Ryan Reynolds workout

For Canadian actor Ryan Reynolds, life is about setting goals and working to achieve them. He trained for the 2008 New York City Marathon (NYC) with the goal of finishing it which he did. The apple of the eye of many, however, is not the actor’s NYC finishers’ certificate but the Ryan Reynolds workout that gave him the beefcake of a physique most recently flaunted in the movie “Definitely Maybe”.

What many physical fitness buffs from both genders admire most about Ryan Reynolds is his perfect six-pack abs. He developed his great six packs through the uncommon practice in the Ryan Reynolds workout of doing abdominal exercises first before lifting weights. The abdominal exercises he does could look preposterous to the uninitiated, with 500 to 1000 sit-ups thrown in as part of the abs regimen. Another abs workout is to hold the exercise ball between his legs and lift it up and down. He also uses a 15-pound dumbbell between his feet for leg raises while lying on the floor as additional exercise for abdominal development.

To bulk up, the Ryan Reynolds workout turns to lifting heavy weights with 8 to 12 repetitions for each set. In these exercises, the rule is training for six days a week with one muscle group as the focus of the training each day. In effect, Ryan would exercise the chest muscles in a day’s session, proceed to the back muscles the next day, and so on till all the muscle groups are covered by the whole training regimen.