{"id":21618,"date":"2013-05-15T11:53:16","date_gmt":"2013-05-15T16:53:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fitzness.com\/blog\/?p=21618"},"modified":"2014-10-29T11:35:51","modified_gmt":"2014-10-29T16:35:51","slug":"mathew-mcconaughey-gets-his-hands-dirty-in-new-film-mud-what-he-does-inside-and-outside-of-the-gym","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fitzness.com\/blog\/mathew-mcconaughey-gets-his-hands-dirty-in-new-film-mud-what-he-does-inside-and-outside-of-the-gym\/","title":{"rendered":"Mathew McConaughey Gets His Hands Dirty in New Film Mud: What He Does Inside and Outside of the Gym"},"content":{"rendered":"

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That\u2019s right ladies, the dreamy Mathew McConaughey is starring in another romantic film. What more could you ask for? If he hasn\u2019t won your heart over yet in The Wedding Planner, <\/i>How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, Failure to Launch <\/i>or<\/span> Magic Mike<\/a>\u2026 <\/i>then it\u2019s not him, it’s you. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

In this recently released film, Mud<\/i>, the 43-year-old actor plays a Southern fugitive who is hiding on an abandoned island on the Mississippi River. When two teenage boys become friends with the fugitive, they help him evade the authorities and reunite him with his true love, a troubled woman played by the one and only, Reese Witherspoon<\/a>!<\/span><\/p>\n


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To prepare for his role, McConaughey spent some alone time on a deserted island in Arkansas. “The only neighbors were a few snakes and two donkeys,\u201d he told the New York Post newspaper. \u201cIt was pretty cool.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

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Snakes? Cool!? Well, we are talking about the adventurous Mathew McConaughey.<\/a> His love for the outdoors plays a role in how he maintains his lean physique. He likes to break a sweat everyday through surfing, skateboarding, cycling, hill climbs, running outdoors and yoga. <\/span><\/p>\n

McConaughey told Men\u2019s Fitness, \u201cWhen I work out, I like to run. If I see a tree, I\u2019ll stop and do pull ups. Randomly, I\u2019ll do push ups, too. And this is how I get the body I want!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Well, Mathew McConaughey is more than welcome to do any pull up exercises on the trees in my front yard…<\/span><\/p>\n

But wait, there\u2019s more! Along with his outdoor hobbies, McConaughey keeps his fitness up year-round in the gym with the help of celebrity trainer, Gunnar Peterson. Gunnar Peterson incorporates a lot of circuit training in McConaughey\u2019s workout routine, which includes short bursts of cardio. For example, with cardio he\u2019d have him do something like 4 minutes on one machine, 5 minutes on another, 6 minutes on something else and then go 6, 5, 4.\u00a0 <\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Peterson finds that people work harder when asked to train for short bouts of time. If he were to say, \u201cgo on that cardio machine for an hour,\u201d his clients would take it easy and become bored.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s an example of a<\/span> Monday <\/span>Matthew McConaughey workout routine<\/strong>:
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*Do Circuit 1 & 2 (then repeat 2 more times), then proceed to Circuit 3. Rest 1 min between each circuit<\/span><\/p>\n

Circuit 1<\/b><\/p>\n