Get Hugh Jackman's body

First and foremost, Hugh Jackman's body is reflective of a strong adherence to exercise and a disciplined approach to nutrition. Man up boys! This guy is not only lean, but carries healthy slabs of muscle to complement a Spartan-like physique. Bottom line is if you want this kind of rig, you need to be prepared to make genuine sacrifices nutritionally and raise the stakes in intensity on the gym floor.

At Shift60, we call it the 3-D training policy: determination, dedication and discipline. Once you have committed yourself to these values, the next five strategies will be critical in developing a body like Hugh Jackman's.

Top five tips:

1. Reducing your calorie intake. Failure to control your daily calorie intake within a training routine will cause increased body fat deposits over developing lean muscle and cause a puffy, bulky physique. Sacrifice!

2. Increasing protein and vegetable intake and eliminating sugar and alcohol is critical. Replacing bad fats with naturally-occurring healthy fats should supplement this.

3. Include three sessions per week of metabolic resistance training. You need to start lifting with more intensity by increasing the load and giving your body the ability to not only spike metabolically, but also extending this process post-workout. These sessions are predominately made up of structural/compound movements and include push/pull supersets for the upper and lower body (squats, lunges, pull-downs and presses).

4. Include one session per week of high intensity anaerobic interval training. These are maximal efforts of exercise that last anywhere between 10 and 20 seconds followed by about 40 seconds to one minute of recovery. The duration of these sessions, excluding your warm-up and cool-down is 20 minutes.

5. Include one session of high intensity aerobic interval training. These intervals are executed at a slightly lower intensity than anaerobic intervals, but with an extended duration, lasting between 30 and 60 seconds. Recovery from these sets is in the one to three-minute range, with total session duration lasting approximately 45 minutes.

Note: Committing to this sort of intensity within a weekly training schedule, can be dangerous. If correct lifting techniques have not been learned and poor form is being demonstrated, injury is likely. We also recommend two sessions of remedial/restorative exercise, such as mobilising stretch, SHIFT60 Roller Release or yoga. Good luck and remember to stay hydrated. .