Gwyneth PaltrowGwyneth Paltrow has revealed she’d much rather exercise “freaking hard” than diet.

The Iron Man actress frequently works out with friend Madonna and her trainer Tracy Anderson for a reported three hours a day.

She told The Oprah Winfrey Show recently: “I just can’t [diet] … I think maybe it’s the idea that you can’t have something… It’s worth it to me to do that extra exercise so I can eat what I want and not think about it.

“I work freaking hard. When you’re 35, you either starve yourself or you eat and you do serious cardio, but there’s no free ride.”