The Blade Trinity Workout of Ryan Reynolds

Ryan Reynolds was totally ripped for the 2004 movie, Blade Trinity. He sure has progressed since his Van Wilder days as Berg on "Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place". Lots of fans are curious about what he did to go from skinny to hunky and muscular for the Blade Trinity role.

Though many Hollywood actors have to stay in great shape for a movie role, few have achieved the advanced level of conditioning that Reynolds did while preparing for his part. A few others are worthy of note, for example Daniel Criag for James Bond; Hugh Jackman for his role in Xmen, Brad Pitt in Fight Club and Taylor Lautner in New Moon.

This was Ryan Reynolds' Workout Secret for Blade Trinity.

Ryan wasn't out of shape when he began his training for Blade Trinity so he was already ahead of the game. He had 11% body fat which is lower than average for most. While in his Can Wilder role, you can see that he was naturally slim, but lacking in some muscle definition.

Ryan was able to build 20 pounds of muscle in five months.

Now, keep this in mind. When someone starts to weight train and eat healthy, they will build muscle fairly easily. This is nature's one-time "window of opportunity" for people to gain muscle quickly. This occurs for most men in their late teens or early 20's. Ryan did his somewhat later than average at the age of 26.

Ryan did what is called a One-Part-Per-Day Blitz to gain his muscle.

On day one, he focused on training his chest. Day two was back, day three shoulders, and legs on day four. He trained his arms depending on how blitz they got during his other workout. Workouts lasted for three hours. He did -12 repetitions. Ryan trained six days per week for two to three hours.

Let's take a look at Ryan's diet during this time.

He ate six small meals daily but limited his intake of calories. He took in no carbohydrates after 8PM each night. He focuses on keeping his insulin levels at constant levels to help his body burn fat. One way he achieved this was by never eating carbs alone. He always mixed carbs with some protein.

Some people would say that he actually worked too hard.

He dedicated himself to a two to three hour workout for 6 days a week. Had he added some strategic fasting, Ryan could have increased the fat burning effect and enhanced his HGH levels without all that time spent in the gym.