Chris Hemsworth is pushing the boundaries of what his physique can do in his new six-episode Disney+ authentic collection from Nationwide Geographic, and PEOPLE has an unique First Look!
In Limitless with Chris Hemsworth, the 39-year-old Thor actor meets with world-class consultants to study revolutionary new analysis and long-held traditions that may assist individuals reside more healthy, smarter and longer lives.
Hemsworth undergoes a collection of extraordinary challenges designed by consultants in an effort to know the bounds of the human physique — trials like “drownproofing,” a Special Forces resilience coaching method during which one’s fingers and toes are certain whereas they’re tasked with finishing a collection of underwater duties like doing flips, swimming laps and floating.
“The purpose is to kick off the underside 20 instances, giving me only a cut up second to provide me sufficient air,” Hemsworth explains in an unique clip from the episode, which premieres Nov. 16.
“There’s all kinds of silly stuff going by my head,” he says within the clip. “Now I am beginning to assume, what if I really drown?”
If it sounds terrifying, that is as a result of it’s. In reality, its whole objective is to extend Hemsworth’s stress-levels so he can follow constructive self-talk, a psychological method to assist him reframe his mindset.
That is simpler stated than performed, even for Hemsworth. “I believe I discover myself being confused in conditions I have not been in a position to put together for,” Hemsworth says within the clip.
“In fact I do know I’ve bought sufficient oxygen, I do know these guys aren’t going to let me drown, however I can really feel my heartbeat racing … the stress rising … I can really feel my lungs beginning to burn …” he provides. “It is brutal, and it is getting tougher and tougher. I can not even get my head up sufficient to catch a breath. That is when the panic begins.”
Hemsworth winds up failing his first try on the take a look at, although viewers must watch the complete episode to see if he improves. Social psychologist Dr. Modupe Akinola guides Hemsworth in his Stress-Proof trial.
“Modupe has a manner of smiling at you and making you are feeling like she’s being good whereas she’s asking you to do one thing excruciatingly horrible!” says Hemsworth.
As a stress and resilience skilled from Columbia Enterprise College, Modupe “has researched extensively why some individuals thrive underneath stress while others buckle underneath it,” the discharge reads. “Her analysis exhibits that altering our understanding of stress, recognizing our energy to grasp it, and even harnessing its performance-enhancing advantages reasonably than attempting to dodge it, means we are able to cut back the chance of the stress-induced diseases that have an effect on so many people, particularly as we age.”
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Limitless with Chris Hemsworth is created by Darren Aronofsky and produced by Protozoa and Jane Root’s Nutopia.
Along with the bodily challenges, the collection guarantees to point out Hemsworth’s emotional facet, which “reveals a deeper, weak, and trustworthy facet when confronted with a few of life’s most tough realities.”
All episodes of Limitless with Chris Hemsworth hit Disney+ on Nov. 16.
