MCU: 10 Fascinating Facts Behind Thor: Ragnarok (2017)

1. How Thor Got So Buff

Playing a superhero isn't a matter of just pulling on some lycra and growing some interesting facial hair to look a bit more badass. For Chris Hemsworth, the process of getting into Thor's God-like Asgardian surf bro body was far more difficult.

His trainer, Luke Zocchi, revealed that thanks to eating 6 times a day and packing in 3500 calories, Hemsworth put on twenty pounds of muscle for his role in the film. He got to over 200 pounds following an "old-school bodybuilding regime lifting a large weight-load for small number of reps."

And if you're wondering which part of his body Thor likes best, Zocchi has an answer for that too - Hemsworth loved his pythons:

"We design the workout around the body parts he's gonna be showing off the most, he's gonna have his arms and shoulders showing (through the sleeveless armor), so that's the thing we really focus on building up. He probably bicep curls thirty kilo dumbbells on average, each hand, so one hundred twenty pounds total. We always do seated incline curls, standing curls, and hammer curls. We started lighter and slowly, progressively get heavier."

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