25 Ripped Stars Who Own the Instagram Workout Game
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It’s easy to look at Hollywood stars and celebrities and assume they just work out all the time. Being ripped is sort of, you know, their jobs. But between marathon movie shoots, production meetings, publicity commitments, and traveling, it can actually be tough to find time to get in the gym. Just like the rest of us, it can feel like there aren’t enough hours in the day to get it all done. These 25 ripped celebrity dudes—guys like Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Vin Diesel, Jason Statham, Dave Bautista, Zac Efron, and Dolph Lundgren—find time to get it done.
But for the ones who do make the time, they don’t just crush their workouts—they broadcast them for their fans to see, just to prove that they’re putting in the work.
These are the stars who get at it every day, even when they don’t want to. They’re the ones we admire and they’re undeniably the ones to keep an eye on when you’re browsing social media.
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8. Chris Pratt
The July/August 2014 Men’s Fitness cover star went through a major body transformation, going from the loveable, doughy Andy Dwyer on Parks and Recreation to the musclebound, six-pack rocking superhero Peter Quill in Guardians of the Galaxy and a beefed-up Navy SEAL in Zero Dark Thirty.
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The winning combo? Hitting the gym and staying off beer.
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9. Hugh Jackman
Playing Wolverine for over a decade has kept this Australian actor in fantastic shape, he’s been sharing his workouts and gym routines on social media throughout his career.
The December 2016 Men’s Fitnesscover star went from shaggy-haired Jonas Brother to a ripped leading man who’s taking on Hollywood. Jonas detailed his workout routine for Men’s Fitness—and he was even nice enough to show off his chiseled six-pack on our cover. Between his work on Jumnaji with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and the MMA-themed series Kingdom, Jonas is putting in tons of time to stay in shape—and he often posts his fitness exploits on Instagram, including MMA/boxing training.
The former professional football player—Crews spent time with the Los Angeles Rams, San Diego Chargers, the Washington Redskins, and the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFL—successfully made the transition to acting, but he hasn’t forgotten his athletic and fitness roots. Crews is one of the most in-shape actors in Hollywood, showing off his muscular physique and powerful body in projects like The Expendables and Brooklyn Nine-Nine. Crews’ Instagram workouts feature bicep curls, inhumanly heavy deadlifts, and total body training with medicine balls and cables.
The son of legendary actor/director Clint Eastwood has been on a steady rise in Hollywood since appearing in some of his dad’s films, becoming a sort of go-to-guy for action films—Eastwood gets to show off his cut six-pack and muscular frame in Suicide Squad, Fury, Live By Night, Fast 8, and Pacific Rim: Malestrom. His workout roster: heavy ropes, boxing training, surfing, and more heavy ropes.
The martial arts master and action movie star has had a career resurgence with films like JCVD and The Expendables 2, but we all remember his ass-kicking work in classics like Bloodsport, Kickboxer, Sudden Death, Hard Target, and (of course), Street Fighter. JCVD likes to flash his monstrous biceps on Instagram, along with his upper-body workouts, bicep workouts, sparring, dumbbell workouts, and flexibility workouts. Even at his age, JCVD’s still got it.
Everyone’s favorite spiritual warrior from Rogue One is as well-trained in martial arts as actors get—Yen can handle himself with Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, judo, Wing Chun, taekwondo, Karate, Muay Thai, wrestling, and kickboxing—and he got to show that off in the Ip Man film series where he starred as grandmaster Yip Man. Yen likes to show that off to his fans on social media, whether it’s heavy bag work, Guan Dao training, core workouts, upper-body work, dumbbell shoulder presses, and the occasional weight-room flying kick.
