How Doryin Thames Keeps His Famous Six-Pack With Almost Zero Core Workouts
Doryin Thames has a six-pack you have almost certainly seen on a billboard, an app, or the side of something moving. He also barely trains it. The 30-year-old model, medical sales rep and face of PrEP service MISTR told Queerty he does abs “maybe once per month”, which is the fitness equivalent of learning the class dux never studied.
A Boy From Ohio
Thames moved from small-town Ohio to New York and picked up modelling shortly after. Since then he has fronted Nasty Pig, PACK Underwear, Scruff and Sniffies. Mostly, though, he is Mr MISTR: blue speedo, blue hat, blue stethoscope, gazing out from ads for the telehealth platform founded by Tristan Schukraft, the man the gay press has crowned the CEO of Everything Gay. MISTR says it has signed up more than 700,000 patients across the United States. That is a lot of eyes on Thames.
By day he sells medical equipment. By night he is in acting school.
The Ab Routine That Will Ruin Your Week
Here is the four-day split, straight from him. Day one is back and biceps. Day two is chest. Day three is shoulders and triceps. Day four is legs. Three or four exercises per muscle group, four sets of eight to twelve, about half an hour a day.
“It’s very slow and controlled rather than PRs and maxes,” he told Queerty.
And the abs? “With abs, everyone will hate me, but I never do abs. I do abs maybe once per month.” In fairness, he did grind them daily for three years first, which is the part everyone conveniently skips over. These days his core work is a lifestyle choice. “I flex! I’m always flexing my core.”
He has also cut back on meat. “I’ve leaned out of animal meat being my protein. I think that’s helped, too. I cook vegetarian. I love lentils.”
Furious yet?
The Mermaid Billboard He Did Not See Coming
Last year, on the Fourth of July, Thames sailed into Fire Island expecting a good time and was greeted by an enormous picture of himself.
“We dock, and some lady screams, ‘Oh my God! It’s him!’ I look over, I’m like, ‘What are you talking about?’ There’s a big F’n billboard of me as a mermaid. It’s the first thing you see,” he said.
He was honest about the whiplash that came with it. “I’m getting used to how omnipresent my image is. It’s still a journey for me.”
So What Colour Will The Speedo Be?
If you spot him at the Pines this summer, the swimwear tells you whether he is on the clock.
“If I’m getting paid to be there, you’ll see me in a blue speedo. If I’m not getting paid to be there, you’ll probably see me in a black sunga… or a thong.”
At 30 he says he is slowing down. Less partying, more reading, and a go at learning Spanish. He recently finished The Alchemist. The mermaid, presumably, is still out there.
