David Gandy works out "five times a week" for two months prior to shooting a new campaign.
David Gandy
The 36-year-old model - who was announced as the face of Dolce and Gabbana's Light Blue fragrance for 10 years - has revealed prior to stripping down and shooting the commercials, the dark-haired hunk trains almost every day for a solid two months to be in his best shape.
Speaking exclusively to BANG Showbiz about his fitness regime, the catwalk icon - who recently jetted to Mont Blanc to pose for the Autumn/Winter collection - said: "Dolce and Gabbana is out today that's the light blue we've been working for 10 years now, so the concept of that changed cause we did a winter commercial although it's always been in Capri and this time we did it 4,000 metres up on Mont Blanc, so it was quite unusual but it moves the story on.
"It was a couple months of quite intense training. I've skied since I was six so the skiing thing was quite natural quite easy, which was good, it was just getting the body back into light blue as usual.
"Well I train anyway, obviously, but when you're going into a shoot like that then you train probably a good two months before and go maybe 4 or 5 times a week."
And the British hunk has likened his change in lifestyle to the routine of an athlete, because he has to alter his diet plan to include more protein.
He added: "With the training you have to change your diet, so a lot more protein. It's almost like you're training like an athlete, so it takes about six weeks to get properly into shape for it for light blue or underwear commercials."
Although David has admitted he has been active ever since he was a child, and didn't get into fitness because of his modelling career.
He explained: "I've done sports since I was young and always trained. People may think I started from when I became a model, but it was years before. And a lot of it is for my mental state as well as my physical state, it's like I like to exercise wherever I am in the world. An hour in the gym is a great refresh and great to just release endorphin in different ways from being on your mobile phone for an hour. I'm not saying you have to go to the gym for six weeks, but when you've got something to build to its quite interesting."
Meanwhile, David - who is the friend of the Jaguar brand - attended the global reveal event in Los Angeles for the I-PACE, Jaguar's first all-electric car, which was revealed to guests using pioneering virtual reality technology. Find out more at http://www.jaguar.com
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