Oscar winner Russell Crowe is currently producing and starring in the movie Robin Hood.  Of course we’ve seen Crowe ultra fit back in the days of The Gladiator but when he’s off camera he maintains a comfortable weight that’s a bit on the soft side.

He had to gain weight for his last movie State of Play, and now for his role as the cunning Robin Hood he had to lose 50 pounds.   This week on Entertainment Tonight, Crowe explained what he did to lose the weight and keep it off.  Although he’s normally an avid cyclist he did say that he now does hiking and yoga to keep in shape.  But when he’s busy filming and on the set, he keeps exercise time to the weekends.  He said,

“When filming I exercise three hours a day on the weekends.”

Crowe stars along side fellow Australian actor Cate Blanchett who stars as Maid Miriam.

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Russel Crowe, the A-list star from Gladiator and A Beautiful Mind isn’t known for being the slimmest guy in Hollywood but he’s reasonably fit.  However, his stamina was put to the test when a gossip columnist named Annette Sharp in Australia spotted the star taking a smoke break while on a bike ride with his trainer and then eating three tacos after the workout.  The columnist wrote an article in Sydney’s Daily Telegraph titled, Smokes and Fatty Food, the Fitness Regime for Rusty.  Well, ‘Rusty’ didn’t like it so his spokesman called the columnist and said,

“Get on your bike. Russell wants you to go riding with him. Are you ready to die?”

She took the challenge and the two of them went on a 12-mile ride through the city.  The video footage of their bike race shows Crowe effortlessly ahead of Sharp and Sharp even fell from her bike at one time.  Crowe then complimented the columnist and compared her biking skills to the film director Australian Baz Luhrmann (Moulin Rouge, Australia and Strictly Ballroom) and said,

“You’re twice the man Baz is.”

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