Gal Gadot’s Wonder Woman Workout Is No Joke – Here’s The Full, 3-Part Plan From Her PT

Since first stepping into the Wonder Woman role in 2016, Gal Gadot has come to embody a superhero in pretty much every way. She prepped for her starring role in Wonder Woman 1984 (which hit screens in 2020), from early 2018.

In it, Gal does everything from sword-fight to fly to leap tall buildings. And though she was plenty fit already, she wanted to really tap into that superhuman strength this go-round, her trainer, Magnus Lygdback (who is sharing his full Wonder Woman training plan on his app), told Women’s Health US.

The pair worked out together for about an hour a day, five days a week for the better part of a year, travelling from Los Angeles, to Washington D.C., to Spain, and to London during filming.

To keep her feeling (and looking!) powerful AF, Gal’s workouts focused on resistance training, Magnus says. Which muscles she worked, though, depended on the day. Typically, the duo spent one workout on legs, the second on chest and back, the third on arms and shoulders, the fourth on all-things lower body, and the fifth on all-things upper body. ‘I’m a big fan of working different parts of the body every day so your body gets to recover and rest in between,’ Magnus explains.

They also incorporated HIIT (high-intensity interval training) on the assault bike or treadmill three days a week and finished every session with a little core work.

Though most of Gal’s workouts required standard gym equipment, you can build a superhero bod like hers from home with a little creativity. This sample leg workout, straight from Magnus himself, will give you a little taste of what it’s like to work out like Wonder Woman.