I assume it’s almost impossible to dress up in a tux without cracking some kind of 007 joke, but not everyone can pull one off like Daniel Craig.

The current James Bond has certainly taken his fitness and workout regime a step further than the likes of Sean Connery and Roger Moore, and he’s currently smashing a 12-hour-a-day workout regime to shape up for the next movie.

It’s all a little strange, because Ian Fleming’s character used to guzzle booze and wasn’t exactly fond of the gym, but I guess we roll with the ages.

Heres’ the Irish Times:

…Craig is training heavily to get back into shape for the film they’re calling Bond 25.

“Sources on set” have expressed surprise at the extent of his physical jerks. “Being Bond requires a lot of energy and he is determined to make sure he is ready for it,” the 007 Deep Throat murmured. “It’s an action movie and he wants to give it his absolute best.”

The Mail reports that: “He has been enduring a gruelling diet and fitness regime that culminated in staggering 12-hour workout sessions last week”

There’s only one thing I want to do for 12 hours a day, and that’s sleep. I’m sure Daniel is working with professionals, rather than getting his info from some moron on Instagram, but it’s not a regime that works for the average person.

The Telegraph had a little fun with the idea, also taking the piss out of Mark Wahlberg’s insane workout regime:

Where do we even go from here? Sixteen hours a day? Eighteen? Twenty, followed by four hours of fitful sleep in a cryo chamber with electrodes attached to your obliques for a bit of REM-cycle ab work? Mark Wahlberg, if you’re reading this, please understand that it’s not a suggestion.

I’ll take those four hours in the cryo chamber and leave the rest to the professionals, which is probably a good idea:

…if all you need to do is to walk broodily up a beach for five seconds, then 12 hours of training in anything is insane. There’s widespread disagreement about exactly how much training per day is optimal for building muscle – some trainers suggest that your testosterone levels drop off after an hour or so, others think that’s nonsense – but even the best bodybuilders on the planet, with the best recovery-enhancers that under-the-counter-chemistry provide, don’t train for more than a couple of hours a day.

What can I get for a couple of hours a week? Asking for a friend.

At least Daniel isn’t afraid to carry his son around, like a real man.

Good luck getting super ripped, 007 (percent body fat).

[sources:irishtimes&telegraph]