Craig's workout
walther p99
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anyone know Craig's workout that he did to get in such great shape in CR?
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Walther
His frame is appropriate, IMHO, for the character's revised history (special forces work, etc) as detailed in the James Bond Dossier on the official CR site...I'm expecting a dynamic physical performance from the new guy.
"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
I'm not saying he ever was actually too slight---but that was one of the numerous things said about him initially, coupled with the fact that he's the shortest of all the actors to play the part. My own theory is that Craig felt the need to 'bulk up' to compensate for his height.
"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
Here I have an article published in the scottish edition of IC networks about the workout and diet routines of Craig, hope it helps. I started the physics two months ago combined with my gym workout routine. I follow the diet every single day, but with some variations, and believe me, it works. I've been working out for 10 years and never cared about the diet, only wanted to add bulk, my weight's always been between 165-168 lbs, and now I'm in 157 and I'm 5'9". I'm more defined and trimmed.
Give yourself a try!!!
The article:
Give your man a bod like Bond
By Clare Raymond
DETERMINED to leave us shaken and stirred, new Bond star Daniel Craig has transformed himself from a wimp into a hunk to play 007 - and now your man can do it, too!
This week, 38-year-old Daniel revealed an enviable six-pack, bulging biceps and a washboard stomach while strolling along a beach in the Bahamas.
In the four months since landing the role of James Bond for the £100million movie Casino Royale, he has toned his physique and added masses of muscle.
And he has done it by following a tough exercise regime under the guidance of an ex-military PE instructor and two physiotherapists. It has meant intense weight training, three-hour gym sessions, daily yoga, plus a specially-prepared diet.
Celebrity trainer Matt Roberts insists: "All men can enjoy the benefits of a sexier body and better heath by following the diet and exercise tricks Daniel did."
Here, Matt explains how Daniel got a body that is licensed to thrill and why even committed couch potatoes can try it.
Always check with your doctor before starting any new diet or fitness regime.
FRY ANOTHER DAY: THE DIET PLAN
IF you despair of ever getting your man to turn from flab to fab, take heart from the reassuring words of Matt Roberts.
"All men have ready-defined six-packs," he says. "It's just for most of them they are hiding under a layer of fat! If this fat is removed by exercise and a low-fat diet, they'll be the proud owner of a six-pack.
To achieve this, Matt recommends eating six small meals a day. The bulk of carbs should be eaten at breakfast and post-workout, and each meal must contain a carb source, such as brown rice or pasta.
To reduce body fat and increase lean muscle mass, eat lean proteins such as turkey, chicken, tuna and salmon.
Good carb sources include oatmeal for breakfast and low glycemic carbs such as quinoa and lentils.
Good fat sources are oily fish and low-fat dairy, but take care to avoid saturated fats found in red meats.
Matt says, "Supplement wise, I would include a good multivitamin to support the body, as well as fish oils, such as cod liver oil or salmon oil, to maintain lean body mass and to aid in fat-burning.
"You should also drink water regularly. Special hydroactive waters, available in sports shops and health food stores, have a higher sodium content and can help your body absorb the water more quickly."
WHAT TO EAT
Breakfast: Big bowl of porridge with blueberries and honey, a banana and mango smoothie.
Mid-morning snack: A sandwich, rye toast, or nuts and seeds.
Lunch: Large piece of grilled chicken or fish, with mixed roasted veg and a bowl of brown rice or couscous.
Afternoon snack: Banana, berries, apples or pears.
Dinner: Healthy risotto or brown pasta.
Supper: Baked or steamed fruit.
AND WHAT TO DITCH
MATT says: "He will need to cut down on or give up alcohol because it slows the rate at which the body can produce muscle mass. Smoking can also affect the workout programme because it stops oxygen getting round his system, so he should stop that, too."
YOU ONLY LIFT TWICE: THE EXERCISES "MOST Hollywood actors are obsessed with getting big biceps and a toned chest, because this is what looks good on screen," says Matt Roberts.
"But for all-round great physique development I would advise a full body programme. This can still focus on building a bigger top half to create that desirable V-shape.
"Daniel has probably exercised at least six days a week, working different muscle groups each day and alternating between weight training to strengthen his muscles and cardio work to get his heart pumping and burn fat."
CARDIO TRAINING
MATT advises three sessions of cardio training a week, doing such activities as running, swimming or cycling.
WEIGHT TRAINING
SESSIONS when you work with weights should be every other day, include a light 10-minute warm-up, last no more than one hour, and be followed by a post-exercise stretch, advises Matt.
He recommends that you repeat each exercise no more than 16 times on each body part.
THE BEST MUSCLE MOVES
Decline press-ups: Lie face down on the floor with your feet up on a bench and your hands on the floor, so that your shoulders are lower than your feet. This is a very difficult press-up which will help to build up the chest, shoulders and arms.
Pull-ups: A fantastic way of building up the back and biceps. Use a pull-up at the gym and lift your whole body weight as many times as you can manage.
Shoulder press: Sit on a bench with big weights in your hands. Lift them as high as you can and bring them down again, so your arms are at 90 degrees at the elbows and level with your shoulders.
Bridge: Lay face down on the floor. Now slowly elevate your body so that just your elbows and feet are in contact with the floor. This exercise isolates the abdominal muscles making them work incredibly hard and creates great sixpack abs.
Reverse curl on an incline bench: Lie on a bench which has a slight incline, with your head at the higher end. Hold on to the bench behind your head. Raise both of your legs straight above you in the air and then rock them, so your feet are over your face in the star position. This is another toughie when it comes to working the abs.
and I spoke to some of the trainers there who are familiar with Craig before and after Bond. What they pretty much agreed upon was that Craig's pre-Bond body type was a really easy platform to build upon. The theory is, it's alot easier to build lean muscle mass onto a guy who's already lean and well defined than trying to get a guy who is has alot of body fat and not much muscle mass to look the way Craig does. And by the way, my son's karate instructor (who is a huge Brosnan fan) was very impressed with the hand to hand fighting in the trailer and clips. He said it looked very convincing and realistic.
and I spoke to some of the trainers there who are familiar with Craig before and after Bond. What they pretty much agreed upon was that Craig's pre-Bond body type was a really easy platform to build upon. The theory is, it's alot easier to build lean muscle mass onto a guy who's already lean and well defined than trying to get a guy who is has alot of body fat and not much muscle mass to look the way Craig does. And by the way, my son's karate instructor (who is a huge Brosnan fan) was very impressed with the hand to hand fighting in the trailer and clips. He said it looked very convincing and realistic.
personally I think he's too bulked up for Bond. He's more "Arnold-like"
I think most of us are used to leaner less ripped 007..
I certainly hope this movie is good, as so many of the main issues are drastically altered
Anyway, thanks for posting up DC's workout. Very interesting, as was the diet. I will try and incorporate some of the things into my routine but as I have a couple of made-to-measure suits, I don't want to make them redundant by growing too large for them - I think I'll concentrate on toning rather than huge amounts of muscle building.
I do think that DC looks good though. A real menace. Over the next few years there are going to be several villains that will wish that they hadn't crossed his path (or vice versa).
*If anyone wants a PDF file of the James Bond Dossier, just PM me.
"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
"...boredom, and particularly the incredible circumstance of waking up bored, was the only vice Bond utterly condemned.
Bond reached out and gave two rings on the bell to show May, his treasured Scottish housekeeper, that he was ready for breakfast. Then he abruptly flung the single sheet off his naked body and swung his feet to the floor.
There was only one way to deal with boredom- kick oneself out of it. Bond went down on his hands and did twenty slow press-ups, lingering over each one so that his muscles had no rest. When his arms could stand the pain no longer, he rolled over on his back and, with his hands at his sides, did the straight leg-lift until his stomach muscles screamed. He got to his feet and, after touching his toes twenty times, went over to arm and chest exercises combined with deep breathing until he was dizzy. Panting with the exertion, he went into the big white-tiled bathroom and stood in the glass shower cabinet under very hot and then cold hissing water for five minutes.
At last! after shaving and putting on a sleeveless dark blue Sea Island cotton shirt and navy blue tropical worsted trousers, he slipped his the long big-windowed sitting-roomdom with the satisfaction of having sweated his boredom, at any rate for the time being, out of his body."
--Ian Fleming, From Russia With Love, Ch. 11
:007)
I have also subscribed to Mens Health which gives some great workout ideas, some of which I have been using and have seen a difference. I guess it all goes to discipline! Take a look at the website, menshealth.com, there are a lot of suggestions on the site as well as a variety of other areas!!!
In reality, he's pretty flabby. Half dozen Krispy Kremes and a pack of Pall Malls a day.
All kidding aside, Craig has to be the toughest looking 007 of all the movies. He looks pretty believable as a special forces guy-turned secret agent. He looks in better shape than former Mr. Universe Sean Connery, who's pecs had to be iced down in between takes to look bulked.
Men's Health is indeed a great magazine. I work out pretty religiously and use a lot of their diet and exercise ideas.
The December issue of GQ's U.K. edition has Craig's workout in it. It is mostly calisthenics done very rapidly, according to his personal trainer. When I get a little time, I will post the exercises here.
How Daniel Craig got himself prepared and his body building regime in his own words
“I gave up smoking and exercised 5 times a week. At weekends I ate and drank what I liked.
The work out lasted only 45 minutes but we didn’t stop. Circuits, lifting, working weights and lots of pull ups. I can now bench press my own weight.
I told my personal trainer, Simon Waterson, I’ve got to look like I could kill someone when I take my shirt off”
i have a similar body type to him..he is once inch taller at 6 ft. i think he looks great and much better having a tougher looking bond as they say he is the gadget now rather than the naff stuff in the other films..brings him upto date.
i dont have his great pants ha ha but i also train like him about 45 mins a day..with a short 15 run in my case to keep fat low and i am 35 ..nearly 36 so couple of years behind him..gotta work hard at keep fat down as u get older ha ha.... where can i get some bond pants wonder if they burn fat
"The decline press ups work the triceps and chest, and the pull ups work biceps and chest and the shoulder press works the biceps."
The person who said that I don't know if they have any idea what they are taking about and just tried to bull**** it or either they don't know how to or never have lifted weights in there life.
First of all decline push-ups will work your chest first of all and secondary muscles the triceps and shoulders (mainly front deltoids).
A pull-up will work your BACK not chest, your back and with a secondary muscle your biceps.
Thirdly the shoulder press does not work your biceps it works your shoulders, with secondary muscle the tricep being worked. The reason why there is no arms in there probably is because unless you want well defined arms and do isolation exercises doing those exercises will use your arms (biceps and triceps) almost as much as doing curls for your biceps and pulldowns for your triceps.
So i am finished here i say congradulations on getting 1 out of 3 exercises correct for what body part is actually used.