Simon Cowell says the secret to his buff new body is 150 push-ups a day. The music mogul, 60, has shed 4st in a year. On BGT: Unseen he tells Amanda Holden he has done press-ups “150 times before I come to work, in about three goes.” His health kick began after low blood pressure led to a fall and hospital trip in 2017.
Along with the punishing push-ups regime, Simon drastically altered his diet. In an exclusive interview with The Sun he revealed he’d gone vegan in a bid to get leaner.
Simon was so keen on getting healthier he cut out meat, dairy, wheat and sugar. He said: “A friend of mine, who is a doctor, recommended speaking to an expert, and I did it on a whim. “I was allergic to melon, so I didn’t eat it for six months, but I saw this.