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Fit & Well
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Sam Rider

“It was so strenuous”—how a celebrity PT went from almost quitting the gym to the new star trainer on Chris Hemsworth’s Centr app

Male personal trainer weight training in the gym.

First encounters with exercise rarely result in love at first sight. And never has that been more true than for Korey Rowe, the new star trainer on Chris Hemsworth’s fitness app Centr.

The former model-turned-celebrity PT was 17 years old, and a slight 140lb, when he first stepped foot in a gym. “I got into fitness because of my older brother, he was seven years older and an athletic natural,” Rowe tells Fit&Well. “For most of my early years, I struggled with feeling weak and not being confident in my body, but I watched him be so comfortable playing sports. He was my north star.”

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