Jake Gyllenhaal Southpaw Workout Routine and Diet

To tone up for the character, Jake Gyllenhaal consistently followed a fighter's training camp, that is certainly how professionals shape up before a bout.

"Over the course of the day, I would literally spend six hours training," Jake Gyllenhaal reveals. "I made a deal with my trainer, Terry Claybon, that if I was going to learn how to box, I was going to have to get in there and act like a boxer. I wouldn't have wanted it any other way. It was tiring but invigorating and incredibly inspiring."

Jake Gyllenhaal normal day included an 8-mile run very first thing the morning, and then sparring, followed by a 30-minute rest along with a bodyweight as well as core workout.

Bodyweight and Core Circuit

• Pull-up - 10 reps
• Arm walk-out - 10 reps
• Single-leg and arm plank - 10 reps
• Dip - 10 reps
• Push-up - 10 reps
• Tire deadlift - 10 reps (Jake used a 200-pound tire for this move)

***Rest 60 seconds between rounds. (Circuit: 2-3 rounds)

 

"Southpaw" Strength

Although boxing is a sport that requires extreme physical fitness, this also requires lots of power. This leads to a challenging balancing act between getting strong and also muscular, but will also incredibly fit.

Try this workout by means of the exercises as suggested by Gyllenhaal, which he was adapted to gain lean body mass.

Jake Gyllenhaal Southpaw Strength Workout

• Barbell flat bench press
• Pull-up
• Parallel Bar Dip
• Walking Lunge
• Seated Dumbbell Shoulder Press
• Dumbbell Shrug
• Barbell Back Squat
• Barbell Deadlift
• Crunch

***Do 3 sets of 5-8 reps, resting 60 seconds between sets.

Jake Gyllenhaal Diet

Hard training is absolutely nothing without a strong nutritional foundation, and Jake is sensible to point this out. "My look really came from my diet," Jake says.

"Nutritionally, it was 6-7 meals a day, eating every three hours or so—often to both fuel for my next session and to get my energy back up from the previous session," he says.

"My diet would consist of lots of chicken, eggs, fish, apples, bananas, cacao beans, almonds, goji berries, raisins, rye bread, pasta, and lots of steamed vegetables and salad, couscous and potatoes : broccoli, avocado, tomatoes, and other dark-green leaves. Nothing was fried, and everything was as natural as possible. I would drink plenty of water throughout the day, as well.

"In terms of supplements, there was vitamin D3 and vitamin C, and then also protein shakes."