Broadway's Nick Adams is currently starring in La Cage aux Folles and recently spoke with the New York Post about his workout routine.


How Broadway's Nick Adams stays in shape:

The show: "La Cage aux Folles," for which he dons tights as Angelique, the most agile of the drag queens, Les Cagelles. Check out his one-armed pole dance.

The workout: Daily visits to Gold's Gym for 90-minute sessions; abundant ab work and twice-weekly dance classes.

"My routine's specific to each show I'm doing," says the 27-year-old, whose biceps caused waves in a recent revival of "A Chorus Line." (When Mario Lopez joined the cast, Adams' character was forced to put a sweatshirt over his T- shirt so as not to upstage him.)

"I focus on one muscle group or body part each day: one day, chest; another day, biceps; then triceps, shoulders and back to chest. I also do 120 crunches at the gym, and another 120 in the dressing room, plus backstage stretches. And I take a ballet class at the Broadway Dance Center a couple of times a week."

Onstage workout: "Three jump-splits in one number, plus assorted nonstop acrobatics and running around. I also carry Sean Patrick Doyle's character, Chantelle, around the stage. He's probably the thinnest Cagelle, but very strong."

Diet: "I lost 5 pounds when we started; now I have a 1,500-calorie shake before the show. My friends call me The Garbage Disposal, because I'm constantly eating to keep up my weight. But I try to avoid fried foods -- they make me tired."

Bottom line: "I don't take any illegal substances; it really is just eating and hard work. The gym and dancing, that's all it takes. I don't believe in that other stuff."