Dwayne Johnson Shares His 22-Weeks Workout And Diet Plan For Hercules
Dwayne Johnson is more popular as “The Rock” due to his intimidating size that is six feet and five inches frame with 260 pounds of muscles. And Dwayne Johnson Hercules pays much attention to his fitness and workout. Surprisingly his fans also want to know more about his fitness routine.
The action star changes his fitness routine to fit into different roles like the demigod that he played in his recent movie “Hercules”. And it was the most definitive version of Hercules ever essayed by any Hollywood star.
Let’s see what Dwayne Johnson Hercules has to say about his workout routine….
He said that his fitness routine was largely dictated by the roles, he was going to play. For Hercules, he followed a 22-week diet. He wanted to get a demigod look for Hercules and it was really a Herculean effort for the actor. He wanted to look big and mean.
He said that the Hercules team wanted to make that darker in tone and for that reason, they based that off Steve Moore and Admira Wijaya’s ‘Hercules. Hercules in the ‘Thracian Wars’ graphic novel was pretty dark.
He added that the intensity of preparation for different roles also depends on characters. Everything including nutrition, fight choreography, and weapons training are planned accordingly. For Hercules, he wanted to respect mythology
Training program for Hercules….
Johnson had to elevate his fitness training significantly to fit into the character of Hercules. He followed a six-day on and one-day-off schedule for six months to put on extra weight needed to look like a demigod.
Hercules training was really very-very tough. He had a 50-minute cardio session every morning followed by working on a specific part of the body. Dwayne Johnson had fixed days for building specific body parts. But he has two days for working on his legs every week.
He further said that he … Read More