Miles Teller’s Trainer Reveals Tom Cruise’s Tough ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Expectations: He ‘Put These Guys Through It’
usmagazine.comGoose, you look good! Miles Teller’s personal trainer Jason Walsh is revealing just how sky-high Tom Cruise’s expectations were for the cast of Top Gun: Maverick.“I knew Tom was gonna put these guys through it and he definitely did,” the Rise Nation founder exclusively told Us Weekly on Thursday, June 16. “You can see it on their face.
When they’re doing this, they’re not faking it. This is real.”To get Teller, 35, in the best possible shape for his role as Rooster, Walsh had to figure out the best way to help the actor face the challenges ahead.
In addition to attending flight school, the Footloose star also had to make sure he was “prepared for flight training” — something Walsh had never done with a client before.“Tom is a huge advocate of making sure that these guys are really put through the rigors and the tests,” the fitness instructor explained. “They were actually in these jets … so [it was about] physical preparation, just getting strong, moving well, make sure physically he was very fit.”Walsh told Us that he and the Pennsylvania native mainly focused on conditioning and fundamentals, making sure the Divergent star was as physically ready as he could be for the role — especially when it came to that iconic beach scene.“We did a lot of conditioning a couple weeks [before] the beach scene, just to try to, like, top off, but he really didn’t need it.
He was ready,” the wellness guru revealed.Despite the extensive amount of training that went into Teller’s transformation, which included “a lot of ab work,” “deadlifting over 450 pounds” and “learning to brace for G pulls,” Walsh proudly told Us that the War Dogs actor “never threw up” and was “a good old boy” who accepted every challenge willingly.“He took
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