Ok, the upcoming Avengers Movie is a full on celebrity fitness nerdgasm.
It’s like all of my favorite celebrity workouts, all at the same time!
But first, I just have to point out the absurdity of pairing these characters together. There are two groups:
Group One: Legitimate Superpowers
Thor/Chris Hemsworth – Is the God of Thunder, has a super strength hammer, controls lightning
Hulk/Mark Ruffalo – Nearly unkillable, ten times the size of a normal man, and super strong
Captain America/Chris Evans – US Government’s ultimate genetically modified supersoldier
Iron Man/Robert Downey Jr. – Bulletproof flying supersuit, billionaire, genius
Group Two: Mostly Attitude and Cool Uniforms
Black Widow/Scarlett Johansson – Is super hot
Nick Fury/Samuel L. Jackson – Played “Shaft” in another movie
Hawkeye/The guy from “The Town” – Has a bow and arrow
Now, is it just me, or is there some disparity between these two groups of characters? How are they all going to even halfway make any sense together?
Fortunately, that’s not my department. My department is how awesome all of their workouts are. Let us begin:
Scarlett Johansson:
Circuit training: Kettlebells, jump lunges, pushups, pullups
Robert Downey Jr.:
The Iron Man workout is oldschool and simple: Kettlebells, tire flipping, sledge hammers, battling ropes.
https://joshhillis.com/articles/2010/05/robert-downey-jrs-iron-man-2-kettlebell-workout-1.html
Chris Evans:
Circuit training or cardio daily: Kettlebell swings, burpees, pullups, TRX rows and pushups, barbell overhead squats.
Then a bodypart split:
M: Back and arms: Deadlifts and curls
W: Legs: Lots of heavy, heavy squats
TH: Chest and shoulders: Presses at multiple angles and grips
S: Posture Work: Rear Delts/Rhomboids ect.
By the end they were adding weight to all of his bodyweight exercises also. He was doing 3 sets of 12 pullups with a 35lb plate, and dips for the same sets and reps with between 45-60lbs.
Chris Hemsworth:
Nearly identical plan to Chris Evans – circuits to keep him lean, and barbell bodypart splits to add muscle.
And I think that’s is going to be a huge trend that’s coming in 2012:
1.) Circuits for Fat Loss
combined with
2.) Barbell Bodypart Splits for Muscle Gain
This may seem like an unlikely combination, kettlebell and bodyweight circuits with essentially old-school bodybuilding, but I think we’re going to see a lot more of this.
There are a lot of trainers/gurus that are invested in kettlebell/battling ropes/tires/TRX being the only way, and a lot of trainers/gurus that are investedin bodybuilding/gym workouts being the only way – but that’s going to have to change. We’re moving towards a fitness world that’s a lot less either/or. We’re going to be seeing people take what works from multiple sources and combine it in new and powerful ways.
Different Trainers, Same Plan
I think it’s totally amazing that they all had different celebrity trainers, and that they all did essentially the same things.
They all did the same kinds of bodyweight/kettlebell circuits for fat loss. If this isn’t the undisputed ultimate fat loss workout by now, I don’t know what is.
On top of that, the guys that needed to get big did bodypart splits for muscle gain.
What works is what works is what works.
By Josh Hillis, RKC, CPT, PES, ZMIS author, The 21 Day Kettlebell Swing Challenge
and System Six: Easy Fat Loss
quoted by USA Today, The Denver Post, and The Los Angeles Times
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