Before we get into the Charlie Hunnam Workout, fair play, he’s been rocking some serious muscle for sometime!
Charlie Hunnam Workout
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 Routine
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 Workout
Charlie Hunnam Pacific Rim Workout
For ‘Pacific Rim’ Charlie Hunnam’s workout was once again used Push Ups, Pull Ups/Chin Ups and Dips.
Charlie Hunnam Workout
“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
Charlie Hunnam 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.
Charlie Hunnam Workout
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 Workout
Charlie Hunnam King Arthur Workout
“I just ate more and did press-ups like a motherfucker” – Charlie Hunnam on his King Arthur workout.
Charlie Hunnam Workout
However, he’s got to be a little bit disappointed. Not because of the reviews, nor the box officereturns(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 Workout
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’.
Charlie Hunnam Workout
“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.
Charlie Hunnam 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.
Charlie Hunnam Workout
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’.
Charlie Hunnam Workout
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!
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!
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
Charlie Hunnam 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
Charlie Hunnam Workout
It’s one of my favourite workouts, simple and effective.
Charlie Hunnam Triple Frontier Workout
Charlie Hunnam 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).
Charlie Hunnam Workout
“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”.
Charlie Hunnam Workout
“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”.
Charlie Hunnam Workout
“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 Workout
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!
Will, i think i will give this workout a try.
You defo should! One of the best workouts there is! I mean just look at Charlie Hunnam’s results!