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Played by: Lucas Evans. As seen in: Dracula UntoldFourteen-hour days playing Vlad Tepes, a 13th century warrior who morphs into the king of vampires, left Evans feeling—for lack of a better word—dead. But he rose from the grave to make his workouts. “My trainer couldn’t expect me to be in the gym for an hour and a half,” Evans told Men’s Fitness UK. Thanks to a regimen based around supersetting—performing two exercises back-to-back for a muscle group— Evans was out of the gym (and back in his coffin) in 45 minutes.More frightening than the severity of his workouts, however, was his diet. “No sauces, no creams, no breads, no pastas,” he said. “Incredibly boring. But you know you need to do that when you’re attaining a certain look. It was about keeping the body fat low.”

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Played by: Joe Manganiello. As seen in: True BloodThe workouts that got Manganiello the unofficial title of “Sexiest Werewolf Alive” (ask your girlfriend) give new meaning to the term “beast mode”. They were featured in Manganiello’s fitness book, Evolution, which the lifelong gym rat published in 2013. “My training is obviously about weightlifting and building muscle,” Manganiello told Muscle&Fitness. “But it’s also about remaining athletic.” To that end, Manganiello combines free-weight and machine exercises in his training, as well as moves popularized by Crossfit. He often uses trisets—three exercises done back to back without rest—to exhaust a muscle group.

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Played by Tyler Mane. As seen in: Halloween (2007)The supernatural slasher Michael Myers has a big mask to fill, but that wasn’t so daunting for the 6’8”, 240-pound Mane, who starred in the 2007 Halloween remake. Director Rob Zombie wanted his knife-wielding baddie to be “a little bit more physical, intense, and intimidating,” Mane told Muscle&Fitness.Ironically, that required the actor to slim down. A former pro wrestler, Mane changed his training from heavy lifting to circuits—performing one exercise after another in a row without rest. “I got my cardio while I was working out,” he says. “I don’t pick up any weight that is heavier than 20-25 pounds and I’m constantly going for 45-90 minutes, training my entire body, going non-stop.”Just like Myers.

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Played by: Ron Perlman. As seen in: Hellboy, Hellboy 2: The Golden ArmyHellboy’s story of a demon fighting to redeem himself somewhat mirrors Perlman’s own. “I was 14 years old and over 300 pounds,” the actor told Men’s Fitness. In an emergency measure, doctors put Perlman on a special no-salt diet as a teen that helped him lose nearly 100 pounds. After discovering weight training for a movie role early in his career, he’s stuck with it ever since.His two appearances as Hellboy entailed workouts for six days per week, featuring pushups, situps, stationary bike cardio and, as he joked to creators.com, “the lifting of the pizza.”

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Played by: Live Schreiber. As seen in: X-Men Origins: WolverineNot to be outdone by Hugh Jackman’s legendary Wolverine body, Schreiber put on almost 30 pounds of muscle to play the villainous mutant Sabretooth in the 2009 X-Men movie. “I’m not exactly Joe Trainer, if you know what I mean,” he told askmen.com. But Jackman helped guide Schreiber’s training, encouraging him to eat more chicken for muscle-building protein.Nevertheless, after shooting in Australia wrapped, Schreiber broke his diet right away. “I was in a fish and chips shop in Sydney,” he told EAsylum. (For a sustainable diet and workout plan, go to truthaboutstrengthtraining.com.)

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Played by: Lucas Evans. As seen in: Dracula Untold

Fourteen-hour days playing Vlad Tepes, a 13th century warrior who morphs into the king of vampires, left Evans feeling—for lack of a better word—dead. But he rose from the grave to make his workouts. “My trainer couldn’t expect me to be in the gym for an hour and a half,” Evans told Men’s Fitness UK. Thanks to a regimen based around supersetting—performing two exercises back-to-back for a muscle group— Evans was out of the gym (and back in his coffin) in 45 minutes.

More frightening than the severity of his workouts, however, was his diet. “No sauces, no creams, no breads, no pastas,” he said. “Incredibly boring. But you know you need to do that when you’re attaining a certain look. It was about keeping the body fat low.”

Alcide Herveaux

Played by: Joe Manganiello. As seen in: True Blood

The workouts that got Manganiello the unofficial title of “Sexiest Werewolf Alive” (ask your girlfriend) give new meaning to the term “beast mode”. They were featured in Manganiello’s fitness book, Evolution, which the lifelong gym rat published in 2013. “My training is obviously about weightlifting and building muscle,” Manganiello told Muscle&Fitness. “But it’s also about remaining athletic.” To that end, Manganiello combines free-weight and machine exercises in his training, as well as moves popularized by Crossfit. He often uses trisets—three exercises done back to back without rest—to exhaust a muscle group.

Michael Myers

Played by Tyler Mane. As seen in: Halloween (2007)

The supernatural slasher Michael Myers has a big mask to fill, but that wasn’t so daunting for the 6’8”, 240-pound Mane, who starred in the 2007 Halloween remake. Director Rob Zombie wanted his knife-wielding baddie to be “a little bit more physical, intense, and intimidating,” Mane told Muscle&Fitness.

Ironically, that required the actor to slim down. A former pro wrestler, Mane changed his training from heavy lifting to circuits—performing one exercise after another in a row without rest. “I got my cardio while I was working out,” he says. “I don’t pick up any weight that is heavier than 20-25 pounds and I’m constantly going for 45-90 minutes, training my entire body, going non-stop.”

Just like Myers.

Hellboy

Played by: Ron Perlman. As seen in: Hellboy, Hellboy 2: The Golden Army

Hellboy’s story of a demon fighting to redeem himself somewhat mirrors Perlman’s own. “I was 14 years old and over 300 pounds,” the actor told Men’s Fitness. In an emergency measure, doctors put Perlman on a special no-salt diet as a teen that helped him lose nearly 100 pounds. After discovering weight training for a movie role early in his career, he’s stuck with it ever since.

His two appearances as Hellboy entailed workouts for six days per week, featuring pushups, situps, stationary bike cardio and, as he joked to creators.com, “the lifting of the pizza.”

Sabretooth

Played by: Live Schreiber. As seen in: X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Not to be outdone by Hugh Jackman’s legendary Wolverine body, Schreiber put on almost 30 pounds of muscle to play the villainous mutant Sabretooth in the 2009 X-Men movie. “I’m not exactly Joe Trainer, if you know what I mean,” he told askmen.com. But Jackman helped guide Schreiber’s training, encouraging him to eat more chicken for muscle-building protein.

Nevertheless, after shooting in Australia wrapped, Schreiber broke his diet right away. “I was in a fish and chips shop in Sydney,” he told EAsylum. (For a sustainable diet and workout plan, go to truthaboutstrengthtraining.com.)

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