It's a "Killer" Workout

I was flipping through Fangoria magazine the other day (yeah, it's something I do. Who would've guessed?), and they had an interview with Derek Mears, the actor/stuntman playing Jason in the Friday the 13th remake.

In the interview, Mears said:

"The new Jason is more functional than bulky, kind of a leaner model, so I said all right and started doing what's called cross-fit training, so I'd look like a guy who got fit from living in the woods."

But what's cross-fit (or more commonly, crossfit) training? Chris Shugart explained that in better detail than I could.

Very, very basically, Crossfit is a method of training that works multiple attributes (endurance, speed, strength, etc.) in almost every workout. It's a pretty good way to become good-but-not-great at several things at once, and it can burn a bunch of calories.

Apparently, Crossfit can improve your leaping machete skill, too.


Mears, standing 6'5" is on the right, with his Friday the 13th co-stars.

Side note: Co-star Jared Padalecki is listed as 6'4" and recently worked with powerlifting beast Scot Mendelson to put on 35 pounds, but that's a story for another day.

Whether or not I agree with Crossfit training (and I sort of do under some conditions, but at face value, I think it's too intense for the majority of people), I'm still going to check out the movie when it opens this weekend because, dude, it's Friday the freakin' 13th!