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But he loves it. “Some guys show up drinking their coffee and need to be motivated,” says Alexander. “But he shows up to work out. If we’re starting at 8 a.m., he’s there at 7:50 a.m., ready to go.”

And goes hard. So hard that his workouts sound like something straight out of the film “Friday Night Lights”, where he played star running back Boobie Miles.

The actor’s drive is reflected in one of his most active roles, the television series Trauma. In Trauma, Luke plays an EMT. “They’re first responders, the first people on the scene in any type of tragedy,” he says. Luke knows his early-morning fitness regimen is intense and unusual. But he’s found peace in pushing his “flesh” (he used the word often) harder than others.

“I’m used to hearing my body quit,” Derek says, “but I can always hear my spirit telling me to go further.”

Derek Luke Goes Hard (In The Gym)  was originally published on blackdoctor.org

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