Henry Cavill's Superman Workout Will Kill Your Dream Of Being A Superhero
Henry Cavill's earliest roles were on the extremely British Inspector Lynley Mysteries, Midsomer Murders, and Goodbye, Mr. Chips, which didn't require any significant physicality from him, beyond being able to execute an absolutely withering sneer when served subpar crumpets. But then he started picking up roles that required increasing swoleness, until he was gifted with the swolest role of all: Superman.
According to what we can only assume are the unbiased Cavill scholars of henrycavill.org, playing America's greatest hero required sacrifice beyond learning how to sound far less sophisticated. There was once again a daily diet of up to 5,000 calories, although Cavill at least had some variety, thanks to pancakes, protein shakes, chicken and turkey, tuna, oatmeal, and a variety of vegetables, which we're starting to suspect are better for you than the chips and dip we eat because they have "onion" in the name.
Cavill also trained with Mark Twight, a mountain climber turned trainer to the stars who brags that his gym offers all the comforts of a Siberian prison camp. That may only be marketing hype, but he did call his gym "Gym Jones" and claim that his favorite drink is Flavor Aid, so he might also be crazy. Anyway, Cavill's workout was an intense regimen featuring endless weightlifting, the horrors of CrossFit, and some bizarre combination of rowing and kettlebell lifting dubbed "The Tailpipe." It was designed to work him to exhaustion (see Twight potentially being a lunatic, earlier in this paragraph). Cavill was in the gym five days a week, working hard to get every body part that might potentially flit across the camera looking like it could belong to an alien god.
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