Joe Manganiello is the ultimate in tall, dark and handsome beefcakeness . I would love to wash myself against those washboard abs. Whenever I see an image of him my heart literally flutters.

 If Season 4 of HBO’s “True Blood” was the “season of the witch,” it sounds like the next installment of the vampire-led drama will be all about the werewolves.

“They’re casting a lot of new werewolves, a lot of hot werewolf chicks,” Joe Manganiello, who plays fan favorite Alcide on the HBO series, told Access Hollywood Correspondent Tim Vincent on Thursday night at the GQ 2011 Men of the Year party in Los Angeles.

Joe’s character, Alcide, helped end the reign – and life – of packmaster Marcus in Season 4 and actress Dale Dickey recently joined the cast as Marcus’ – presumably grieving — mom.

And judging by Joe’s comments to Access, there’s trouble on the way for Alcide.

“We’ve got Dale Dickey, who’s joined the cast from ‘Winter’s Bone,’ who is awesome,” Joe raved. “I can’t wait to work with her and I think there’s gonna be some werewolves who are gonna give Alcide some trouble this season, as well. I’m anxious to see who they’ll cast.”

If Joe drops further hints on red carpets as the cast prepares to head back to work on Season 5 of “True Blood,” fans may want to take note.

“I know everything that’s going to happen in Season 5, but I can’t talk about it until probably this time next year,” he added.

“True Blood” Season 5 is slated to return to HBO in summer 2012.

Stats

Born : Joseph Michael Manganiello on  December 28, 1976  (age 35)  in Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania, U.S.
Occupation : Actor

Height : 6′ 5″

Weight : 225 lbs

How Joe Manganiello prepared his body to look ripped for Trueblood

It takes a certain kind of man to play a werewolf. So it’s fair to assume that Joe Manganiello was a decent physical specimen when he turned up to audition for HBO’s True Blood. But after he landed the role of the lycanthrope Alcide Herveaux, Manganiello realized he still had some work to do.

“When I read the books True Blood was based on, I saw that Herveaux had biceps the size of boulders. Then I learned that wolves can run 50 miles at a time,” the 34-year-old Pennsylvania native says. Manganiello required a rare combination of brute strength and agility, so he called in Ron Matthews, the Hollywood trainer who transformed Hugh Jackman into Wolverine. Matthews explained that Manganiello was plenty ripped but that body fat obscured all of his definition. “I was constantly mistaken for a professional football player,” the actor says. Through Matthews’ program of low-weight, high-rep, cardio-intensive workouts, Manganiello dropped 15 pounds and lowered his body fat from 18 percent to 8. The new regimen made his muscles longer and more limber, boosted his endurance, and made him lighter on his feet. “The idea wasn’t only to make me look a certain way but to move a certain way,” says Manganiello, whose bare-chested heroics helped him become the hit show’s newest heartthrob. “I didn’t want to be like one of those statuesque eighties action stars.”

Manganiello exercises twice a day, six times a week, starting with a cardio session on an empty stomach. He keeps it low-intensity to ensure he burns fat, not muscle. In the evenings, he hits the weights, never doing the same workout twice by switching up reps, sets, and exercises. Here’s a typical week.

MONDAY
a.m.: Elliptical
p.m.: Legs, chest

TUESDAY
a.m.: Interval sprinting
p.m.: Back, triceps

WEDNESDAY
a.m.: Elliptical
p.m.: Shoulders, biceps

THURSDAY
a.m.: Interval sprinting
p.m.: Legs, chest

FRIDAY
a.m.: Elliptical
p.m.: Back, triceps

SATURDAY
a.m.: Interval sprinting
p.m.: Shoulders, biceps

SUNDAY
Rest

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