The Training Sessions
The workouts were so designed that they were functional yet simple. The character Thor performs many action scenes. For the action sequences and fight scenes Chris needed to be lean, thus he kept practicing his old boxing and Muay Thai tricks to remain in shape.
On the other hand, it was also important that he gained some weight and muscle mass (around 20lbs) to have the look of the imposing superhero Thor. This required some classic weight lifting and old fashioned weight training sessions.
Chris Hemsworth adopted the below given workout plan to simultaneously achieve all his fitness goals for the movie Thor. Different days focused on exercising different body parts.
Workout Split
Day 1 – Shoulder/ Chest/ Boxing
Morning – Chest/ Shoulder
- Dumbbell Flyes – 3 sets comprising of 12, 10 and 8 repetitions.
- Barbell Bench Press (medium grip) – 3 sets comprising of 12, 10 and 8 repetitions.
- Bent over Lateral Raise – 3 sets comprising of 12, 12 and 15 repetitions.
- Lateral Raise – 3 sets comprising of 15, 12 and 10 repetitions.
- Arnold Press – 3 sets of 12, 10 and 8 repetitions.