GO INTO BEAST MODE

Claw through excess calories with Chris Hemsworth’s animalistic dumbbell move

Unlike many members of the Hollywood elite, Chris Hemsworth isn’t into training fads. On Instagram, you’ll see him pushing himself to the limit, armed with just dumbbells – and the results speak for themselves. The key is picking the right movement.

His dumbbell beast crawl may look funny – it earned a parody from Jack Black – but the benefits are no laughing matter. “It’s a complex move but not a heavy load, so you can maintain a higher heart rate for longer,” says Andrew Tracey, PT and MH’s fitness editor. “You’ll be burning more calories than a heavy lifting move like a bench press.”

In addition to a solid calorie burn, it hits the rotational muscles in your core as you fight to stabilise yourself while moving the weights forward. The separated dumbbells will also reveal any muscular imbalances.

Do lengths of your workout space, crawling one way and then pushing the dumbbells back along the floor, as you would with a sled push. Repeat until failure at the end of each session for a month. This beast of a move will claw away at your fat stores in no time.