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Mike Rowe from Dirty Jobs takes a reader’s question about staying in shape on the road.

Here’s me doing 105 of them (video sped up):

Burpees In The Living Room from Russ Hutto on Vimeo.

Most people will get you started doing Descending Reps starting with 10 Reps. Do 10 Burpees, recover, do 9, recover, do 8, recover, and so 0n. Recovery should be about 60 seconds.

A VERY tough variation of this is to do 20 Burpees in descending sets.

• Start with a set of 20 Burpees
• Rest/recover for a short bit (like a minute or two)
• Do 19 Burpees
• Rest/recover
• Do 18 Burpees

…and so on. You will be destroyed by this workout (in a good way!).

Brad Bose, PhD, the man in charge of training Robert Downey, Jr. for Iron Man, Sherlock Holmes, and Iron Man 2 put him on a “functional fitness” regimen that included all sorts of unorthodox exercises and routines.

Functional fitness is an approach to fitness that utilizes REAL LIFE ranges of motion instead of repetitive, robotic machine motions (like body building). There is less focus on isolating individual muscles and more focus on working out the entire body. The end result is a lean, muscly body that performs at it’s peak across a wide range of activities (not just lifting). The result of traditional body building and “cardio” exercising is peak performance (if you can even call it that) in one or two activities (lifting, flexing, or running on a treadmill).

They had just 3 months to get Downey into Tony Stark form after he had dropped 20 lbs to play Sherlock Holmes.

His workouts included exercises and techniques  such as Indian Clubs, Meels, Wheelbarrows, Fire Hoses, Sled, Giant Tires, Sledgehammers, and more unorthodox workout routines.

Downey was tired of the regular routine of hitting the gym and just lifting weights and said, “If I have to get underneath a bench press or [do] a squat, I’m going to shoot myself. I just don’t have the motivation.” So, Bose put him on this functional fitness regimen that really “shock and awed” his body.

If you want proof that there’s something to working out out in a non-traditional, non-body building way just take a look at Robert Downey, Jr. in Iron Man 2. He built that physique in 3 months using functional fitness workouts.

For more information and the details of each workout element see the full article at WebMD.

Congratulations to Keith, who certified this week for CrossFit! He’s now Level 1 certified!

That means if you join our outdoor workout group in the Brunswick/St Simons area you’ve got a bonafide Crossfit certified trainer looking out for you! We typically meet in the late afternoon/early evenings at Windsor Park to hangout and workout. Everyone is welcome! Bring the whole family! We’ll be working out regularly throughout the spring and summer.

Check here for details and schedule.

Kudos to Keith on his certification, it’s neither easy nor inexpensive. We’re proud of you!

The Huttos (all four of us: Russ and his wife Lydia; Jon and his wife Tiffany) just started a new challenge this week.

Here’s the skinny:

This is a Biggest Loser style challenge. Weekly weigh-ins. Weekly challenges.

We had our weigh-in last night.

The challenge will be 7 weeks long. Monday, April 12, 2010 – Friday, May 28, 2010

Each week there is a $20 cash prize. Winner for the week takes all.

Overall winner gets all the glory!

Progress will be measured in percentages (not lbs).

Each of us has individual motivation to do the challenge but we’re all doing this together (yet, individually).

The guys, Russ and Jon, will be posting their progress here on the blog. The ladies chose not to reveal their progress to the world which is fine! But if you think about it (and know them) cheer them on over on their facebook pages!

Yesterday I had the opportunity to visit one of my local gyms with my brother and a friend, Keith Hand (Trainer Keith). After sitting through the very brief (yet probably required of the employee) sales pitch for the gym we headed to a corner to warm up for our CrossFit workout of the day (WOD).

The original WOD was 10 rounds of 15 deadlifts (135 lbs) and 15 pushups for time.

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