One might expect it to take months and months of arduous preparation to assume the role of a former UFC fighter, but Jake Gyllenhaal was already well on his way toward his impressive “Road House” physique. As his trainer, Jason Walsh, noted to Insider, the actor likes to lead an intense athletic lifestyle.
“If he’s not in the gym doing strength training and conditioning, he’s swimming, he’s outside playing paddle tennis, he cycles like crazy,” Walsh described Gyllenhaal’s fitness routine. “The guy does everything. He’s just always looking for that stimulus.”
Walsh, who has worked with several Hollywood stars, has an eight-year history of training Gyllenhaal, which might just make him the world’s foremost authority regarding the actor’s physical condition, and it’s clear that the trainer feels that his diverse sports interests served him well during his preparation for the “Road House” remake.
