Kelvin Fletcher gets up at 5am to work out for \'Strictly Come Dancing\' and has lost 11lbs despite eating 3,000 calories a day.
The former \'Emmerdale\' actor has wowed viewers with his chiselled frame as he struts his stuff on the dancefloor with professional partner Oti Mabuse but Kevin admitted a lot of work goes into maintaining his impressive six-pack.
He told British GQ: "I\'ll try and get into my local gym [before rehearsals].
"I\'ll get up at 5-5.30 in the morning. Normally I wouldn\'t be training that early, I\'d be in at 7am, but you do what you have to do."
"It was a conscious thing in the first two weeks of training not to do anything too draining at the gym or on the legs, it was pretty much maintenance work.
"Then I start dance training at 10am, which would be until 10pm. I\'m on my feet all day. It\'s quite tiring, so I\'ve always been quite pro carbs - I think they\'re a great thing."
Kelvin has upped his calorie intake to maintain his energy for rehearsals but revealed he has actually dropped around 11lbs thanks to his rigorous training.
He said: "I probably eat about 300-350g of carbs a day. About 160g of protein, about 60-80g of fat, which I think is about 2,500-3,000 calories. Carbs get a bad press, but they\'re pretty important. I\'ve stayed pretty lean, I\'m about five kilos lighter than I was a couple of months ago. Which is fine, I think - it helps with the dancing."
However, despite training hard during the week, Kelvin admitted he only gives 100 per cent during filming of the show.
He explained: "I want to peak in my performance. I don\'t want to be sore, I\'m always working at 70 per cent, I\'m always leaving at least three to four reps in the tank. Saturday morning I\'m relaxed and I make sure my headspace is all right. With dancing it\'s all about confidence."
