Alison Brie On Her 'Glow' Workout Routine, Diet, Mental Health

This is how I find her on a Sunday in February, in a wrestling ring with pink ropes, her body upturned on pro wrestler Chavo Guerrero Junior’s and pointing to the sky.“It really does come back pretty quickly,” says Alison, stretching afterward, as if she is referencing a golf swing or how to French-braid. “It helped with my relationship to my body times a million,” she says. But I didn’t have the tools to do that in a healthy way.” Now, after four seasons, Alison has a confidence that stems in part from seeing her body as useful rather than merely aesthetic. Even Alison’s stuntwoman has noticed the shift in her as she learns to trust herself more: “Alison’s training on GLOW has made her more comfortable doing her own small stunts in other projects,” says Helena Barrett. “I thought, I’m in my late 20s, I should probably start doing some strength training.” What she did with Walsh changed when she started preparing for GLOW. “And that meant depression more than anything.” The issue traces a line on both sides of Alison’s genealogy and occasionally “comes out of nowhere and really blindsides me.” While some of her loved ones have benefited from anti-depressants, Alison says being active is her way of combating the condition. “I used to feel more out of control with it,” she says, describing how intense sugar cravings would lead to unhealthy choices and spin her into sadness about her body.