With over $1 billion earned so far, Spider-Man: No Way Home is the biggest box office hit of 2021 and Tom Holland is its shiniest star. He went through quite a transformation since taking on the role of Peter Parker, but how did he prepare for this undertaking?
According to the actor’s personal trainer, George Ashwell, they worked on an intense five-step workout plan, mostly consisting of bodyweight moves. Holland gained 15 pounds of muscle preparing for the role and his routine consisted of these five moves:
- 60 seconds of bear crawls
- 20 shoulder taps for each arm
- 20 dumbbell thrusters
- 20 renegade rows for each arm
- 20 to 30 pushups
The actor performed them in this order, without rest between raps, and only took a 60-second break after finishing pushups and moving on to the next set. He repeated this cycle as many times as he could during each session, and performed several moves with a pair of dumbbells in hand.
After No Way Home, Holland is set to appear in Uncharted alongside Mark Wahlberg. His workout routine for this project was even more intense because he wanted his physical frame to rival Wahlberg’s.
“I was in good shape, but I wasn’t by any means big. We went home for five months, all I did was eat and train, eat and train, eat and train – to put a bit of timber on, to make me look not like a child next to Mark,” Holland told Total Film.
