Chris Evans Talks 'Captain America' Workout Routine

For Steve Rogers, all it took to go from a puny, military-rejected weakling to muscle-bound super soldier was a hyperbaric chamber and a couple injections of experimental serum. It wasn't quite so easy for Chris Evans to pull off the feat off-screen.
Just hearing him talk about it might make one sore -- or nauseous.

"We did two hours a day, and it was brutal. I usually like working out. Going in sucks, but walking out, you're like, 'I'm glad I did that!'" the star told PopSugar. "This was different. I'd walk out and I'd be like, 'I need to vomit. I hate this trainer. I hate this movie. I want to go to sleep for a week.' It was just relentless. I've got a fast metabolism and I lose weight very quickly, so for me to get big, it was just eat a lot."

Sounds like a dream, but then, he wasn't exactly indulging on pizza.

"Working out sucked, eating sucked more. You get to a point where you just can't even look at another piece of chicken. You're just so bloated, but you just have to keep consuming protein, so that was tricky."

Luckily for Evans, director Joe Johnston used special effects to make Evans seem sickly-weak in "Captain America: The First Avenger," so he didn't have to go crazy to lose the weight, at least.

"They went back and forth on the type of technology they were going to use. Initially, they were just going to do body shrinking, and then they thought, 'Well, maybe we can get another skinny actor and put Chris' head on it,' and I really, really was against that," Evans told USA Weekend. "I said to Joe, 'Look, I know we want this to look good and this effect to not be distracting from the film, but it has to be my performance. I don't want to share this. Your body is a huge piece of the acting puzzle, and I don't want to have somebody else's body tell the story that I'm trying to tell.' So they did some tweaking and they did a bunch of tests and we went back to the initial plan to shrink my body."

For much more from Evans, click over to PopSugar.

Comments

[american-dolt]

10:09 AM on 07/21/2011

Is it necessary to post this same image of Mr Steroid Puff Body everyday?

I mean it looks like they left the "super human machine" he was connected to a little too long. (like overnight)

[OnTopicOffTopic]

06:46 AM on 07/21/2011

The woman is staring at hisNipples in the above pic.

[madashellvoter]

02:49 PM on 07/21/2011

wouldn't you, yummy!

[James F Barry]

12:27 AM on 07/21/2011

He forgot to bring up the roids........and after this flop he then can do "adult" films with that body...

[OnTopicOffTopic]

06:47 AM on 07/21/2011

Lol, the negativity on the entertainment boards never ceases to amaze me

[SamShah33]

09:29 AM on 07/21/2011

U must never have stepped foot in a gym in your life or you paid a year membership and quit after a month (if that). I love it when people accuse dedicated natural bodybuilders of roiding. Im not too far from that pic up top and ive never even taked a TYLENOL my whole life. We eat a lot and work out hard. Dont be a hater.

[SamShah33]

09:34 AM on 07/21/2011

*taken

[Widespread Panic]

12:04 AM on 07/21/2011

His head doesn't seem to fit his body.

And as much as this movie sounds good, I can't picture him as Captain America. The role doesn't seem to fit him. But I'm going to see it anyway, so maybe he will surprise me.

[Jehosafats]

09:16 PM on 07/20/2011

I wanna vomit every time HuffPost uses this picture

[OnTopicOffTopic]

06:47 AM on 07/21/2011

why?

[SeanMartin]

11:49 PM on 07/20/2011

spammer

[SILVANUS]

08:19 PM on 07/20/2011

Hmmmm, looks boring, but market the homoerotica in the usual Raw Wrestling sleight of hand way to adolescents and teens and it,might break even. Usuallly works. Cap'n America.

[OnTopicOffTopic]

06:48 AM on 07/21/2011

You are one strange cookie

[SILVANUS]

01:55 PM on 07/21/2011

Well, it's the game, isn't it? When the trick is sold, the trick is told.
"it's a straaaange world, Sandy." - Kyle MacLachlan (Jefffrey) to Laura Dern (Sandy) in the 1986 film, "Blue Velvet".

[Cole 33]

02:55 PM on 07/21/2011

Could it have anything to do with it being a pretty successful comic book character for many many decades?

[SILVANUS]

03:59 PM on 07/21/2011

It may get some traction on that, but most of those folks have families and don't go to 3 D films. You tell me: how many gaming kids read those comics? I don't know. I stay abreast of things as much as possible, but, well, Green Lantern has not done well. I would rather see the lesser known comix series, "Fool Killer" adapted to screen. This guy Chris does not have mass appeal, I don't think. That's why they are selling pecs and skin to zoom in on some possible titillation. Wish 'em the best.

[PaddockGirl]

05:07 PM on 07/20/2011

I appreciate his hard work. Rawr.

As for the movie, maybe I'll catch it on Netflix intstant watch next year.

[TheBestPatriot]

03:41 PM on 07/20/2011

Am I the only person asking why Chris Evans is allowed to be lead (the STAR) in a blockbuster, summer film like Captain America?

I just don’t get it. He isn’t hot. He has school teacher hair. He isn’t a great actor. What are his redeeming qualities? Maybe he is a nice guy, but I don’t know if that is enough to carry a film.

When I see Chris Evans I think of that guy that Katie Holmes dumped to date Tom Cruise.

[SeanMartin]

11:50 PM on 07/20/2011

"School teacher hair"? WTF is that?

[OnTopicOffTopic]

06:48 AM on 07/21/2011

I have to also ask....w-t-f is "school teacher hair"?

lmao

[TheBestPatriot]

08:34 AM on 07/21/2011

Have you seen this guy's hair? If you have seen this dude’s hair, you would know what I am talking about.

Think Nebraska math teacher. Think Chris Klein in Election. He’s that guy bad hair in all.

[anastasiabeaverhousen]

02:41 PM on 07/20/2011

HP: Do your web magic and make that pix of him always show up front and center. Please.

[Polyphonic79]

02:17 PM on 07/20/2011

This is going to be the biggest flop of the summer.

[SkyCap]

03:20 PM on 07/20/2011

I didn't realize this movie was called "The Undefeated."

[situationcritical]

04:59 PM on 07/20/2011

You are so right about that.

[Nessa CRonaldo7]

01:50 PM on 07/20/2011

his body is a wonderland hahah.

[Nessa CRonaldo7]

01:48 PM on 07/20/2011

omgshh , his body is so sexyy wowwwww! , but the movie still looks boring.

[jjgg5]

01:07 PM on 07/20/2011

The reviews will be irrelevant. People will go to this movie to see that body.

[bloggomatic]

12:33 PM on 07/20/2011

O my, well whale well....someone looks tasty :p

[SkyCap]

03:21 PM on 07/20/2011

Thank you for the license to say licentious things about women that have little to do with their intellectual prowess.

[deweydecimal]

11:48 PM on 07/20/2011

I agree I would eat him up and go back for thirds.

[bloggomatic]

12:14 AM on 07/21/2011

Haha!! To cute!