It will be in November 2024 when we see the third installment of ‘Deadpool’ in theaters, one of Marvel’s funniest and most charismatic superheroes, masterfully played by Ryan Reynolds, who got into his skin for the first time in 2016. Time has passed, the actor is walking towards 50, but in his body it is not noticeable. You just have to see the photos shared by his personal trainer for almost fifteen decades, Don Saladino, who has already put his client in “Deadpool mode” for the filming of the tape. This is how Ryan Reynolds trains and eats to prepare this comic book character made into a movie again.
Saladino not only occasionally shares photos of Ryan Reynolds “beating himself up” in the gym, he has also shared some of the secrets of the actor’s training and nutritional planwho is “stung” on social networks – Reynolds is doing the march on Instagram because he also stings often with his wife, the actress Blake Lively – with his close friend Hugh Jackman, who will also participate in ‘Deadpool 3’ with his iconic Wolverine.
In an interview with Insider, Don Saladino explains that beyond publicly joking with Jackman to see who gets stronger, Reynolds is focused on competing with himself above all else. According to his personal trainer, Ryan Reynolds works hard in the gym, making him easy to train, and is strict about his diet, although he isn’t very restrictive with it. “He’s not starving himself. He’s eating, he’s feeding his body,” says the personal trainer.
High protein diet
In his diet, which Saladino describes as “a bit boring and incredibly clean”, the protagonists are the simple, simple, and even repetitive meals. Without “cheat meals”, as Don Saladino calls them. The actor eats every three or four hours and his diet is based on foods rich in proteinsince he is working in the gym to gain and define his muscle mass. Oatmeal, salmon, vegetables and chicken are staples in Reynolds’ diet, according to Saladino, who also mentions protein powder as a nutritional supplement to ‘Desdpool’s’ diet. “He’s putting good lean protein into his body,” says Don Saladino, who explains that vegetables provide the actor with fiber while he seeks foods that provide slow-burning carbohydrates. He gives oatmeal and sweet potatoes as examples, “which are also fibrous”.
In addition, given the energy consumption that characterizes the daily life of Ryan Reynolds, who in addition to being an actor has four young children with Blake Lively, he does not need to greatly restrict the intake of caloric foods or eliminate certain food groups from his diet. “He can’t go carb free and be a father, work his business and then shoot for 14 hours a day.to”, explains Saladino, who describes his client as “one of the busiest human beings I have ever met”.
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demanding training plan
Ryan Reynolds’ diet prior to filming Deadpool is complemented by his genetic predisposition, which Don Saladino highlights as one of the keys, his work ethic and, of course, a demanding physical training plan in the gym.
Although the muscles of his arms may announce the opposite, Reynolds not only bases his sports plan on strength work. It is also essential to work on resistance for the reason that Saladino said: the endless shooting sessions with a lot of action in the case of ‘Deadpool’, for obvious reasons — he is a superhero.
Endurance, according to Don Saladino, is what keeps Ryan Reynold’s metabolism highs, objective of your work routine. A curious detail confessed by the actor’s personal trainer to Insider is that he always starts his sessions working with the foam roller.
Made of EVA foam, they are versatile for working on different exercises, and very easy to transport as they are light. Reynolds, says Saladino, uses them to “reduce sensitivity in certain parts of the body, massage muscle tissue and increase circulation.” This is achieved thanks to the composition and design of these rollers, which consistently apply just the right amount of pressure to muscle tissue. They can be placed under the hips, armpits, head or knees, among other options.
This initial part of the workout, sort of like the activation and stretching that Reynolds focuses on with foam rolling work, is the prelude to the core part of his practice. This begins, says Don Saladino, “with a dynamic warm-up to increase heart rate and practice movements that need improvement.”
Depending on the training, Saladino and Ryan Reynolds work on aspects such as “thoracic extension, chest rotation, shoulder mobility, hips… There are things that I like to warm up to make sure the body is moving efficiently,” he explains.
The work of force also varies, which can be completely localized in a muscle group or part of the body or divided into phases in each session. Saladino gives as an example the training based on push and pull exercises, and the intense work in short intervals, from three to five minutes, but recognizes that sometimes they also do training sessions where they work the whole body. There is no lack of repetition work with a lot of weight —although the coach emphasizes that if there are many repetitions ahead, they drop a weight to prevent possible injuries— and Saladino also says that he takes advantage of Ryan Reynolds’ daily activity, since he is not sedentary, as part of his personalized sports planning for the actor.
In short, Don Saladino tells about the keys to Ryan Reynolds’ preparation for the role of ‘Deadpool’ that his training is varied both in intensity and in type, but they always handle some caution so as not to put the actor’s physical health at risk ” for don’t add more stress” considering the busy lifestyle that Ryan Reynolds leads.
