Ernie Hudson’s 80-Year Workout Plan: Survive Everything Except Ghosts
KEY POINTS
- •At 80, Ghostbusters star Ernie Hudson works out in LA and NY to boost longevity and mobility.
- •He trains with a personal trainer two to three times a week and works out with his son on the road.
- •Hudson’s goal is to stay alive, focusing heavily on flexibility, diet, and doing 100 pushups daily.
Ernie Hudson, the 'Ghostbusters' star who never expected to see 80, is defying Father Time by doing pushups, Pilates, and stretching his toes daily in Los Angeles and New York. His workout partners include a personal trainer and—plot twist—his son, whose favorite place is the gym. Hudson calls mobility 'the name of the game' to avoid the ultimate villain: falling and breaking a hip. Painting a grim but hilarious picture, he notes how every disease seems to jump harder at the African American community. His fitness plan? Drop 100 pushups a day, stay flexible enough to touch toes since childhood, and pray no ghosts haunt the fridge.
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(1 of 3)At 80, Ernie Hudson’s fitness goal is basically to outlast us all by doing 100 pushups a day and dodging death’s slapstick falls.
Ernie Hudson is basically training to survive 80 years of life’s chaos by stretching toes and bench pressing gravity itself.
Calling 80 a 'number I never thought I’d see' is the celebrity version of ‘Wait this audition is legit?’
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 2/13/2026 | Author: Amanda Goh
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