{"id":4252,"date":"2011-04-19T11:26:25","date_gmt":"2011-04-19T16:26:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fitzness.com\/blog\/?p=4252"},"modified":"2014-10-26T12:47:06","modified_gmt":"2014-10-26T17:47:06","slug":"thor-star-chris-hemsworth-finds-eating-to-gain-weight-exhausting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fitzness.com\/blog\/thor-star-chris-hemsworth-finds-eating-to-gain-weight-exhausting\/","title":{"rendered":"Thor Star Chris Hemsworth finds Eating to Gain Weight Exhausting"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Thor<\/em> star Chris Hemsworth has a tough job. Sometimes he’s doctor, sometimes he’s a lawyer and sometimes he’s a superhero. Can you imagine what goes in to all of that? Apparently it requires discipline, weight-lifting and a whole hell of a lot of eating. He did bust his tail training for his upcoming role in Thor though, and I must say … it’s paid off with an amazing display of the 20 pounds of extra muscle he added. As the cover boy for this May’s Men\u2019s Health <\/a><\/em>magazine Chris\u00a0showed off all of his hard work and talked about his struggles to create a realistic superhero body.<\/p>\n

On how exhausting eating to gain weight can be: <\/strong>\u201cI feel as if I\u2019ve been busy, but all I\u2019ve been doing is eating all day. Eating when you\u2019re not hungry and taking in that amount of food is exhausting.\u201d<\/p>\n

On lifting weights for the first time: <\/strong>\u201cIt wasn\u2019t until Thor that I started lifting weights. It was all pretty new to me\u201d<\/p>\n

On eating healthy: <\/strong>\u201cI ask myself, \u2018Why am I eating this chicken?\u2019 For protein. \u2018Why am I eating this broccoli?\u2019 For vitamins and fiber. \u2018Why am I eating this HoHo?\u201d<\/p>\n

On his role models, including Anthony Hopkins:<\/strong> \u201cAnthony Hopkins. His whole approach to this business, his work ethic and attitude on set was inspiring, however many films down the track he still has that and he still is excited to be there and treats everyone as equals and everything he does, he is an impressive person.\u00a0 I love Paul Giamatti, Johnny Depp, Al Pacino and Matt Damon, ya know, I could go on and on.\u201d<\/p>\n

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On fearlessly searching caves in Australia as a kid:<\/strong> \u201cWe built wooden swords and hammered nails into them, and we checked out the cave. My friends and I were convinced we\u2019d meet some ghosts and devils.\u201d<\/p>\n

On why he loves being an actor:<\/strong> \u201cI always loved film, but never thought about it as a career choice. I had a different idea of what I wanted to do professionally every week. You know, I was a lawyer one week, a doctor, a sportsman in some way, and then I found out I can pretend to do all those things in acting.\u201d<\/p>\n