Chris Hemsworth regularly shares his workout routines on his Instagram account, and the most recent one is yet more evidence that, if you want to see impressive results, you need to have a combination of different methods and workouts—some that use equipment and others that rely on our body weight.

If you are looking to gain strength and muscle, weights are always the first choice. They are effective, efficient, and have been proven time and time again to be essential elements of a complete workout routine. They will even help you burn fat and lose weight (if that's your goal), but there are other exercises that will also help you make gains.

Bodyweight exercises use, as the name implies, your own body to create resistance and tension. It's a popular method among those looking for a little bulk, more definition, strength, and endurance. And no one says you have to choose between one or the other.

In fact, as Hemsworth explains on his Instagram account, an ideal option is to increase the intensity and effectiveness of your weight training by adding bodyweight-based exercises to your routine.

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According to the website Bodyweight Training Arena, combining exercises with weights and others using your bodyweight can maximize your gains and offer major benefits, such as improving your flexibility, aiding recovery, increasing agility, and promoting both strength development and bulking growth.

The most important thing is that you have a balance between the two types of training so that you don't go overboard with either, and then end up with injuries or feel too exhausted to move forward with other elements of your fitness regimen.

In Hemsworth's case, he combines the workouts in the form of a superset, where he alternates between dumbbell and bodyweight exercises, which allows him to achieve a higher training intensity while still giving the muscles a break so they can recover and keep going until the entire routine is finished.

The different exercises complement each other and are similar, assuring that the muscles do not stop working. They are divided into small blocks with short breaks so you don't lose either energy or intensity.

The Thor: Love and Thunder actor explains that in this workout you should only complete four rounds, and rest only at the specified moments. And don't forget to stay hydrated, or you will soon find yourself hitting your limit. 

The 20-second rests are essential, but it's best not to sit down for them. Instead, stand and move around a bit so that your heart rate doesn't drop too much. And since you worked hard and used weights, it's important to stretch at the end and do some exercises to cool down, which is what's going to help you avoid muscle soreness later on.

With both dumbbell and bodyweight movements, proper form is crucial. Focus on that and not on speeding through your reps as fast as you can.