Jennifer Garner revealed how she got “Marvel fit” for her cameo in the new “Deadpool & Wolverine” movie.
On Monday, the 52-year-old actress compiled months’ worth of workouts in an Instagram video, titled “Becoming Elektra ⚔️,” to give fans a glimpse into the intense training routine.
Garner’s training included rigorous cardio circuits, weight training, swimming, boxing, HIIT workouts, water aerobics, running and more.
Jennifer Garner posted clips of her rigorous workout routine on Instagram Monday.jennifer.garner/Instagram
Garner “amped up” her workout routine to get “Marvel fit,” she said on Instagram
The “13 Going On 30” star also spent lots of time testing different stunts to prepare for her complex fight scene over 20 years after she first entered the MCU.
In the caption, Garner explained that she hadn’t used a pair of sais — her character Elektra’s go-to weapon — in two decades when Ryan Reynolds and Shawn Levy first approached her about being in the film.
“Other than trying to convince my kids’ preschool buddies that I was secretly a ninja, I hadn’t picked up Elektra’s sais since 2004; I was fit, but not @marvel fit 🥷🏻👵🏼,” she wrote.
She showed fans the various types of workouts she did on Instagram Monday.jennifer.garner/Instagram
Her training included running, weight lifting, swimming, water aerobics and more.jennifer.garner/Instagram
Once the “dream became reality,” Garner “amped up” her training and started working closely with a stunt double.
For months, the “Alias” star worked out twice a day, did boxing three times a week and topped it all off with “lots and lots” of Peloton classes.
“We had #SuperHeroSummer over here, twirling sais in the backyard and laughing at our sore old bodies,” she wrote.
