireland national futsal team eight times, scoring three goals against England, Scotland and Gibraltar. Now past his peak, Ryan prefers to mix weightlifting with running – he achieved a marathon PB of 3:31:49 at Manchester in April 2025, but credits the heat for failing to get below the coveted 3:30 mark…
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