The Batman workout that helped me look like a Marvel hero (well, almost)

Phil Hilton, 58, tries to shape up like a film star

I am OK with not being Thor and totally comfortable with not being Wolverine, but not being Batman feels unfair. There is something irresistibly achievable-looking about Robert Pattinson’s body transformation for the latest instalment of the superhero franchise — even if he is only 35. He’s not huge, he’s not insanely lean, he had a very normal physique and he’s kind of tuned himself up; bigger but not Chris Hemsworth big, ripped but not Hugh Jackman ripped. He looks like a young English teacher who’s going out with a very assertive personal trainer.

I am not alone in aspiring to this kind of body. Searches for “Robert Pattinson Batman workout” increased by 250 per cent last week after the release of the film.

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