As gyms shut, what does this mean for India’s fitness community and industry? Actor Chris Hemsworth’s popular fitness regime is a mix of lifting, body-weight exercises, mobility work, and an exhaustive diet plan—almost as if he lives the Thor life even outside the Marvel universe.
On 23 March, the Australian announced a free six-week trial of his home fitness app Centr, a move triggered by the lockdown due to the covid-19 pandemic.
This coincided with a host of other paid apps making their workouts free for a limited period as gyms, with their weights and cardio machines, were shut—they were deemed to be hot spots for the coronavirus to spread.