The former Bachelorette Ali Fedotowsky I knew there was “speculation about it.” Body transformation“Before her engagement was announced Special Forces: The toughest test in the world Season 3.
“(It) was a little difficult for me because I wanted to share with people (who) would be like, ‘How did you do that?’” Fedotowsky, 40, said exclusively. Us Weekly. “I lost 20 pounds training for this show. I was training two to three times a day. My whole day. This was my job for two months. I put everything else aside.”
According to Fedotovsky, her husband, Kevin Manu“Until he took over” raising the children Molly, 8, and Riley, 6, So you can get the right shape for her special forces.
“I was training hard. And for me, I kept telling people online, 'Oh, well, I train twice a day,'” Fedotowsky said. “I know this isn't possible for most moms out there. Moms are busy or people have jobs. I couldn't tell people this was my job for two months.
“So, now I'm happy because I can finally tell people: 'Look, my transition is not normal,'” she added. It's been my job for two months. That's why I was able to achieve this. Don't compare yourself to me. “It was hard for me not to have that honest conversation.”
Fedotowsky wanted to get in better shape before taking over the special forces Courses. In addition to focusing on fitness, the Bachelor Nation star also followed advice she received from previous recruits.
“I talked to Hannah Brown, Beverly Mitchell and Nick Viall“Do breathing exercises and focus on the mental aspect,” Beverly told me. “It really helped me,” Fedotowski said. we. “I looked into Wim Hof's breathing exercises, I was meditating and I hired a breathing coach. I really experienced it.
Viall (44 years old) is competing. Season 2 of special forces With Mitchell, 43, expressing to Fedotowsky that the show was “a lot harder than it looks.”
“He says, 'You'll be very upset when you watch the show and see all the things they don't show.' It's a TV show. 'They have to cut it,'” Fedotowsky recalls. “It's like: 'It's going to eat you alive.'” But you say, “Oh, I didn't see that we were going through that.” Or when I saw Tyler Cameron She vomited last season, so she says: Why are you vomiting? It didn't look that difficult. It's like, “Well, vomiting must have been hard.” And so there was that. I think the overall feeling I got from previous cast members was that they were very grateful to be a part of it. They say: “This will change your life.”
special forces It changed Fedotowsky's life, too.
“I wanted to prove that I was a badass. I'm like, 'I want to prove myself physically. I want to train as hard as I can, and get to the end. There was no quitting in my mind,'” she said. we. “My friend made me a ring and she said to me on the inside, ‘Keep blowing the whistle,’ and she said, ‘No matter what.’ I couldn’t wear the ring in the show because you can’t wear jewelry, but I kept thinking about it. ‘Keep going, keep going.’ Just Keep blowing the whistle.”
Special Forces: The toughest test in the world Premieres on Fox Wednesday, January 8 at 8pm ET.
With reporting by Mariel Turner