Swift shape up: How Taylor trained 'like a pro athlete' in preparation for Eras tour

We’ve all watched Taylor Swift assimilate seamlessly into the world of professional sports as her romance with Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce has played out publicly.

But who knew that it may indeed be Swift who is the fitter of the two?

Could the world’s most popular entertainer really be better conditioned than her Super Bowl champion boyfriend — a future Pro Football Hall of Famer who spends part of his off-season training in Boca Raton?

It’s certainly conceivable to anyone who read what Swift’s longtime personal trainer — Kirk Myers — told Vogue earlier this month about the singer’s “incredible work ethic” when it comes fitness training.

The Vogue interview posted online on the same day that Swifties worldwide obsessed over the midnight and 2 a.m. releases of her "The Tortured Poets Department" double album ― 31 new songs in all.

Myers explained to the magazine that Swift prepared for her record-breaking Eras tour with a regimen that’s “tailored” (pun intended) to her unique needs.

“We approached her training for the Eras tour with the mindset like a professional athlete," he said. "There was an ‘off-season’ when she wasn't touring and ‘in-season’ when she was. When she’s not touring, we’re in the gym up to six days a week for sometimes two hours a day.”

Taylor Swift workout regimen on the road and off

Swift’s workouts focus on strength, conditioning and targeting her core. The energy and endurance needed to sing and dance during her marathon shows — which usually last three hours or more — burn untold calories and require the conditioning of an elite athlete.

Indeed, these workouts were constructed with extreme attention to detail — including the ones she performed while touring. Training while touring was vital both for maintaining her conditioning and to give her the ability to recover after performing for three or four consecutive nights.

“Taylor trained during the entire tour,” said Myers. “We would average two times a week. In-season training was more about maintenance, and so it was more like stability, mobility, biomechanics. If you’ve seen the show, you know how intense it is physically. Imagine doing that three, four days in a row and then you finally have a few off days and you’re still showing up to gym. That’s Taylor.”

Myers believes that what sets Swift apart from others is her resiliency.

“Taylor is the most resilient person I have ever met,” he said “It’s super-inspiring to see her consistently overcome obstacles and become better and stronger in the end. This also translates into her training and throughout her workouts. I give her a difficult exercise or challenging workout, not only is she able to complete and push through it — but she also perseveres, moving forward into the next exercise. This ultimately makes her stronger, better, and faster.”

It also provides Swift with the physical and mental fortitude to push through the most arduous aspects of being on a global tour.

As she told Time magazine in December, she relished her rare days off while touring. She'd use them solely for rest and recovery.

“I do not leave my bed except to get food and take it back to my bed and eat it there,” she said. “It’s a dream scenario. I can barely speak because I’ve been singing for three shows straight. Every time I take a step my feet go crunch, crunch, crunch from dancing in heels.”

Though Myers didn’t provide exact details of what Swift does when training in his Dogpound Gym, which has locations in Los Angeles and New York, he did assure readers that “it’s really hard" and that "some people would probably throw up or have to lay down on the floor if they trained like her.”

Taylor Swift's treadmill workout, commitment to alcohol-free lifestyle

In December, when Swift was named Time’s Person of the Year, she revealed that part of her preparation for the tour included running on a treadmill daily while singing aloud the entire Eras setlist — that's a total of 44 songs that span nine albums.

She said she’d set the treadmill “fast for fast songs, and a jog or a fast walk for slow songs.”

She also told the publication that she gave up her self-described “frat guy” alcohol consumption so she’d be in the best shape of her life.

“I was really disciplined about drinking,” she said. “I stopped drinking for a couple months before the show except for on Grammy night, which was hilarious. I gave myself a fun night for that one.”

And while we’ve seen her knock back a beer or two while attending Kelce’s games in a private suite, Swift promised that when she’s on tour it’s all about giving her fans everything she has physically and emotionally.

“I know I'm not drinking on tour [and] I know I'm working out in between shows,” she said. “I know I'm keeping my strength and stamina up. I know I'm going on that stage whether I'm sick, injured, heartbroken, uncomfortable, or stressed. That’s part of my identity as a human being now. If someone buys a ticket to my show, I’m going to play it unless we have some sort of force majeure.”

Not coincidentally, that’s essentially the same attitude that NFL players in general — and Swift’s three-time Super Bowl champion boyfriend — have when it comes to strapping it up on Sundays.

No surprise then that from the outset Swift and Kelce have appeared to be such an ideal match.

This article originally appeared on Palm Beach Post: Taylor Swift fitter than Travis Kelce? Tortured Poets workout routine