Katie Holmes’ fitness routine has evolved a lot with the different phases of life. She grew up dancing and never enjoyed working out for the sake of working out, but after seeing her dad and brother run the Boston Marathon when she was ’13 or 14’, she went on to complete the NYC marathon at 28.
Since then, after becoming a mother in 2006, one simple principle has shaped her fitness routine: ‘variety’. ‘[It’s] key, or I get bored,’ she told Women’s Health US. In fact, in an interview with Body and Soul, she revealed that she does four different workouts a week. Below, find exactly what she does, and everything she’s said about how they benefit her health.
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Katie Holmes’ exercise routineShe dances 
‘I try to start the week with something creative for myself, like a dance class or maybe I’ll paint for a little bit,’ she told WSJ. ‘Usually, I get up around 8. I try to write out three or four pages, just to get out my thoughts and ready myself for the day.’
She boxes 
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‘I got into boxing a couple of years ago, and now I take classes at Rumble,’ she told Shape. ‘It targets your upper body, which is good because I can forget to do that. They play great music, and it’s so fun.’
In a separate interview with Women’s Health US, she added: ‘I’ve been doing a lot of boxing, which I had never done before. It’s thrilling. You can get out the stress of the day. I just go in there and think of all the mundane things that bother me. Traffic! I put off all my phone calls till after boxing, because it puts me in a much calmer place.’
She cycles 
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While Katie has been pictured cycling around NYC several times, she also cycles at home: ‘I have my own spin bike, so I can do it at home when I have to get up really early,’ she told Shape.
She also enjoys group classes, like Soulcycle, she revealed to Women’s Health US. ‘Because I like that sense of community, like, if she can do it, I can do it too.’
She weight trains
Speaking to Women’s Health US, she shared that prepping for past acting roles had involved two-hour sessions with a PT, including crunches, squats and dumbbells. ‘I was a five-pound-weight person, and now I can do 15, 20,’ she said.
She trains with her daughter
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Katie and daughter Suri on set of ’Happy Hours’ in 2025
When daughter Suri was 16, Katie said: ‘Sometimes I work out with my daughter. It just depends on the day,’ she told Shape. ‘We have our routines, and occasionally they overlap. But I don’t force her to work out with me because I know that’s lame.’
As Women’s Health UK’s fitness director and a qualified Pilates and yoga instructor, Bridie Wilkins has been passionately reporting on exercise, health and nutrition since the start of her decade-long career in journalism.
After earning a first-class degree in journalism and NCTJ accreditation, she secured her first role at Look Magazine, where she launched the magazine’s health and fitness column, Look Fit, before going on to become Health and Fitness writer at HELLO!
Since, she has written for Stylist, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, Elle, The Metro, Runner’s World and Red. Today, she oversees all fitness content across Women’s Health online and in print, spearheading leading cross-platform franchises, such as ‘Fit At Any Age’, which showcases the women proving that age is no barrier to exercise.
She has also represented the brand on BBC Radio London, plus various podcasts and Substacks – all with the aim to encourage more women to exercise and show them how. Outside of work, find her trying the latest Pilates studio, testing her VO2 max for fun (TY, Oura), or posting workouts on Instagram.