If you follow Chris Hemsworth on social media, you’ll know that the Thor star has been exercise non-stop on the deck of a ship in the last month. Or at least, so it would seem. The Australian actor, who is also the founder of the health and fitness app Centr, filmed a bunch of different workouts devised by him and his team while they were out at seaand released the latest one earlier this week.
Hemsworth shared the workout challenge on his Instagram, writing, “If seasickness doesn’t get me, this bad boy certainly will.”
This new challenge consists entirely of bodyweight exercises, just like a couple of other routines that Hemsworth has shared on social media. But unlike those, who were programmed to be low-impact and accessible for any fitness level, this is a high volume slog. There are 5 exercises and you have to do 200 repetitions in each movement. That’s a total of 1,000 repetitions.
“We call this the 200 Club,” Hemsworth said.
The 200 Club training is as follows:
200 mountain climbers
200 squats
200 push-ups
200 flutter kicks
200 x seated
1,000 reps may seem like a lot, but the key here is that they’re all bodyweight, not loaded with extra resistance. The important thing is to make sure you maintain high-quality technique on every rep—so maybe consider breaking each exercise up into more manageable sets.
Philip Ellis is a UK freelance writer and journalist who covers pop culture, relationships and LGBTQ+. His work has appeared in GQ, Teen Vogue, Man Repeller, and MTV.
