Danny Cipriani undergoes brutal workout from Steve Austin

• Athlete Danny Cipriani took on the Broken Skull challenge workout 

• Brutal challenges from the series have been worked into a gruelling session at Gymbox in London

• The new season of Steve Austin’s Broken Skull Challenge starts on Friday 20^th January, 8pm on Dave

Wasps star Danny Cipriani was put through his paces at Gymbox in London, giving him a flavour of what contestants on the television Broken Skull Challenge show will have to endure.

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He underwent tasks including ‘Ass Kicker’, ‘Bagged’, ‘Barn Burner’, ‘Drag Race’, ‘Ball Breaker’, ‘Pulveriser’, ‘Shockwave’ and ‘Trench Warfare’.

The workout was rounded off with elements taken directly from ‘the most punishing obstacle course ever created by man’, the ‘Skullbuster’.

Cipriani said: “That was the most brutal workout I’ve ever taken part in – the ‘Pulveriser’ in particular! If I could I would definitely sign up to the show to take part.”

The show, hosted by WWE legend Stone Cold Steve Austin, welcomes eight elite athletes to go head to head with each other until one is left standing to try and claim a $10,000 prize.

‘Steve Austin’s Broken Skull Challenge’ season 3 will hit screens on Dave on January 20 at 8pm.