Celebrity Trainers Talks Josh Hutcherson’s “Catching Fire” Training
In an interview with Men’s Fitness, celebrity trainer Bobby Strom talked about the 12-week training program Josh Hutcherson went through to get in shape to play Peeta for “Catching Fire”.
Those familiar with The Hunger Games lore know that Peeta’s brute strength comes from a lifetime of lifting bags of flour in his family’s bakery. In reality, though, Hutcherson cut his stocky physique with five hour-long workouts a week—which included one league basketball game and four Strom-led, circuit-style gym sessions.
“I call them mash-ups,” says Strom. “We go from one body part to the next to the next, incorporating four or five exercises per circuit.”
Josh was also put on a strict, well-balanced, calorie-controlled diet… but as you can see from this sample menu, this was probably the most pleasant part of his prep work.
• Breakfast: Greek-style Quiche with Orange Slices
• Lunch: Chicken Burger with BBQ Sauce and Grilled Pineapple
• Afternoon Snack: Caprese Salad(Mozzarella Cheese & Tomato) with Balsamic
• Dinner: Filet Mignon with Creamy Butternut Squash & Asparagus
• Desert: Chocolate Cheesecake
Strom also revealed that Josh and Bruno Gunn met for the first time in the gym.
“One of the guys he’s fighting in the movie was also training in the same gym,” says Strom, referring to Bruno Gunn, who is set to play Brutus in Catching Fire. “They had never met, and he walked up and said, ‘Hey Josh, I’m Bruno…and I’m going to be kicking your ass!’”
You can read the entire article at Men’s Fitness.
Awesome first interaction between Bruno and Josh. I’m excited for the movie!
I’m really excited to see all this hard work translate on screen.
Seems like the battle between Katniss’ group and the careers will be interesting in the arena.
Lol well that’s a great way to tell someone they’re going to fight in the Hunger Games xD
actually, the Filet Mignon is the only thing that sounds good there. I refuse to eat unpleasant food just because it’s healthy (although I do need to eat less of the regular stuff). I’m fairly active, but do need more variety.
LOL, bruno. that is hilarious, considering peeta kills brutus in the arena. xD
Can’t wait to see all of the different aspects that Francis Lawrence will bring to CF. I hope Peeta is a little more built for this movie, because in the book, Suzanne describes him as this big guy who wants to protect Katniss. I can only hope that that message is carried out thoroughly in this movie.
Any one else agree???? :/
Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE the HG movie, i’m like border line obsessed with the whole series, I just have high hopes for the next movies.
I’m defenitly a MAJOR fan
Haha peetalover, everyone here is a MAJOR fan hehe
@PeetaLover:
I thought Peeta’s strength was supposed to be hidden at first, thus he didn’t look ripped or whatever in the first movie.
Does this mean we’ll see a buffier Peeta in CF? How would they work that up in the movie?
@Anna:
They do start training soon after the Quell announcement, so it would make perfect sense.
@Alan
Thanks, I got that from the first book for sure… I was just curious.
I love Josh, he’s an amazing actor, and has so much talent.
That is the kind of diet I want!
Geez… wish somebody would put ME on a strict, well-balanced, calorie-controlled diet… haha
@PeetaLover: “in the book, Suzanne describes him as this big guy who wants to protect Katniss.”
He’s described as “medium height, stocky”. Not big, even though he’s supposed to be strong from lifting bags of flour around. People seemed to forget that he’s not supposed to be tall.
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