How did Matthew McConaughey train for movies?

McConaughey is one of those actors who approaches every role with maximum responsibility, is not afraid of new challenges and experiments with his body. It is not without reason that he has become one of the most recognizable people in Hollywood. Today, together with the trainer we will analyze a popular workout of the actor, with the help of which he was preparing for one of his roles.

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“The training program is an individual thing, so you should not blindly rely on the way famous actors train, even if they eventually achieve the desired result.”

How does Matthew McConaughey transform his body?

Not everyone can change their look so quickly. Look at the footage from the movie “Super Mike” in 2012, there Matthew is pumped up and looks, it must be said, cool. But a year later in the movie “Dallas Buyers Club” McConaughey appeared before the audience in the image of a painfully thin man who had AIDS.

In general, the American actor is able to both bring himself into shape, and deliberately lose it for a very short time. Of course, during the preparation for roles at his disposal are at least a few people who form for him training programs and make diets. But, even taking this into account, one can not help but be impressed by how much the desire to perfectly get into the image motivates Matthew.

Matthew McConaughey’s abs workout program

Now let’s discuss in more detail how McConaughey trained and gained muscle mass for some of his roles. Judging by the photos on the Internet, the actor is now in good shape, he has perfectly developed pectoral muscles, arms, but there are no pronounced abs. However, for a role in the movie “Super Mike” actor needed iron abs, because he was to play a stripper.

Here’s the abs workout plan:

• straight arm plank – 30 sec;
• plank on the forearms – 30 sec;
• 15 seconds rest;
• straight arm plank – 30 sec;
• plank in a supine position with knee at the elbow – 30 sec;
• rest – 15 sec;
• plank on forearms – 30 sec;
• plank on the side – 30 sec;
• rest – 15 sec.

Round out the workout with simple and effective cardio:

• elliptical machine or treadmill – five minutes;
• jumping rope – one minute.

The cardio cycle is performed nine times.

Boris Ilyin: “The entire workout consists of static exercises on the abs, namely various planks. There are no dynamic movements on the abs here, which means that he did not get any hypertrophy, only tone and recruitment of muscle fibers of what is already there.”

Do not forget that not always training actors are not always an example to follow, because sometimes they have to prepare their body for roles in a very limited time and classes are exhausting. Not everyone can withstand such a load, and many simply do not need it.

Boris Ilyin: “Cardio here, in my opinion, goes in interval variant with alternating jump rope to increase energy expenditure.

Preparation for filming in “The Power of Fire”

For the film “The Power of Fire” American actor was preparing for his ranch in Texas, where he daily ran six kilometers, and then finished himself in the gym.

Boris Ilyin: “In the matter of weight loss and training in general, everything is individual. It is very important whether he sat on a calorie deficit, what he ate during this period.”

McConaughey really had a diet, it included dairy products, vegetables, chicken and beef. And the preparation gave its results, in the movie Matthew looks very formidable and intimidating.