Captain Marvel Star Brie Larson celebrates her 33rd birthday today, but ahead of her Marvel debut, the Oscar-winning actress is known for her roles in The spectacular now (2013), Bedroom (2015), and Kong: Skull Island (2017).
Carol Danvers, aka Captain Marvel, was Larson’s breakthrough role, earning him a spot on the Marvel Cinematic Universe Avengers team. While his character is known as the strongest Avenger, Larson wasn’t as powerful as Captain Marvel. In an interview with Initiatedshe mentioned being called “an asthmatic introvert“and that she can’t”climb a hill without getting out of breath.” Indeed, Larson was far from the hero she embodied.
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But, due to her intense training, she went from a weakling to someone who could do 400-pound hip thrusts and lift 200 pounds. In fact, she was able to push her coach’s jeep. “It is an amazing experience to realize that what is inside of you is far beyond what you knew possible,“says the actress.
Larson said landing on the role of Captain Marvel was a game-changer. “That’s part of why I’m not surprised that this character was able to reverberate outwardly because first and foremost she changed my life. So it makes sense to me that she could change other lives too.” (Going through People)
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Brie Larson’s Captain Marvel Workout
The Captain Marvel star uses a mix of workouts ranging from boxing to dance to resistance training. Her trainer, Jason Walsh, has also worked with other celebrities, including Victoria’s Secret models. According to him, Larson’s routine focused on strength exercises, mobility and action work. This includes unilateral movements, bilateral exercises, hip hinge work, and hip thrusts.
Most of Larson’s workouts involve stretching exercises. She mentioned on her YouTube channel that she stretches before every workout. Here’s a list of his training sets (via Hello Magazine):
Upper body
- Push-ups (3 sets, 20 reps)
- Deadlifts (5 sets, 12, 10, 8, 5, 3 reps)
- Cable Rows (3 sets, 10 reps)
- Intensify Bicep Curls (3 sets, 10 reps)
- Lateral pulldowns (3 sets, 10 reps)
- Chin-Ups (3 sets, 10 reps)
- Hammer Curls (3 sets, 10 reps)
Lower body
- Air Squats (3 sets, 15 reps)
- Squats (5 sets, 12, 10, 8, 5, 3 reps)
- Weighted hip thrusts (3 sets, 10 reps)
- Overhead Barbell Lunges (3 sets, 10 reps)
- Leg Press (3 sets, 10 reps)
- Calf raises (3 sets, 15 reps)
- Hamstring Curls (3 sets, 10 reps)
It sounds exhausting, but it really pays off in the end! Larson trains once a day, but his trainer mentioned it in an interview with men’s diary that she trains twice a day. “When she came back from Avengers, it was gone. We embarked on a strong progression, doing two days a day, four days a week, sometimes five days a week, unless Brie felt destroyed.”
So if you aim for a divine Captain Marvel body, try Brie Larson’s workout routine!
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