With a ripped physique that makes ladies swoon and has men around the county envying him, Ryan Reynolds has become the owner of one of Tinseltown’s most famous physiques. This young actor completely morphed from romantic comedy starring roles into the chiseled abs, and significantly more muscular body he sports in the action packed Blade: Trinity franchise.

The Men Behind Ryan Reynolds Workout Routine – Bobby Strom and Darren Chapman

As you may well expect most Hollywood stars hire the top Personal Trainers, Chefs, Nutritionists, and even Massage Therapists (for recovery) and have all the accommodations one could possibly need to achieve the bodies they need for the big screen. Accommodations that the average Joe or Jane can either not afford or not have access to. Not to say that you can’t achieve the same with a strategic workout plan and an effective diet, but the average person can’t expect to get the same kind of results doing exactly what these celebs do because most of the time we don’t have the same resources. Such as a personal chef who will measure out our meals to perfection or a sports nutritionist who’s supplying the chef with meal plans that have the exact specifications required to achieve our goals or a massage session after every workout to insure proper recovery.

Anyway… Bobby Strom and Darren Chapman can almost be said to be the men behind the Ryan Reynolds workout.

Bobby trained Ryan and worked with him to create the physique he sported to play the role of Deadpool in X-men, and in preparation for Green Lantern.

Darren Chapman on the other hand prepared him for his original transformation in Blade Trinity when he first showed the masses what he was capable of with his physique.

Ryan Reynolds Workout Routine for Blade Trinity, X-Men, And Green Lantern

From scenes where his arms flex from swinging samurai swords down to the part where he’s shirtless after he becomes the villain Deadpool in X-Men it’s obvious the man put some in some work to achieve those results.

In fact he had to gain 20 lbs of pure muscle while simultaneously cutting fat to achieve the look he had in X-Men Origins. Of course he had 6 months to do it and the help of trainer Bobby Strom but it’s a notable feat nonetheless and one that I think many can realistically duplicate with the right workout and exercise selection.

Ryan followed a split routine where he would work one major body part per day and would train 6 days a week with Sunday off. A typical bodybuilding split which I personally find to be far from optimal for the average Joe but nonetheless you can’t argue that it didn’t work for him.

He dedicated one day each for training his chest, back, shoulders, arms, and legs and he claims he trained for 2-3 hours per day leading up to shooting the movie. Once again I find that training that long is far from optimal for the average person. In fact most people would quickly overtain and cease to see results if they trained that much unless a vast majority of it was cardiovascular work. Even then, that much cardio would definitely stifle one’s muscle building ability.

Ryan also cut out all cardio in preparation for his films being that he was naturally skinny and didn’t want to expend any energy on anything but building muscle. That’ usually what naturally skinny hard gainers have to do since they tend to find it much harder to put on weight than your average Joe and consequently tend to loss it really easily.

He also started every workout with ab work because,believe it or not, it used to be a weak point of his. He’d usually do sets of weighted sit ups or lying leg raises with a dumbbell placed between his legs.

Ryan Reynolds Diet For Chiseled Abs – A Workout Is Nothing Without The Diet That Accompanies It.

If you haven’t yet figured it out. You’re not going to get a body like Ryan’s without watching what you eat. That’s why Ryan would have 6 small meals a day spread out every two to three hours. His diet was heavy on protein, with moderate helpings of complex carbohydrates (oatmeal, veggies) , and healthy fats (avocado’s, almond butter). He also routinely used high protein meal replacement bars and protein shakes.

 

So How Can You Do The Same?

What you have to realize is that for a lot of these Hollywood stars there’s millions and millions of dollars riding on the fact that they’ll be in top shape by the time shooting for the movie starts. That’s a lot of pressure, and millions of dollars would surely make anyone get off their ass and hit the gym hard. Combine that with the luxuries that these guys can afford (chef’s, nutritionists, trainers, consistent massages) and you can start seeing a more realistic reason as to why they tend to have such phenomenal results.
Like I’ve said before though most of these male Hollywood stars are not all that muscular in comparison to many of the guys that frequent your local gold gym. They just happen to be a lot leaner. Keep hanging around this space and you’ll be giving guys like Ryan a run for their money in no time