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Chris Hemsworth’s $200 Million Fitness Brand Gets Praises From Exercise Scientist Despite Many Believing It to Be Useless: “Did a Great Job”

Published 02/25/2024, 5:16 AM EST

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Dr. Mike Israetel is popularly known as the Exercise Scientist in the bodybuilding world because of his extensive knowledge in the field. A few months ago, he started a series of YouTube videos, where he is seen criticizing the training protocols of significant entities, which is posted by the official channel of Renaissance Periodization.

In the latest video, he was seen talking about Chris Hemsworth’s video, where he uploaded the five ways that have helped him get the body of a Greek God. Even though he called the God of Thunder’s $200 million business very basic, he found a lot to praise as well. 

Chris Hemsworth’s program is a good way of burning calories

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Chris Hemsworth’s fitness program has been picked by a lot of significant people in the bodybuilding world and they have called it useless. However, as the Exercise Scientist says it is an A or A- effort on their part. He says, “I think the MVP of this video well there’s two of them. There’s Mr. Zachi and there’s Mr. Bob. And they just did a great job all around.”

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They are the two trainers of the program. He also adds that even though there was no mention of back or hamstring exercises, he believes it was an excellent technique of demonstration. Cutting them some slack, he adds, “I think if you know who knows I’m cutting them by the benefit of the doubt. There are other workouts to catch that sh*t.”

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He even stated that it is a very effective way for basic fitness training for people like Hemsworth himself who likes to stay in shape, dance, and burn calories. However, there is no way the routine is going to make you look like him, as it claims. Further in the video, he suggests a hilarious, yet even better way to build a physique like Chris Hemsworth.

Dr. Mike Israetel suggests doing traditional hypertrophy 

Dr. Mike Israetel goes on to state that if you want to look like Chris Hemsworth, only an ‘unbelievably wildly overqualified plastic surgeon’ can help you. That’s because, as he said, “God damn, that man is good-looking.” However, he even adds that if that’s not in your ballpark, you can always opt for traditional hypertrophy-oriented training.

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Promoting one of his old videos, he shared how he has broken down Chris Hemsworth’s physique, doing an in-depth analysis of it, and has crafted a workout for those who want a slice of Thor. Well, there have been heavy controversies revolving around Chris Hemsworth’s fitness app Centr. For some, it has been immensely effective, while for others, it did not do a thing. Have you tried out the app? What do you think about this venture? Let us know in the comments section below!

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Aheli Chakraborty

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Aheli Chakraborty is a bodybuilding writer at EssentiallySports. Holding a Bachelor’s Degree in Literature, Aheli has actively covered major bodybuilding events like Mr. Olympia.
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