Courtesy of Subject; Getty Images; Taryn Colbert, MH IllustrationIN 1984’S Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, there’s a legendary scene in which Harrison Ford’s Indy perches precariously on a rope bridge suspended high above a crocodile-infested river. Wielding a sword with one bare arm heroically flexed, the archaeologist prepares to cut the bridge and take out the bad guys.Indy was supposed to have two intact sleeves for the shot, but Ford’s trainer for the film, Jake Steinfeld, approached director Steven Spielberg with another idea. “[I] said, ‘H looks great; rip the sleeve; I’m telling you,’” recalls the trainer and bodybuilder better known as Body by Jake.Ford looked at Steinfeld and deadpanned: “This isn’t a bodybuilding picture, Jake.”They went for it anyway, and the move turned out to be a good one—so good, the look was immortalized on the film’s poster, cementing the results of Ford’s Body By Jake training sessions into cinematic history. Forty years later, whether it’s Zac Efron and Jeremy Allen White for The Iron Claw or Jake Gyllenhaal for the Road House remake, it’s standard Hollywood practice for actors to get absolutely ripped for film roles, with the help of an army of personal trainers and endless studio funds. Getty ImagesJake Steinfeld circa 1986Courtesy of SubjectGiving Morgan Fairchild lift. But in the early ’80s—before every Hollywood star had a personal trainer—Ford, then 40, tapped Steinfeld to get him into shape for his second go-round as Indiana Jones. The job would help turn Steinfeld into a household… Click below to read the full story from Men’s Health
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