The Jake Gyllenhaal Guide to Eating your Way to PoP Abs

It may not have escaped your attention but Jake Gyllenhaal looks a tad hot and sexy and buffed in Prince of Persia (not just Prince of Persia either but that is the current hot potato Jake movie). Should it not be sufficient for you simply to watch and enjoy Jake's incredible athletic body leaping, twisting and contorting itself into all kinds of baddie-escaping and sword- and snake-dodging manouevres, you too can get the look. Unfortunately, it will take a lot more than a bit of leather strapping, some attractive scarves and a big black horse, as can be seen in the current Mens Fitness magazine. In this, Jake's trainer Simon Waterson tells us a bit about what Jake did to look like this:



'Get warrior abs: ‘We did a lot of core work to build the stability Jake needed to wield a sword,’ explains Waterson. ‘This involved a high number of reps to help build muscular strength and endurance.’ [And in the article, you can see some of the reps to try out at home]



'Eat like a Prince: 'Eating little and often is the key to building muscle and staying lean,’ says Waterson. ‘Jake ate very healthily and didn’t have the fast-food mentality. We gave him lots of salads, vegetables and lean meat to keep his blood sugar levels stable throughout the day. A good formula for building muscle is to eat around 2g of protein per kilogram of bodyweight, and drink lots of water throughout the day.’'



'4.45am Pre-workout snack:
Espresso and banana

7am Post-workout breakfast:
Egg white omelette on rye bread

9am Early morning snack:
Protein shake

11am Mid-morning snack:
Apple or banana and handful of almonds and raisins

1pm Lunch:
Two chicken breasts with a huge salad of avocado, broccoli and other dark green leaves and veg

3pm Mid-afternoon snack:
Protein shake

7pm Dinner:
Steak with steamed veg or grilled chicken with couscous'


While I note with pleasure that no artichokes feature in this 'menu', I can see a little that my diet does differ. Apart from the espresso at 4.45 am which, if you have to be awake at that time in the morning, sounds like a necessity rather than an option. My diet, which will give you the physique of an office dweller in no time at all, is based on the rule of eating a lot and often. I have also replaced the nibbling on nuts and raisins with chomping on jaffa cakes. For the evenings, a pint of real ale is a good substitute for a protein shake. As a veggie, I have subtley tweaked the chicken breast and salad lunch into a veggieburger and chips. In no time at all you'll see the results.


Long, long, long ago, Simon talked to us a little more about Jake's training and eating regime. You can read more about that here.


ET clearly approve of Jake's Prince of Persia regime because today they have charted his decade of hotness. Jake's transformation is documented in this post with some fabulous new stills and set shots from Disney - via with many, many thanks IHJ.


And finally...

Completely accidentally no doubt... the release of the film in May is coinciding with the development of a new Prince of Persia game for the iPhone and iTouch. We got our first look today at something I must and will have. My PoP submersion continues...



Pictures from Disney and IHJ.