It's exhausting just reading about his punishing training regimen: rowing machines, circuit training, weights, sprints, rings, trampolines.
No wimp when it comes to punishing training schedules, she was thrilled when the former martial-arts champ Garrett Warren was hired as stunt coordinator on The Losers.
The Australians were also human, so they did misfield on occasion, but Bob Simpson's maniacal adherence to punishing training routines was already paying dividends.
Most of the players are still teenagers, and several have battled injuries and endured long commutes and punishing training along with the tormenting embarrassment of blowout losses.
The Russian film "We Can't Live Without Cosmos," directed by Konstantin Bronzit, observes the robotic, punishing training rituals of two best friends preparing to be cosmonauts.
After years of punishing training and sacrifice, China's table tennis star Wang Hao has finally been rewarded – not just with the world No1 spot, but with the right to have a girlfriend.
Talent, punishing training regimes, pride in a home games and fervent support have of course played a key part in so many record-breaking performances.
Another reason they have not attracted attention is that the MEK can easily be dismissed as a defunct fighting force; the average age of its fighters is sixty years old and many of them are ailing with mental and physical disease after years of punishing training in the Iraqi deserts.
With their patient approach to character development and intuitive feel for conflict, Hegedus and Pennebaker expose the punishing training and personal sacrifices that go into becoming a pastry champion.Made in 2009, "Kings of Pastry" has been making the rounds on the international festival circuit, and is currently screening for a limited run at New York's Film Forum.
But the punishing training schedule is proving too hard.
With London's 2012 Olympics just around the corner, Olga's punishing training schedule requires her to practise for eight hours a day.
