Iron Man 2 is almost old news given it was released over a week ago, yet we're still receiving scintillating snippets of information regarding the movie's stars. Usually it's something baby related about Gwyneth, or about how "simple things make her happy", or something sweat related about Scarlett, but this time it's about Robert Downey Jr. working out so we're all over it *rubs thighs*
To get in shape for Iron Man 2, Downey Jr's exercise routine involved a custom-built wheelbarrow, sledgehammers and truck tyres, his trainer has revealed.
Brad Rose, who got the actor in shape for the first Iron Man movies, explained: "After [the first routine], Robert felt kind of bored with it and wanted to something a little more exciting." Rose's solution, he told Us Magazine, was what he calls “Rocky IV meets high-tech training."
One of the more unusual routines involved filling fire hoses with sand and water in order to “drag and whip them to build the shoulder muscles and pecs back up... We went out and bought truck tyres, and we used sledgehammers - anywhere from, two four-pound (1.8kg) sledgehammers in each hand, all the way up to a full 20-pound (9kg) sledgehammer - and we were just beating tyres with it."
Yeah, is anyone else turned on? No? OK, I will NOT feel alone this time, it's the weekend, go with it *shakes fist*
