Wonder Woman’s body guru tells

Fitness Rosamund Urwin how to squat, lunge and fuel your way to a hard core

EVERY friend who has gone to see Wonder Woman has had a similar response. They’ve applauded the fact that a female superhero is finally getting top billing. They’ve cheered its box-office success ($620 million so far). And then, almost in a whisper, they say: “And my God, I want her body. She looks strong, fit, powerful and plausible.”

The man responsible for this body is Australia-born adopted Londoner David Higgins. The 34-year-old, who has also worked on Kingsman: The Secret Service and Tarzan, was the cast trainer on Wonder Woman and star Gal Gadot’s physical therapist. He and fitness guru Stephen Price also co-founded BodySPace, which is launching next

‘We built a programme not just focused on gaining muscle but core strength, flexibility and agility’

month at a leading London hotel (the name is currently top secret) and aims to bring exercise expertise that was only previously available to professional athletes and private clients to a wider audience.

Gadot trained for six months to play Wonder Woman. Her routine included an hour of strength and conditioning, an hour of Reformer Dynamix (Higgins’ hybrid workout based on Pilates), then 90 minutes of Hig gins’ recovery treatment, topped off with two hours of stunt training. “There’s a difference between looking strong and actually being strong,” Higgins says. “It’s easy to make someone look buff and tough, but we had to make Gadot physically agile and powerful. Her movements are quite repetitive, such as with sword-fighting, so we had to build a programme that was not just focused on gaining muscle but core strength, flexibility and agility.”

Gadot is Amazonian hardcore. During reshoots she was five months pregnant (her baby bump was covered with a