Jake Gyllenhaal Reveals How His Biceps Got So Big

Jake Gyllenhaal, who will star this Summer in the big screen adaptation of the video game Prince of Persia, has revealed how he managed to pump up his body to get it in peak physical condition for his role as the muscular Prince Dastan. Jake explains that he used the French martial art of Parkour (taught to him by the inventor himself) to beef up his body to look like this:

“[I] never did anything this intensive before [to change my body]. It’s a physical role. And when I commit to playing a part, it’s 110 percent,” said the 29-year-old actor. “We worked really closely with David Belle, who invented Parkour. I worked with a lot of gymnasts. I started jumping off of a lot of things that were padded and learned the fundamental stuff, and then slowly started working on harder surfaces, really carefully. And I’d say, ‘OK, I’ll try it,’ and then I’d say, ‘OH GOD. OH, please.’ But then I’d get it, and we’d go a little further and a little longer and a little higher and just kept it up,” explained Gyllenhaal, who did many of his own stunts during filming, even scaring himself at some points. “It got a little bit dicey there near the end, when they saw that I liked doing things that were dangerous. I tried my hand at things that were pushing it a little bit. There was this big 35 foot jump that I did that got a little hairy.”

Jakey poo has vowed that he plans to keep his body in shape by practicing Parkour even tho filming has wrapped on his movie … and I, for one, hope he keeps his promise. With the Summer months on the way, there will be plenty of opportunities for Jake to go shirtless. I don’t care how he gets his body to look this good, I just want him to continue ;)

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