Speaking to
Digital Spy, Chris Evans - who portrays Steve Rogers/Captain America in next month's
Captain America: TFA - talks about his heavy workout regime, saying it was 'grueling' and 'brutal'. He also talks how big his body got for the role, as well as the injuries he received during the workout.
On just how brutal the workout was...
"It was grueling," Evans said of his workouts. "It was brutal and I'd find any excuse possible not to go. But I had to do it. The gym wasn't anything too special.
"We would take two muscle groups, whether it was chest and back or biceps and triceps and we would just destroy those muscles, literally, for about two hours. Then we'd cool down with core and abs. I had no idea there were so many ways you could burn yourself out."
Evans spent three months working with trainer Simon Waterson, who helped Daniel Craig get in shape for his James Bond debut in
Casino Royale.
On how big his body got, and the injuries that resulted from it...
"I don't think my body is supposed to be as big as it got for Captain America," he admitted. "There was a strain on some joints. After a month and a half of training I found my right shoulder would click and my left pec would hurt.
"It was an ever-evolving workout, in which we always found ways to work around the parts of me that were sore. There are certain things that hurt more than others. But that seems to be pretty universal. Every guy I know has some sort of freak injury in their body."
Starring Chris Evans, Hayley Atwell, Hugo Weaving, Sebastian Stan and Tommy Lee Jones,
Captain America: The First Avenger hits theaters July 22nd, later this month!
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