<p id=”par-1_40″><a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/hugh-jackman/”>Hugh Jackman</a>’s training routine to get <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/hugh-jackman-shared-muscular-physique-wolverine-annoyed-wife.html/”>into superhero shape</a> can be more than a chore to get through. And according to his ex-wife Deborra Lee-Furness, the dieting often puts him in a mood that’s very similar to his Wolverine character.</p>
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<p id=”par-2_60″>Jackman’s training routine for Wolverine doesn’t only affect him on a physical level, but a mental one as well. Before his days as <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/hugh-jackman-yelled-nice-playing-wolverine.html/”>a Marvel hero</a>, Jackman wasn’t as experienced with physical fitness as he’d later become. Although he used to work at a gym, he more or less pitied some of the weightlifters he’d see before coming one himself.</p>
<p id=”par-3_51″>“Before <em>X-Men</em> I’d never lifted a weight in my life. I used to work at a gym and I’d make fun of all the guys in the weight room. I thought the way they’d look in the mirror for two hours a day was ridiculous,” he once told <em>Toronto </em>(via <a href=”https://www.toronto.com/things-to-do/hugh-jackman-never-lifted-weights-before-x-men/article_d9d6de53-8982-5c44-9157-873d11692694.html”>Metro</a>).</p>
<p id=”par-4_49″>His stint as the anti-hero forced Jackman to get into the mindset of the similar bodybuilders he’d see at the gym. But it isn’t a lifestyle that Jackman indulges in when he’s not filming. As soon as the shoot ends, the <em>Prisoners </em>star shamelessly returns to his comfort food.</p>
<p id=”par-5_21″>“I eat embarrassing amounts of crap. I eat embarrassing amounts of bad food,” Jackman once told <em>Bang Showbiz! </em>(via <a href=”https://www.femalefirst.co.uk/celebrity/hugh-jackman-303879.html”>Female First</a>).</p>
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<p id=”par-6_43″>Jackman coming off of his superhero diet was also a relief for his ex-wife at the time. Furness would see firsthand how certain food restrictions would affect her partner. She joked that he really would become the tormented Wolverine if pushed too far.</p>
<p id=”par-7_47″>“I think that’s where he finds his rage [for the character] – you don’t give him nice food … really scary! He’s really scary with no food. Wolverine rage,” Furness said. “It takes a lot of discipline. I’m there to witness it. The world’s most disciplined man.”</p>
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<p id=”par-8_53″>Jackman recently had to get back into Wolverine shape for <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/review-deadpool-wolverine-cynical-movie-year.html/”>his recent feature <em>Deadpool & Wolverine</em></a>. He hadn’t played the character since 2017’s <em>Logan</em>, so rebuilding his body back to its prime could’ve been a daunting task for an older Jackman. But there were certain aspects of his training that he found exhilarating.</p>
<p id=”par-9_46″>“When I came back to it, it was really fun and I was thrilled. My body was a little sore at the beginning, but I was thrilled that my body was still responding. And I realized how good it is for your brain,” Jackman told <a href=”https://people.com/hugh-jackman-hardest-part-of-being-wolverine-again-exclusive-8655772″>People</a>.</p>
<p id=”par-10_13″>However, he didn’t seem as thrilled to go back to <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/robert-downey-jr-asked-hugh-jackman-diet-tips-get-iron-man-shape.html/”>his old diet</a>.</p>
<p id=”par-11_7″>“But the hardest bit…the food,” he said.</p>
<p id=”par-12_34″><a></a>“I have to eat a lot. For me, for my body type, I’m naturally skinny. To get the size on, that’s the hardest bit. That’s the bit that does my head in,” Jackman continued.</p>
<p id=”par-13_42″>But in the end, Jackman was able to live up to and even surpass expectations when it came to his superhero physique. So much so that his co-star Ryan Reynolds couldn’t help but be a little frightened by the actor a times.</p>
<p id=”par-14_85″><a></a> “I noticed that in the film that we would change things quite quickly and say, ‘Okay, let’s try this and that.’ And particularly the physicality — that ability, the dance and that background — really came in because you would do stuff where I was convinced when you were coming at me a few times, there is no way this guy’s pulling his punch,” Reynolds said. “I will be decapitated by Hugh Jackman, and that will be his f***ing cross to bear, not mine.”</p>