14 DAY TRIAL // Even those moviegoers who hated any or all of the “Twilight” films must have noticed Kellan Lutz and his impressive physique. For the upcoming “Immortals,” the actor is even more ripped: and here’s how he did it.
First of all, it seems, you’d have to travel to Africa. Lutz filmed “Immortals” there and, according to his latest interview with Men’s Fitness, the location played an important part in his workout.
All jokes aside, the actor (who is also seen showing off his ripped pecs and abs on the cover of the mag) says that this is the hardest he’s trained so far.
The workouts were insane but, come to think of it, he wouldn’t have had it any other way since he had a lot of energy to burn.
“I ate 16 eggs every morning. I got up to 220 pounds [100kg] of solid muscle. We’d work out every day,” Kellan says.
Accustomed to more physically challenging roles, he found driving around for a scene particularly annoying so he and the other male cast members found a way of compensating for that by working out.
“Shooting one scene could take all day – and when that’s just driving a Humvee at five miles an hour, we had energy to burn. We were doing push-ups on top of the Humvees,” he explains.
Soon, they were coming up with all sorts of games and friendly competitions.
“We were throwing wheels and rocks. We were timing each other, betting who can do the most push-ups, just to keep our sanity,” Kellan says.
“We did these [UFC fighter] Bas Rutten tapes, where it’s like, ‘OK, shadowbox! Defense! Shadowbox! Drop to the ground!’ Within 30 minutes, you’re dripping. And it’s Africa. So it’s hot as [hell] out there. We pushed each other to be the best we could be,” the actor adds.
In the same interview, he also explains that part of the reason he got into sports was having six brothers, all of whom would beat up on him – thus, he became a “tough kid,” he says.