Taylor Lautner's Workout Routine As Jacob Black in New Moon

Before I begin to tell you about the Taylor Lautner Workout, I will give you a brief biography of Taylor.

Taylor Lautner was born on February 12, 1992. At the time of the filming of Twilight : New Moon, Lautner was 17 years old. He studied martial arts from the age of 6 to the age of 13. When he was 12, he had a black belt and was declared the winner of the Junior World Championships. Lautner began his acting career in 2001, and by 2008 played Jacob Black the Native American character in Twilight.


The Director thought about having someone else play Jacob Black in the new movie, New Moon.

The Director of New Moon, Catherine Hardwicke, considered casting someone else to replace Taylor Lautner. She thought that Jacob Black should be played by someone that had more muscle and was a little more believable. This is because Jacob becomes a werewolf in New Moon, and the director wanted an actor that looked physically stronger than Taylor Lautner.

Taylor Had to Gain Muscle Quickly or Possibly Lose His Role in New Moon

Fortunately, Taylor's background in martial arts was helpful when he needed to improve his physical conditioning. If we were talking about a normal 17 year old boy that didn't haven't Taylor's martial arts background, there isn't any way he could have put on the amount of muscle he did in that small amount of time.

The Secret to Jacob Black's Six Pack Abs

Taylor Lautner's abs were not just a result of the 9 months of training leading up to the shooting of New Moon. Because he maintained an athletic lifestyle when he was younger, his natural muscle maturity and density was already that of an average twenty year old. People who compete in martial arts derive power from tightening their core. This tightening over time builds hard and defined muscles in the abs. The way to reveal the abs is dieitng down to a low body fat percentage, but the reason Taylor Lautner had an exceptional six pack was due to his martial arts experience.

Adding on all that muscle was easy for Taylor.

Taylor quickly put on 20 pounds of mass due to his age. One aspect of working out that the fitness magazines don't make you aware of is that gaining mass is easy when you begin your regimen. The muscle that Taylor has added to his body is the just the right amount of muscle that his body should have. He's not a very large person at all, and this is positive. Just like most younger males, Lautner could move towards his body's maximum efficiency very quickly. He did it in 9 months, since he had so much time he could devote to this. Usually, this process will take a year or two.

What he says in his interviews about how he put on the muscle for New Moon.

If you see any of Taylor Lautner's interviews, you will notice he is pretty vague about his workouts. Instead, he says "I exercised a bunch and ate a bunch". It doesn't take much more than this for a guy Lautner's age to put on up to 25 pounds. The hard part is getting them ripped. Taylor Lautner has his high metabolism rate working for him as he's still young. Anyone this age will have to alter their weight loss and muscle strategies as they grow older.