November 27, 2019

James Van Der Beek posts shirtless selfie showing off his 'Dancing' transformation

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James Van Der Beek just shared a post to show off his physical transformation after competing on "Dancing with the Stars."

The actor and father, 42, who was eliminated in the semi-finals, posted a side-by-side comparison of his body before and after enduring intense dance training during season 28 of the hit show.

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"Fight training vs. dancing ..." he captioned the shot. "I'd been training in Muay Thai three days a week for about six months (for the next project I'm writing) when I hit pause to dance six hours a day."

"Now I can rhumba 🕺🏼" he added.

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Pro dancer Emma Slater, whom he competed alongside during the season, commented: "Both cut but you can see dancing really defines everything. Especially when you worked as hard as you did! In every way you are a huge advocate for dance @vanderjames!!!"

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Van Der Beek also opened up on his competition diet in the comment section of the post.

"Lot of fruit, vegetables, lot of smoothies, salads. I danced early in the day so pretty much ate vegan until dinner," he shared. "Had to keep it light fare because we didn't really take breaks. Not so much a diet ... more like only wanting to eat what I knew would make me feel good under the workload."