Taylor Swift Reveals the Brutal Training Behind the Eras Tour — and the Eye-Opening Reason She Pushed Herself
Taylor Swift says she hates the gym, but a new clip on X shows the Eras Tour powerhouse ripping battle ropes, cranking out pull-ups, and hurling a massive med ball—turning tour prep into a full-on strength flex.
I know the running joke is that Taylor Swift can do anything, but she would very much like to opt out of the gym part. The pop machine is self-aware about it now, and honestly, the honesty makes it better.
Taylor would rather do literally anything than pull-ups
A new training clip that hit X (formerly Twitter) on December 19, 2025 shows Swift grinding through her Eras Tour prep: battle ropes, pull-ups, and heaving a massive medicine ball. It came via the fan account @swifferupdates, and yes, Taylor makes it clear she hates pull-ups. Two thumbs down, emphatically.
- In the clip: battle ropes, pull-ups (the sworn enemy), and giant weighted-ball throws.
She jokes that any extra strength she has these days is powered by pent-up rage toward working out. That tone carries over into what she told Cosmopolitan about her training regime. For this tour, she basically turned into a cardio scientist six months before rehearsals: daily treadmill sessions at the exact tempo of her setlist while singing the songs out loud. Add that to sprinting around NFL stadiums and suddenly eight miles per show starts to sound plausible.
'I have never worked out this much in my life. It is horrible.'
That is classic Swift delivery: brutally honest, a little funny, and very aware of how absurd the whole thing is.
The Miami 'Reputation' bodysuit: last-minute, lightning-in-a-bottle
If you watched her Disney+ series The End of an Era, the third episode unpacks the black-and-gold 'Reputation' era bodysuit that debuted in Miami. She had been wearing a different look for that part of the show earlier in the tour, then dropped this new one and posted it on Instagram, sending Swifties into meltdown over the sleek, sharp vibe.
Stylist Joseph Cassell says the suit, designed by Roberto Cavalli, came together on a tight timeline right before those Miami dates. Swift did not even see it coming, and when her team — including her mom Andrea and publicist Tree Paine — got eyes on it, they were all in immediately. She never fully explains why the switch took that long, but credits the rain, the timing, and the crowd reaction for making the reveal feel kind of fated. Sometimes the late pivot is the one that lands hardest.
Swift on Sabrina Carpenter: proud tour mom energy
Elsewhere in The End of an Era, Swift gets playful about her Eras Tour opener Sabrina Carpenter, casually calling her 'my child' in a way that broke the internet. The joke comes with actual respect behind it: she talks about watching the 'Espresso' star grow into a confident performer night after night, and she singles out Carpenter's brains and stage instincts.
The vibe is very mentor-meets-hype-woman. Swift looks genuinely proud of Sabrina's rise and the way her fanbase has exploded, and she does it with the kind of dry humor that keeps the whole thing from feeling self-serious.