Australian actor says surfing helped him get in shape for “The Last Song”

Apr 16, 2010 18:31 GMT  ·  By
Liam Hemsworth says he got this fit with surfing, boxing and lifting weights
   Liam Hemsworth says he got this fit with surfing, boxing and lifting weights

He’s currently dating Miley Cyrus, arguably the hottest female star of the young generation, and has a beautiful acting career ahead of him, even if critics panned his most recent effort. Liam Hemsworth, a young Australian actor relatively new on the scene, spoke to People recently to reveal his secret for the “abs of steel” he flashed in “The Last Song.”

As we also informed you a while back, critics were merciless in their reviews of “The Last Song,” the drama meant to launch Miley as a “serious actress” and on the set of which she and Liam became an item. Just as a curiosity, their first kiss as a couple was also their first kiss as an onscreen item. Because of his good looks and his relationship with Miley, the media has been keeping a close eye on Liam and, of course, it did not escape its notice the fact that he’s in excellent physical condition.

“Shirtless and showing off his chiseled body in The Last Song, the actor, 20, says his physique ‘didn’t come easy,’ and he trained six days a week to get in shape. His favorite exercises? Surfing, lifting weights and boxing. ‘Surfing has been my main sport growing up, so that’s always helped,’ Hemsworth told People at Reebok’s ZigTech footwear workout launch event in New York Wednesday. But one thing he won’t do is run on a treadmill. ‘I feel like it’s the most boring thing, sitting on the treadmill or on a bike. It just explodes my mind!’” People writes after speaking to Liam.

“So does he listen to his girlfriend’s tunes while he breaks a sweat? ‘She’ll sneak in there every now and then,’ he admits. ‘The Climb is good or Party in the USA. Even better, I will just get her to sing to me while I work out!’ Just don’t ask Hemsworth to work out with Cyrus, 17. ‘She does a lot of dancing – so that’s her workout,’ says the self-described ‘terrible dancer.’ ‘I couldn’t keep up with her dancing because she’s super flexible and she’s throwing up her legs up around her head and stuff like that’,” the mag goes on to report.

Still, even though he’s incredibly lean and eats well, Liam admits he too has a couple of guilty pleasures when it comes to food. For instance, he loves pizza and hamburgers, and says the burgers in America are the best you could ever come across. For instance, there’s a place in Los Angeles where he’d eat every day if possible, and only hamburgers, he says.