‘Home Improvement’ Star Richard Karn Revealed the Unexpected Workout That Helped Him Drop 30 Pounds
- - ‘Home Improvement’ Star Richard Karn Revealed the Unexpected Workout That Helped Him Drop 30 Pounds
Megan JohnsonNovember 9, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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Home Improvement star Richard Karn dropped 30 pounds last year by maintaining a healthy diet and exercise regimen. But the beloved actor's favorite workout is probably one you wouldn't have predicted.
Karn, 69, who played Tim Allen's trusty sidekick Al Borland on the beloved family sitcom from 1991 to 1999, and went on to appear in the cringeworthy Hulu comedy classic Pen15, says his favorite form of exercise is pilates.
"My workout is Pilates, which is kind of core and stretching," Karn told Fox News Digital. "And I just added some muscle, weightlifting, toning, things like that."
Developed by Joseph Pilates, pilates is a series of low-impact, controlled movements that improve flexibility, posture, and balance.
"I'm gonna be very sore tomorrow, because literally today is when I started it. And, you know, I'm doing squats, and I'm this thing [and that thing]. And because I've lived a long life, I realized that on the first day you do this, you feel fine. It's the second and third day that you really have to think about," Karn continued. "So, today I went right up to where I think I'm gonna be sore, but I'm not gonna be so sore that I can't do anything for a week. But I won't find out that until tomorrow or the next day. So, stay tuned."
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Karn Focuses on Maintaining a Healthy Diet
In addition to his workout regimen, Karn focuses on portion control and maintaining a healthy diet. But instead of being obsessed with a "perfect" weight, which he calls a "recipe for disaster," Karn says he tried to listen to his cravings.
"Once you do it long enough, you realize what you need and what you don't need and what triggers you to be munching on something when you don't need to be munching on something," he said.
If he and his wife go out to eat, he'll have a steak. If they stay home, he enjoys chicken or fish. If he indulges in pizza, he makes sure to practice portion control.
"I love pizza, but I can fill up on two, maybe three slices, you know, medium slices," he explained. "And I'm good with that. I don't have to eat the whole pie. So, I do, I have an off-switch. And that's something that every individual has to figure out, you know, whether you're eating or whether you are drinking or whether you are doing some other recreational thing, you need to figure it out, an off-switch and go, okay, I'm good. I know beyond this lies disaster."
He's Excited For the Holidays
With the holidays coming up, Karn wants to enjoy the flavors of Thanksgiving and Christmas like everyone else.
"We have the turkey, we have the mashed potatoes, we have green beans with slivered almonds. We have something from my family, my grandma Ruth used to make shrimp salad. So, I make a shrimp salad, very simple," he told the publication. "And then the next day, I like turkey sandwiches. And that's when I will have a sandwich with bread and cranberry sauce, and mayonnaise, and that's kind of my, you know, what I kind of cheat on. I'll have that sandwich maybe two or three days."
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