Charlie Hunnam Workout

Before we get into the Charlie Hunnam Workout, fair play, he’s been rocking some serious muscle for sometime!

Here I break down the Charlie Hunnam Workout based on bodyweight calisthenics, a firm workout favourite with Charlie Hunnam.

Charlie Hunnam Body Transformation

Charlie Hunnam Workout Routines

Let’s take a moment to look at Charlie Hunnam’s height and weight.

• Charlie Hunnam Height: 6’1” (185 cm)
• Charlie Hunnam Weight: 194 lbs (88 kg)

Charlie Hunnam Papillon Workout 

Charlie Hunnam rocked a jacked and ripped physique at the start of the movie ‘Papillon’! Fresh of the back of his ‘King Arthur’ physique.

‘King Arthur’ began filming in 2015 and by 2016 Charlie Hunnam had wrapped filming for ‘Papillon’ and thus was no doubt following a similar workout to his King Arthur Workout.

He most likely cut back on the routine leading up to the start date for ‘Papillon’. If you’re looking for that ‘Papillon’ physique that Charlie Hunnam rocks at the start of the movie check out the workout below!

Charlie Hunnam Papillon Workout 

The Charlie Hunnam ‘Papillon’ Workout focuses on his go to moves of Push Ups, Pull Ups/Chin Ups, Dips and Squats that he has frequently spoken about.

Charlie Hunnam loves the ‘oldskool’ workouts. This two day split focuses on a Push Day (Workout A) and Pull Day (Workout B).

Workout A

• Push Ups (Using the closer grip form in the Push Ups Program) – 5 x 20
• Diamond Push Ups – 5 x 10
• Squats – 10 x 10

Workout B

• Pull Ups – 5 x 10
• Chin Ups – 5 x 10
• Abs (Leg Raises, Planks)

Charlie Hunnam Papillon Diet

Charlie Hunnam’s go-to-foods include the following. As he wasn’t bulking he was most likely in a maintenance phase. 

• Eggs 
• Avocado 
• Turkey Bacon
• Oatmeal
• Rice
• Vegetables
• Granola with Almond Milk
• Fruit
• Fish
• Chicken
• Steak

Workouts could be structured like the following:

• Monday (Workout A)
• Tuesday
• Wednesday (Workout B)
• Thursday
• Friday (Workout A)
• Saturday
• Sunday

The following week you can then alternate it.

• Monday (Workout B)
• Tuesday
• Wednesday (Workout A)
• Thursday
• Friday (Workout B)
• Saturday
• Sunday

Or you could do:

• Monday (Workout A)
• Tuesday (Workout B)
• Wednesday
• Thursday (Workout A)
• Friday (Workout B)
• Saturday
• Sunday

Or just get in two workouts (A and B) per week.

Charlie Hunnam Pacific Rim Workout

For ‘Pacific Rim’ Charlie Hunnam’s workout was once again used Push Ups, Pull Ups/Chin Ups and Dips.

“I love calisthenics, I did more chin-ups than I’ve ever done, I got to the point where I would rock out 200 chin-ups in a session” – Charlie Hunnam Pacific Rim Workout

Chin Ups will be at the core of your Charlie Hunnam workout for ‘Pacific Rim’ so make sure you’ve either got a door pull up bar to get in the daily volume or a pull up and dip station.

Workout A

• Chin Ups (20 x 10 reps)
• DB Bicep Curls (10 x 10 reps)

Workout B

• Dips (20 x 10 reps)
• Diamond Push Ups (8 x 25 reps)

Charlie Hunnam King Arthur Workout

“I just ate more and did press-ups like a motherfucker” – Charlie Hunnam on his King Arthur workout.

However, he’s got to be a little bit disappointed. Not because of the reviews, nor the box office returns (100M loss!) but the fact that after using progressive resistance and high volume to get up to “1,000 push ups a day” director Guy Ritchie went and put 3 ‘muscle shots’ of him in the movie! THREE! For that, Ritchie, drop and give us 10!

Charlie Hunnam is no stranger to working out, several fitness cover mag shoots indicate he’s a calisthenics fan! He’s been in shape since his early Sons Of Anarchy days through to ‘Pacific Rim’ and now ‘King Arthur’. So, can you do Pull Ups and Dips everyday and get results? Well, an all bodyweight only workout is exactly what Charlie Hunnam did and added 25-30 lbs of muscle in just 2 months!

Pull Ups and Dips Only

Not only did Charlie Hunnam do Pull Ups and Dips only but he also did just Pull Ups and Dips everyday, and the volume was high! Charlie Hunnam describes his workouts as ‘the oldskool stuff’.

“I did an enormous amount of pull-ups…Pull-ups were like the staple, pull-ups and dips” – Charlie Hunnam on his King Arthur workout.

To get in shape like a KING you’re going to need to be doing a whole bunch of:

• Pull Ups/Chin Ups
• Dips
• Push Ups
• Squats

All unweighted so you’re going to need to increase the reps, sets and volume and/or decrease your rest over time to keep making KING SIZE gains.

During many interviews Charlie Hunnam has spoken in much detail about his bodyweight workout for King Arthur, the official workout with sets and reps is below – it’s a lot! He said his workout was ‘Just doing exclusively bodyweight’.

• Pull Ups (100)
• Dips (100-300)
• Push Ups (1,000)
• Squats (1,000)
• Core Strength and Ab Work
• Boxing, Jiu Jitsu, Muay Thai

Charlie Hunnam Workout Routine

I recommend alternating Workout A and Workout B and having as much rest in-between each workout as you need. Charlie Hunnam did it all everyday though! That’s a workout fit for a King!

WORKOUT A: PULL DAY (Back, Lats, Biceps)

• Chin Ups (5 x 10 reps)
• Pull Ups (5 x 10 reps)
• Resistance Band Bicep Curls (10 x 20 reps)

WORKOUT B: PUSH DAY (Chest, Shoulders, Triceps)

• Push Ups (10 x 10 reps)
• Dips (5 x 20 reps)
• Diamond Push Ups (8 x 25 reps)

Charlie Hunnam Diet

To get into shape for King Arthur, Charlie Hunnam didn’t just go crazy on the calisthenics all bodyweight workout, he put a lot of time into eating too!

Check out the full interview of him talking about his diet with here.

This is what Charlie Hunnam ate to put on 25lbs of muscle in two months and get ripped for King Arthur:

Charlie Hunnam Daily Diet

• Eggs (3 yolk, 5 whites)
• Avocado (x 2)
• Turkey Bacon
• Oatmeal
• Rice
• Vegetables
• Granola with Almond Milk
• Fruit
• Fish
• Chicken
• Steak (twice a week)

To dial in your diet and get in your best shape check out the Nutrition section including a men’s diet plan to get you rocking that Charlie Hunnam physique.

Charlie Hunnam said of his diet:

“I try to avoid anything fucked with by man too much”.

Charlie Hunnam Daily Workout

When Charlie Hunnam isn’t transforming for a particular role he does a daily bodyweight calisthenics workout which consists of:

• Push Ups (150)
• Pull Ups (75)
• Dips (75)
• Squats (150)
• Ab/Core

It’s one of my favourite workouts, simple and effective.

Charlie Hunnam Triple Frontier Workout

In order to add back muscle mass as fast as possible after coming of the back of dieting for his roles in ‘The Lost City of Z’ (2016) and ‘Papillon’ (2017), Charlie Hunnam did heavy weight training along with a high protein diet in order to play an x-Special Forces soldier for ‘Triple Frontier’ (2019).

“I have the eye of the tiger, and I have the sensibility to be formidable. But I don’t have that god-given, raw, physical form. So I need to put on weight and be fit and be as strong as I can, which is why I go and smash heavy weights”.

“It’s a necessity for me to stay in shape. It’s one of the elements of my day to day therapy. I like to stay fit and eat healthy. For this, I had just done a project that I’ve lost a lot of weight for and J.C. wanted me to be as formidable as I could be. So, I just got back to the routine of eating very, very heavily and protein-rich and lifting heavy weights”.

“When you train with heavy weights every day, the physical strength that you get from that gives you an emotional and a mental strength. There’s a deep connection between psychology and physicality”.

Charlie Hunnam Push Up Workout

Charlie Hunnam loves push ups. Push ups are his staple workout, they are the foundation of every workout he does. Whether that be the 1,000 push ups a day he did for ‘King Arthur’ (2017), as part of his workout for ‘Pacific Rim’ (2013) along with pull ups, dips and Light Dumbbells or as part of a heavy weights workout for ‘Triple Frontier’ (2019). Try this Charlie Hunnam push up workout before moving on to the full King Arthur workout!

• Regular Push Ups – 10 x 20
• Wide Push Ups – 10 x 20
• Diamond Push Ups – 10 x 10

Conclusion

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