Top trainer who helped Ryan Gosling achieve his rock-hard Ken abs for the Barbie movie reveals the KEY to tightening up a ripped six-pack — and why it’s all about the ORDER of your workouts

The celebrity trainer who helped Ryan Gosling tone his rock-hard abs for his role as Ken in the Barbie movie has revealed the ultimate key to achieving a muscular six-pack — and it’s all about the order in which you work out.

David Higgins is a professional fitness guru who has worked with a number of Hollywood A-listers, including Margot Robbie, Claudia Schiffer, Samuel L Jackson, Colin Firth, Rebecca Ferguson, and Naomi Campbell.

And this year, he added a slew of other celebrity names to his client list as he took a trip to Barbieland to give the cast members of the hit movie their amazing and doll-like bodies.

Now he’s revealed why you should start your workouts with core exercises if you want to rock Ken-worthy abs all summer long.

David Higgins is a famous trainer who has worked with a number of Hollywood A-listers including Margot Robbie, Claudia Schiffer, Samuel L Jackson and Colin Firth

Now he’s revealed why you should start your workouts with core exercises if you want to rock Ken-worthy abs all summer long

Speak against Insiderthe fitness expert explained that because of his Pilates background, he believes in starting your exercises with a core workout to get your body ready for what’s to come.

He noted that if you engage your core muscles at the beginning of the workout, they’ll feel the burn for the rest of the exercise, and this can help prevent injury.

The trainer told the outlet, “It’s more about longevity and injury prevention than anything aesthetic, but the aesthetic value definitely comes because you focus on it so specifically and then integrate it into everything we do.”

Higgins previously revealed the nine-minute ab circuit he had the actors playing Ken dolls do to keep their cores chiseled.

The circuit consists of seven parts – each done for one minute.

The workouts include rollback, leg lift, two step crunch, crossbody crunch, rope climb, windshield wiper and static dead bug.

He told GKthat the cast loved both competitive workouts and challenges.

“It created a sense of ‘we’re all in it together’ which helped with motivation,” he said.

He revealed that Ryan’s favorite part was the challenges.

“Ryan loved the plank challenge and the pull-up challenge,” he shared.

“Simu and Ncuti were more into the push-ups and specific abdominal cramps we did. Everyone got very competitive.’

He noted that if you engage your core muscles at the beginning of the workout, they’ll feel the burn for the rest of the exercise, and this can help prevent injury.

He told GQ that the cast loved competition-based workouts and challenges

In an interview with Smallzy’s Surgery, the celebrity trainer revealed the “super clean” and “not fun” diet cast members followed during filming

“Everyone was just having a good time,” he continued, “no one was miserable.

“It wasn’t about training for a single shirtless scene, it was a broad brush — which isn’t to say they didn’t give it their all.”

In an interview with Smallzy’s surgery, the celebrity trainer revealed the “super clean” and “not fun” diet cast members followed during filming.

When asked how others can achieve a toned figure, he said, “Just keep your diet super clean, sleep in, don’t use sugar, don’t drink alcohol, basically don’t have fun.”

There was no cutting back on carbs or increasing protein, the only rule being no processed foods – “nothing in plastic” – and no snacking.