Hugh Jackman, who is to Wolverine what Robert Downey Jr is to Tony Stark, prefers rowing to keep fit:

“There’s a reason the rower’s usually empty at the gym—because it’s difficult,” he said. “And a lot of people want to say it and feel they’ve worked out, and they want to get a sweat, but they don’t necessarily… And the rowing machine—I think if you add in some chest work, some pushups, that’s everything you need to keep fit, healthy, strong… It’s such a good building exercise for deadlifts and all these core movements, compound movements, getting your scapula—everything sort of in the right place—and your breathing and relaxing your neck, you know, at the same time as doing it.”

I scrubbed up to the section of the Tim Ferriss podcast to listen to where Jackman dishes on rowing. He said that all you need is 7 minutes, four times a week. But then he said something like “shoot for 2000.” I thought at first that that’s a pretty light bit of rowing for someone in good shape. But then I realized maybe he’s talking about getting 2k in 7 minutes, which would be a pretty impressive split time of 1:45. That makes a bit more sense.

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