so
yeah over the pandemic i let myself go
now to properly tell this story we have
to backtrack just about 24 months two
years ago i set out to diet and work out
like chris hemsworth using his new
center app
and after working out with center for 30
days i got in the best shape of my life
i was shredded like hands down i have
never been that fit so i kept going for
90 days
chris even saw that first youtube video
that went viral and invited me to a
workout while he was in new york city
for a film premiere
life was pretty good i was on top of the
world i was hitting green light after
green light and then um then the world
fell apart every single person watching
this has been affected by the pandemic
in some way shape or form gyms here in
new york city were closed for just about
12 months i was eating like and i
even let my grooming and my personal
appearance go i just i didn't care i
stopped caring i even stopped posting
here on youtube consistently and i went
through a pretty brutal breakup it was
without a doubt unquestionably the
lowest time in my 31 years on earth
it feels like a part of me has died
maybe i shouldn't be recording this
all of the negative and toxic thoughts
manifested themselves in my body just
falling out of shape in a major way i
completely lost all the gains that i had
made back in 2019
i mean all of them now most of you have
seen that chris hemsworth has gotten
absolutely massive for his latest thor
role i mean the guy is an absolute
animal and after that first center
challenge i loosely kept in contact with
chris's personal trainer luke so i
jumped on a facetime chat with luke to
hear more about this fitness program
that they were working on
what's up man it's not too bad mate not
too bad just having a coffee yeah good
man it's been a while since uh you know
we've spoke you know last time you got
in great shape you know when you trained
with chris and then i've been hurt from
you well have you been
i mean 2020 was uh
it was pretty bad all of the 2019 gains
are uh they're gone for years we've had
center now and people have always asked
chris you know how he gets in shape for
thor and um
this program is being written by me and
chris and it's basically based off the
training we do for chris to get him
ready for thor and chris is a beast he's
got into the best shape he's ever been
it's actually the biggest he's ever been
and now i want you to eric to get the
biggest you've ever paid mate the time
is now buddy i'm in man i'm in and when
you're being called out by the man who
trains thor for a living you say yes
so here we go it is day number one of
center power and it's very fitting for
this challenge i'm traveling a lot and
i'm actually here in the boathouse where
i used to train in high school it's
definitely that underdog environment you
know we're not in a nice gym in new york
city we're here where the only purpose
of being in here is to sweat and get in
a good workout right above the door the
weak always make excuses but before we
jump into this here are my starting
stats so my weight is 202 pounds my body
fat is
16.8 and now my base caloric rate is
2016 calories just to maintain so i'll
be eating close to double that the
stakes are pretty high i'm not trying to
look like a in front of chris and
luke this workout is so new the only
people who have done this are chris
hemsworth his trainer and his stuntmen
and now myself so it's not even out yet
the program isn't even on the center app
essentially i'm a guinea pig and luke
sent me the workout on a spreadsheet so
the sensor power program is 10 weeks
long and it's broken into cycles of
three weeks with a deload decompression
week and the program is broken down in a
traditional muscle building bodybuilder
split and luke was saying there's five
key principles for center power number
one it's all about compound movements so
today we are doing deadlifts it's a lot
heavier than i thought it was meaning
these are exercises that work several
muscle groups all at the same time
this is my first time
lifting
deadlift
in almost 13 months
number two it's all about the volume so
the only way to truly build that muscle
is to do enough reps to get yourself to
the point where you have hypertrophy
meaning your muscles are physically
getting broken down so they can regrow
and you can come back stronger and your
muscles actually physically grow
number three is the intensity now this
is more so the tempo at which you're
performing these exercises because again
this is all about time under tension
number four is rest and recovery and
number five is training to failure
all right one more one more
okay so that that's the failure i
haven't done pull-ups uh
in 12 months not even kidding 12 months
um
yeah this is not going to be easy this
first workout was pretty
uh demoralizing to say the least just
because i know i've been fit before i've
been super fit and to get up here and
only be able to do you know six pull-ups
when i used to be able to do 20 pull-ups
it's all about the consistency day
number one first workout is done
it is the 30-day check-in of the
challenge and i'm gonna be totally
honest with you
i'm not sure if i can get the results
that i'm looking for in time i just got
home last night i've been traveling
pretty much non-stop for the past three
weeks and while working out while on the
road isn't impossible it's certainly not
ideal for this type of challenge where
you're building muscle and have to be
lifting heavy weights every single place
i traveled over the past three weeks i
made it a point to find a gym and try to
get in a lift even when i was in some of
the most remote places in america i made
it work i adapted especially when i was
out west in colorado i did hill sprints
every single day and now looking back
that altitude training was probably more
beneficial than if i was here on the
east coast at sea level as far as
progress in my body i'm definitely
starting to see the arms come back in
and that baseline level of strength is
returning where i'm getting very close
to where i used to be during the
previous challenge as far as strength
now let's talk about food there's my
stash right there protein shakes now in
order to really pack on that lean muscle
i'm eating just around 4 000 calories
give or take a few hundred every single
day and these are the good calories i'm
talking lean proteins healthy carbs and
healthy fats this is meal number seven
of seven for the day we have chicken
lentils broccoli spinach and mushrooms
eating has become a full-time job but
i'm even noticing the arms coming back
eating is the biggest part of this
entire challenge hands down it's the
food the thing is when i'm home it is so
easy to do this i meal prep i have
everything laid out for the entire week
but traveling
traveling has been the realities of
travel it is eleven o'clock at night and
this is my gas station dinner
two chobani
gatorade zero sugar
trail mix and a 30 gram protein
bar for the next 30 days of this
challenge i'm here home in new york city
so it is time to buckle down and put in
the work
so it's day 45 just finished the workout
and
i can't even talk give me a sec
i've seen some pretty crazy strength
gains i jumped on the scale and i was
just about two like 217. we did a back
workout today just to compare to that
day one workout on day one you saw
struggling to pull 135 the most i did
that day was 185 on deadlift now i'm
doing three plates pretty easily
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it's 315 pounds i'm getting close to
doing 15 pull-ups day one i could barely
do four
but it's amazing if you put in the work
and you're consistent with it your body
will change
even on bent rows i was using 55 pounds
on day one
now i'm doing 97 pound kettlebell bent
rows
oh and something else i'm done off the
spreadsheets the app finally launched so
the program actually where's my phone at
seeing the app is a lot different than
following a spreadsheet here you
actually have video guides of the
workout so you can see your proper form
you can see the intensity the pace that
they're going at so here you can
actually log in your weights and how
many reps you got in so you are tracking
everything i'm finally feeling back to
my old self and it's not even my old
self it's a new version
of myself which is very cool to say that
to have the body transform and also the
confidence my confidence is back which
is something that i didn't really expect
from this challenge as my body has
changed 15 days left to go
i'll see you in the final reveal
i can confidently say that i am the
strongest that i've been in my entire
life
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this morning right before my workout i
went and got an in-body scan and here
are my final stats i weigh just over 210
pounds on an empty stomach now this is
interesting because i showed you about
two weeks ago i was hovering around 215
to 218 and a lot of that was water
weight so this is empty stomach pretty
dehydrated just over 210 pounds my body
fat is
11.2 percent this is down from 16.8
percent at the start of the challenge so
that's 10.5 pounds of body fat lost it's
very interesting because yes i lost body
fat when i really wasn't doing too much
cardio my cardio consisted of sprints on
the assault bike
some jumping rope and some functional
kettlebell training so just by the tempo
and the pace that i was lifting at i
even lost body fat now also take into
consideration that this inbody machine
it fluctuates i've been really going off
my progress by these photos and also
just by pure strength gains like i
mentioned the deadlift i'm an ectomorph
meaning i have a really hard time
gaining and keeping on mass there's a
saying sometimes it's easier to get to
the top of the hill than to stay on the
hill the goal for me now is maintaining
this muscle that i have and slowly
continuing to add on to that a lot of
friends and family are saying i'm
carrying myself in a more confident
manner and that's just purely from
having the mind and body on the same
page if you're looking to try out center
power all the information is down below
in the description of this video to sign
up chris bobby luke if you guys are
watching this after that first center
challenge i never thought that i would
fall back to a place that was worse than
that first starting point but i want to
thank you guys for designing a program
that really kicked my ass and got me
some crazy results
i'm ready for the next center challenge
bring it on and with that i will see
everyone in the next video
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