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50-Year-Old Superheroes Present New Challenges for Hollywood Fitness Gurus – The Hollywood Reporter

With age comes wisdom, the saying goes. But survey Hollywood’s growing crop of middle-aged action stars and you’ll likely conclude that age also brings huge pecs and massive delts. As franchises Mission: Impossible (which debuted in 1996), The Fast and the Furious (2001) and Iron Man and the Marvel universe it spawned (2008) continue to churn out sequels, their stars Tom Cruise, 55, Vin Diesel, 50, and Robert Downey Jr., 52, have to look as ripped as they did when they took the roles 10, 15 or even 20 years ago. Often more so. Because even as the stars age, body standards for action heroes are getting more extreme.

“Historically, the ideal superhero or action star was constructed around a sturdy build and a ruggedly handsome face,” says Dr. Philip Goglia, the nutritionist behind Chris Pratt’s miraculous transformation for Guardians of the Galaxy (the third installment won’t arrive until at least 2020, when Pratt will be 42). “Each year the stakes are raised,” says Goglia. And because vets like Cruise, who is in preproduction on the Top Gun sequel and was also recently injured on the set of Mission: Impossible 6, and Hugh Jackman, 48, who just ended his 17-year, nine-film run as the shredded Wolverine, have proved it’s possible to remain ripped over the course of a long franchise, even mature stars first stepping into these roles are expected to look jacked.

Compare the physical demands placed on the rumor-plagued Ben Affleck, 44, for Batman v. Superman and the upcoming Justice League, with Bat predecessors Michael Keaton, George Clooney and Christian Bale. Director Zack Snyder asked for the biggest, strongest Batman yet, says Affleck’s trainer Walter Norton Jr.: “He wanted a physically imposing heavyweight MMA fighter, and the people who designed the batsuit modeled it after Arnold Schwarzenegger.” After the 6-foot-4 Affleck dropped down to 198 pounds and 6.8 percent body fat for 2010’s The Town, Norton had to get him up to 225 pounds to play Batman two years later. “You realize how insanely high the bar has been raised,” says the Boston-based trainer.

No one is more responsible for setting (then raising) that bar over the life of a single franchise than Sylvester Stallone, 71.”I think Rocky changed the game,” says L.A.-based trainer Gunnar Peterson, who has worked with Stallone on and off for almost three decades. “All the way through the Expendables movies, Stallone is the older dog in the fight, and he puts himself under more pressure than anyone.”

Peterson credits Dwayne Johnson, 42, for sparking the current arms (and shoulders) race among the aging action set. “He puts the pressure on the superheroes — you better step up.”

That means the real heroes of these franchises are the trainers tasked with pounding their stars into peak form every two years.

Denise Snyder, who has trained Keanu Reeves, 52, from 1999’s The Matrix through John Wick: Chapter 2, says actors older than 50 who have done a lot of physical roles come with “a certain amount of wear and tear — these guys have had a stuntman’s life. Keanu has had knee, shoulder and back injuries, which add up.” John Wick director and former stuntman Chad Stahelski says fight training can be amended: “In Matrix, you see Keanu doing splits, kicking, jumping, using wires; in John Wick, because now we have gotten older and can’t take the physical abuse, we have modified the chorography to less punching and kicking and more contact stuff, more flips and throws and rolling around.”

“While muscle mass does tend to decrease with age, a condition known as sarcopenia, the rate is quite small, less than 1 percent per year,” says David Kingsbury, who has trained Hugh Jackman for the past five years, including getting him prepped for Logan. “Age is often given as an excuse, but a fit 65-year-old can easily outperform a lazy 25-year-old.”

Stahelski says the biggest difference between a 25-year-old and a 45-year-old is recovery time. “The 25-year-old will recoup faster, so you can push him harder; your training arc becomes shorter. ” Paul Vincent, M.S., co-founder of Santa Monica’s Altus Health, which has trained the stars of several Mission: Impossible, Star Trek and Star Wars films says older clients “have to regain function of their joints with low-impact exercises, stretching, cold therapy and deep-tissue massage guns, then I can load them in the same way as a 20-year-old.” (Substances like growth hormone may also help, says Peterson: “Is there steroid use in Hollywood? Just by sheer numbers, my bet would be yes. Everyone is looking for an edge.”)

It can also bring stubbornness. “The [older] guys can be set in their ways, thinking the way they’ve always trained is the right way,” says Vincent, “so new stuff takes a bit of adapting.” According to Luke Zocchi, who trains the relatively spry Chris Hemsworth, 33, “the younger guys are into more [diverse] training using gymnastics, calisthenics, rings and battle ropes, which give you that athletic look as opposed to looking like a body builder. ” Netflix’s Iron Fist star Finn Jones, 29, agrees. “I didn’t want to be this hulk-like slab of muscle. I wanted to be toned and healthy, but still agile and nimble.”

Why does it seem as if some older stars get bulkier with every sequel? Stuntman and trainer Duffy Gaver says that physiologically, it’s only natural, and that “a simple way for any man in his 40s or 50s to look healthier is to carry a bit more muscle mass.” And maturity has some advantages in the battle of the bulk, says Stahelski, noting it can bring “dedication, fortitude — and the will to stay on the diet.”

A version of this story first appeared in the Aug. 9 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. To receive the magazine, click here to subscribe.

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Hailey Bird has turned her deep knowledge of the dance industry and passion for teaching into a successful dance studio over the years. Now she has turned her attention to sharing her knowledge and advice with other studio owners around the world. The Dance Teacher Tribe is a membership service offering personalized advice, support, training and resources for teachers and studio owners who need help growing and maintaining their businesses.

Having danced from an early age, Byrd discovered her love for teaching as a teenager and switched to full-time teaching at the age of 16, with a career in dance teaching in mind. She completed her ISTD qualification at Swindon Dance Academy in the UK and quickly partnered with a friend to buy an existing dance studio – Elite Dance. When her friend decided to step back to focus on the family, Byrd bought her out. Ten years later, her personal experience as a business owner in the dance industry led her to create The Dance Teachers Tribe.

“I really learned from my mistakes,” admits Byrd. “I think when you learn to dance, they teach you how to teach kids, but no one teaches you the business side of things at all. I just think dance teachers need help beyond private business coaches and I really wanted to create a space for teachers to go and find whatever they need to keep them going. The Dance Master Tribe is a place of support. I know there are a lot of shared Facebook groups, but I wanted it to be something more private where members can be really honest and open.”

Bird was open about the problems she faced personally. “At some point, I almost lost the studio building,” she says. “I am open about this because I want everyone to know that we are all struggling and it is difficult for everyone. I share the tools that I use and if I can help someone else to avoid the difficulties I had, that’s my goal. I would like to help as many people as possible not make the same mistakes that I did.”

Although Bird has been selling his business plans and templates for over a year, the Dance Teacher Tribe is brand new. Created at the beginning of the lockdown, it quickly gained momentum, with about 350 members already interacting in a private group. “When I shared the templates I use, like the privacy policy, I realized that a lot of teachers really need these things,” Bird explains. “So, for just £35 a month, they get weekly Q&A, workshops with industry professionals on topics like finance and marketing, and ongoing email support. They can literally email at any time and say, “Can you answer this question?” Plus, they get an exclusive discount on any resources we sell in our store.”

Bird also strives to emphasize the personal nature of her membership services. “I was very lucky to have had a business coach in the past,” she admits, “and not everyone can afford that luxury. But I think when you’re on your own it can get pretty lonely, so having someone you can go to and say, you know, “What do you think about this?” Or: “I’m a little worried about this. is this how you feel about it? “I think it’s really important. ”

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Feedback on the service has been overwhelmingly positive so far. “We have grown so fast already, and I think especially in lockdown people have appreciated that,” Bird describes. “We have introduced a seven-day studio health check to encourage people to find areas where they could improve at this time. There is much we cannot do in the conditions of isolation of our business, but we can do a lot. Everyone shared their ideas with the group and it was really sweet.”

Bird even used the lockdown as an opportunity to organize a large-scale event that she hopes to repeat every year. “We organized a Guinness World Records attempt in support of the NHS COVID-19 appeal and almost 200 dance schools with 1,500 participants took part,” she says. “We were just shy about the record – 2,000 dancers – but it was an incredible experience for everyone involved.”

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Bird thinks part of the Dance Teacher Tribe is unique because she is still a teacher herself. “I think a lot of the other dance coaches and business mentors are great, but I’m still an active studio owner and I still teach kids and always will,” she explains. “I have no ambition to ever sell my school or retire from teaching, but I do have a real passion for helping people. I think it’s very important that we share our failures as well as our successes, and I think a lot of other coaches talk about all the amazing things that have happened to them rather than the hard stuff.”

The Dance Teachers Tribe membership is monthly, so you are not bound by a long-term contract and can cancel or suspend as needed. Registration is quick and easy via the website. Byrd believes that if you’re struggling even a little with your business, she can help you. “I was where they are,” she says, “and made a difference in two years. Quite possible. We’re all struggling with lockdown at the moment and it’s easy for studio owners to feel snowed in or a little overwhelmed. Business development in isolation is quite possible. People just might need support and help to do so.”

Learn more or register to become a member of The Dance Teachers Tribe at doneforyoudance.co.uk/danceteachertribe.

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