The industry is buzzing after details leaked regarding the extreme measures Gal Gadot took to transform her frame for the big screen. When she first landed the role of Wonder Woman, Hollywood insiders were whispering that she was far “too thin” for the part—but the -year-old star just got the last laugh.
Gadot’s trainer, Mark Twight, didn’t hold back when describing her initial physique, famously claiming her elbow was the “thickest part of her arm.” Now, the former Miss Israel is coming clean about the scale, admitting she packed on a staggering pounds of muscle to silence the haters.
While most starlets are pressured to shed weight, Gal was under strict orders to bulk up. Looking back at her old photos, the actress admits the transformation changed her perspective. She even called her previous look “not cool,” a rare moment of brutal honesty in a town usually obsessed with being as tiny as possible.
You might think being in the Israeli military would be the ultimate test, but Gadot is dropping a bombshell claim: training for a comic book movie was actually harder. She spent six hours a day, every single day for six months, being pushed to her absolute breaking point.
“This wasn’t just a casual jog in the park,” a source tells PEOPLE. “We are talking about a punishing schedule that would make a professional athlete weep.” The daily grind included a mix of gym work, fight choreography, and what Gadot describes as “sword stuff.”
Every superhero has a weakness, and for Gal, it was the pull-up bar. Her trainer revealed the shocking truth that when they started, the woman who would be an Amazon could not complete a single pull-up. Not one! It took months of intensive, secretive coaching to get her from zero to hero status.
Now, she’s crushing -minute circuits involving bear crawls and burpees, but the journey was a “struggle bus” situation. Paparazzi sightings during the height of her training showed a star who looked drained and constantly on the move. When you are doing advanced rowing until you collapse, the glamour of Hollywood fades fast.
Even the animals were part of the challenge. Gadot admitted she was “painfully wrong” about horseback riding, thinking she could just sit back while the horse did the work. Instead, she discovered it was a total body beatdown, describing the two hours of daily saddle time as “super hard” and “incredibly painful.”
Despite the bruises and the “torture chamber” workouts, Gadot claims she feels stronger and better than ever. She carries herself differently now, with a posture that screams Amazonian royalty.
As the world watches her ever-changing silhouette, one thing is certain: the battle for the perfect body never truly ends in this town, but Gal Gadot has officially proven she’s a warrior both on and off the screen.
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