Brad Pitt has a body most women want to touch and most men want to emulate. Most of us want to believe that he is just lucky enough to have good genes. Sorry my friends but that is not the case. To get ready for a movie role, Brad works with personal trainers to create a diet and exercise plan that will provide him with the optimal body for that role. For the movie, “Troy,” Pitt quit smoking and drastically reduced his intake of beer and chips (his favorite). He went on a low-carb, high-protein diet at a rate of four high-protein, low-carb meals.

As for his exercise plan, he worked with personal trainer Gregory Joujon-Roche owner of Holistic Fitness and writer of The Action Hero Body. He started preparing for the role a year prior with intense workouts. Pitt worked out 2-3 hours per day at the gym with two hours of sword work. This hard work gave him 10 extra pounds of muscle.

Here is the routine he followed:

The workout:

Chest:
Bench press – 5 sets, 6-10 reps
Incline bench press – 6 sets, 6-10 reps
Cable crossovers – 6 sets, 10-12 reps
Dips – 5 sets, to failure
Dumbbell pullovers – 5 sets, 10-12 reps

Back:
Front wide-grip chin-ups – 6 sets, to failure
T-bar rows – 5 sets, 6-10 reps
Seated pulley rows – 6 sets, 6-10 reps
Straight-leg deadlifts – 6 sets, 15 reps

Legs:
Squats – 6 sets, 8-12 reps
Leg presses – 6 sets, 8-12 reps
Leg extensions – 6 sets, 12-15 reps
Barbell lunges – 5 sets, 15 reps

Calves:
Standing calf raises -10 sets, 10 reps
Seated calf raises – 8 sets, 15 reps
One-legged calf raises (holding dumbbells) – 6 sets,12 reps

Forearms:
Wrist curls (forearms on knees) – 4 sets, 10 reps
Reverse barbell curls – 4 sets, 8 reps
Wright roller machine – to failure
Biceps:
Barbell curls – 6 sets, 6-10 reps
Seated dumbbell curls – 6 sets, 6-10 reps
Dumbbell concentration curls – 6 sets, 6-10 reps

Triceps:
Close-grip bench presses (for the all three heads) – 6 sets, 6-10 reps
Pushdowns (exterior head) – 6 sets, 6-10 reps
Barbell French presses (interior head) – 6 sets, 6-10 reps
One-arm dumbbell triceps extensions (exterior head) – 6 sets, 6-10 reps

Shoulders:
Seated barbell presses – 6 sets, 6-10 reps
Lateral raises (standing) – 6 sets, 6-10 reps
Rear-delt lateral raises – 5 sets, 6-10 reps
Cable lateral raises – 5 sets, 10-12 reps

Abs:
30 minutes straight until failure.

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