Ryan Newman’s Definition Of Working Out Is Different Than Yours

Ryan Newman is a burly, beefy guy who doesn’t exactly place an emphasis on time in the gym.

So when his wife Krissie tweeted the other day that she had gotten him to go swimming, it was clearly a big accomplishment.

“People ask me if I work out,” Newman said. “I say, ‘Yeah, I work outside all the time.’ The first three letters of the word ‘diet’ are d-i-e, so I don’t want anything to do with that.”

Newman said he tries to be understanding of what he puts into his body and says he is “probably a little overweight,” but said he feels physically fit enough to drive a race car.

He leads an active lifestyle, he said, and held up his hands to show scratches from what he said was chasing a wild boar through brush yesterday.

“I have plenty of muscle,” he said. “I don’t have a lot of stamina, but the race car doesn’t require a lot of stamina. I feel like I am good.”