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T<\/span>he second most important character in the film Barbie is undoubtedly Ken, played by Ryan Gosling. But the third is certainly his abs. How do you get them so defined at 42 years old? But also: how do you have them so defined in an absolute sense? To find out, however, what kind of training has enabled Gosling to have such a physique-beyond the not inconsiderable contribution of Mother Nature-we get help from David Higgins, his personal trainer.<\/p>\n The first news is that getting them that way takes only nine minutes of exercise, but if you are already watching the clock, know that this time is only for defining the muscles and increasing their volume in anticipation of shooting. Upstream there is a lot of training in the gym. In short, we start from an already established base to more precisely define what we can undoubtedly call “abdominal design.”<\/p>\n However, it is not just about working in the gym; much of the work was also done through challenges that increased the motivation of Gosling and two other actors playing alternate versions of Ken, namely Simu Liu and Ncuti Gatwa. The three were constantly competing against each other in plank or push-up contests.<\/p>\n And here we come to what you are interested in, and that is the specific training to get abs like Ryan Gosling\/Ken’s.<\/p>\n Sit with your back straight and pull your legs toward your chest, holding them with your hands on your knees.<\/p>\n Bring your weight back until your entire back rests on the ground, all the way to your upper back. Do it on a mat, also to avoid hurting yourself. Perform the exercise for one minute.<\/p>\n When lying down, bring one leg over the other crossing them at ankle level. Then bring them hammering toward you and, when they are perpendicular to the belly, swing them left and right, then bring them back to rest on the ground.<\/p>\n Repeat for one minute and then reverse the crossing of the legs and repeat for another minute.<\/p>\n When lying down, rest the soles of your feet on the ground while bending your legs. Perform the exercise by lifting your torso toward your legs but doing it in two stages: halfway lock and stay still, then complete the exercise by getting as close to your knees as possible and staying in place for a while longer.
\nThere is no trick but only a lot of training. And you may think that it’s easy if you’re an actor by trade and you have all that time to train, but it’s also true that you still have to train and struggle.<\/p>\nNine minutes<\/h3>\n
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Roll back<\/h4>\n
Leg lift<\/h4>\n
Two step crunch<\/h4>\n
\nThe two-step execution and the two breaks put more tension on the muscles, increasing the effectiveness of the exercise.<\/p>\nCrossbody crunch<\/h4>\n