Tag — Hugh Jackman

The hunky Hugh Jackman who stars in the X-Men series and who also hosted the Academy Awards this past year is an avid exerciser.  We’ve reported before on his rigorous X-Men workout that entails lots of cardio, strength training and pumping iron.  But this summer Hugh has decided to shake up his routine and he’s laying off the weights and instead doing trapeze work.  Jackman told Health Magazine,

“I do a lot of trapeze work right now. I do that because it’s fun and different, and I needed to get out of lifting weights. But I go back to the gym sometimes for lifting weights. I do a bit of everything. I just want to make sure I enjoy it. I also body surf almost every day. Now I work out to feel good, and how my body looks is a byproduct of that.”

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International celebrity Hugh Jackman, known for his role in the X-men series and most recently as the song and dance man with Beyonce Knowles at the Oscars, has girls drooling and men jealous with his stellar physique.  This month, in the Australian Fitness First Magazine, he and his trainer Michael Ryan discussed his training and lifestyle habits.   He proves to be a man dedicated to exercise and fitness.  His trainer said,

“Hugh has the most extraordianry motivation that I’ve ever come across.  So muchof Hugh’s motivation comes from within.  As an example, Hugh was here for two days only (from the USA), and he’s on a plane out of here at 6:30am, and so we will get up at 4:15am to fit in a weights session, a soft sand run, a beach swim and brekky at his favourite morning eatery, Speedo’s Cafe at Bondi.  All before he flies out.”

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To prepare for his role as Wolverine in the latest X-Men Origins movie, Hugh Jackman went back to his trainer Steve Ramsbottom for some rigorous workouts and hard-core training. As a result, Hugh gained 15 pounds of muscle. Ramsbottom divided his weight training into two different phases.  The first phase focused on building muscle mass where the tempo is altered as you raise and lower the weights.

“It’s a lot more difficult and what it does is it increases the time under tension that you have on that muscle so you force adaptation and force breakdown in the actual muscle and, in turn, it ends up growing.”

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