Actor
Robert Downey Jr.
Actor (Iron Man, Sherlock Holmes)
2 sourced records. Each exercise has a top recorded mark and its evidence. Check the date, age, effort and method before you compare.
Robert Downey Jr. Indian club figure-of-eight
Robert Downey Jr.'s recorded Indian club figure-of-eight is 2.5 kg × 50. Source date: 2010-06-14. This was a working set. The source at coachweb.com gives this mark. Source type: interview. Confidence is medium.
Iron Man 2 training with Brad Bose
Source quote and limits
“He'd use a 2.5kg club and do figure-of-eights around his head and body 50 or 60 times.”
Trainer Brad Bose describes Downey’s personal training habit in narrative prose. The 50 repetitions are the lower end of the stated 50 or 60 range. Date uses the original datePublished, June 14, 2010; the exact effort day is unknown. The September 14, 2022 update is excluded. Bodyweight is unknown.
2010
- Indian club figure-of-eight2.5 kg × 50
Quote and details
“He'd use a 2.5kg club and do figure-of-eights around his head and body 50 or 60 times.”
Robert Downey Jr. Wheelbarrow push (load in weight stacks)
Robert Downey Jr.'s recorded Wheelbarrow push (load in weight stacks) is 600 lb. Performance date: 2009. Age at the time: 43–44. This was a working set. The source at usmagazine.com gives this mark. Source type: interview. Confidence is medium.
Iron Man 2 training with Brad Bose
Source quote and limits
“600 to 700 lb. weight stacks”
Trainer Brad Bose describes a wheelbarrow that Downey pushed around an obstacle course. The 600 lb value is the lower end of the stated 600 to 700 lb range. It is the stack load; wheelbarrow mass, force at the handles, distance and repetitions are unknown. Date uses first publication because the exact training day is unknown. The article gives bodyweights at other points in preparation; none is tied to this effort. Bose places this training in the first three to four weeks of Iron Man 2 filming, which began April 6, 2009 (Wikipedia, Iron Man 2).
2009
- Wheelbarrow push (load in weight stacks)600 lb
Quote and details
“600 to 700 lb. weight stacks”
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