Believe it or not, this one will slot in great on a day you’re pressed for time.
Marvel has had enough dramatic shifts by now that you often hear people explain how “easy” it must be for A-listers to be crushed. Of course, with a dedicated team of trainers and nutritionists, and endless free time (or so the reasoning), these actors are in the best shape of their lives a couple of months.
But that sad assumption ignores the fact that leaders spend most of the year on the road, taking long flights, sleeping in weird beds, and going from one news trip to the next. That’s not to say it’s not a glamorous life – how could it not be? – but it makes matching workouts difficult.
Consider this: Most male star training regimens consist of weeks of bulking weeks of editing, and then a lengthy maintenance period during which they do their best work for shoots, reshoots, public appearances, and auditions for future roles ready.
For example, when actors are in need, and only a small hotel gym is available, their training needs to be efficient. The short circuit that gets your pulse racing, hits as many muscles as possible and leaves him sweating. Affectionate 38-year-old Australian Chris Hemsworth is arguably the king of this type of training.
The actor posted one latest video from Instagram listed in an undisclosed location.
Here’s the workout in written form:
- 10 bicep curls
- 10 overhead presses
- 10 tricep extensions
- 10 squats
- 10 single-leg lunges (left and right)
- 10 bent-over rows
- 10 standing twists (back and forth equals one rep)
Hemsworth recommends doing the whole process 10 times, which is good for a total of 800 (!) reps. It sounds intimidating, but it is not impossible to try it out at home. There isn’t a single move here that even a simple fitness enthusiast can’t master after a few tries, and note that Thor himself didn’t even put any weight on the 45-pound bar.
This makes training particularly easy to modify; you can do it with an EZ bar (usually no more than 25 pounds) or a standard curl bar (13 pounds or less). Both of these may prevent you from completing the final pull of the circuit, the standing twist, but you can get a pad with a medicine ball to target the obliques afterwards. You can also choose to do 10 laps without a straight bar. Try three to five rounds, giving yourself plenty of rest in between to see how you feel.
Hemsworth himself encourages students to “go at their own pace”. After all, training like a Hollywood star doesn’t have to mean dropping most of your weight in the gym. It’s all about picking your seat and finding the little window for a frugal, sweaty half-hour of work.
