This Actor Actually Trains Like a Superhero—and He's Freaking Impressive! 

This Actor Actually Trains Like a Superhero—and He\'s Freaking Impressive!

Stephen Amell, star of the CW\'s hit TV show Arrow, runs, soars, climbs, and flips his way through the gym

Actors playing superheroes are fit. In order to wear those unforgiving costumes, they have to be. But thanks to digital effects and stunt men, they can concentrate more on their acting chops than trying to attain their characters\' super-human strengths.

Then there\'s Stephen Amell, star of the CW\'s hit TV show

offscreen. Watching him train, you might believe he really is the hooded vigilante who leaps on and off moving semi-trailer trucks and scales tall sections of scaffolding in the show\'s fictional crime-ridden city. He soars, dives, climbs, flips, and runs his way through the gym. And like Arrow, Amell makes it look easy.

"He\'s a fitness freak," says BJ Gaddour, C.S.C.S., a

fitness advisor. "He has cat-like reflexes, complete mastery of his own body weight, and a high level of conditioning that allow him to flow seamlessly between different movement skills. To do what he\'s doing takes world-class athleticism."

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