British Soap Star Anthony Quinlan Just Showed Off His Impressive CrossFit Transformation

Stephanie Chase
·3 min read

From Men's Health

British soap opera actor Anthony Quinlan recently revealed his impressive body transformation on Instagram.

Quinlan, who has been a regular on the UK-based TV show Emmerdale, made his exit from the ITV soap opera earlier this year after six years of playing character Pete Barton. And it looks like he's been using his time away from the show to get into great shape, thanks in part to taking up CrossFit. The actor posted a video of himself in a CrossFit gym after completing a grueling workout featuring deadlifts, burpees, and snatches, which had a 20-minute time cap.

Photo credit: Getty Images
Photo credit: Getty Images

Quinlan wrote: "I completed in 14.17 went too fast up to the snatches n was gassed. Use the burpees as rest, sounds vile but I found it the best way to attack it. Go get it." Along with being an actor, Anthony is also now a qualified personal trainer and a CrossFit level one trainer.

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Today’s Wod @crossfitconsilium RX Weight Men 45kg/Women 30kg. Scale accordingly. For Time: 25 x Deadlifts 10 x Burpees 25 x Front Squats 10 x Burpees 25 x Power Cleans 10 x Burpees 25 x Over Head Squats 10 x Burpees 25 x Snatches 10 x Burpees 25 x Thrusters 20 Minute Time Cap. I completed in 14.17 💪🏻🥵😂 went too fast up to the snatches n was gassed 💨. Use the burpees as rest, sounds vile but I found it the best way to attack it. Go get it 👊🏻 #crossfit #sweatsesh #wodlife

A post shared by Anthony Quinlan (@anthonyquinny) on Aug 17, 2020 at 6:33am PDT

His exit from Emmerdale was confirmed by writer Sharon Marshall last September, who said he "wants to go off and do some other projects." She added: "We will all miss him. He's a lovely actor, but yes, he's going."

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Had to post a pic (an old pic) for today’s workout as some people might not able to view the video due to music playing in the background. Also please check out my Instagram story or my Twitter for the link to my just giving page. Please share and help support @womens_aid it’s a fantastic charity. Day 76 Instagram Live Workout Today’s session 💪🏻 for @womens_aid was 1078 rep 🥵 workout It was 7 rounds of 15 press-ups (on knees) 15 walkout+press-up (-press-up) 15 burpees (half burpee) 16 plank shoulder taps 16 mountain climbers 16 alternate mountain climbers 15 butterfly sit-ups (crunches) 15 squats 16 lunges 15 glute bridges Feel free to reduce the reps to 8 or 10 reps if you want to, it’s still a tough workout. The scaled exercises are in (brackets) Thank you to all for talking part and supporting this fantastic charity. Go get it 💪🏻👊🏻

A post shared by Anthony Quinlan (@anthonyquinny) on Jun 6, 2020 at 5:02am PDT

His character Pete Barton was then given a low-key exit in February with the door left open for a potential return in the future. Before starring in Emmerdale, Quinlan had also played Gilly Roach in a different soap opera, Hollyoaks, from 2005 to 2011.

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