Alexander Skarsgard, despite his work schedule has found time and strength to squeeze in some extreme training. The “True Blood” hunk, who is currently a cast member for the upcoming film “The Giver” is will head up the U.S. team for the “South Pole Allied Challenge” and has been training for it intensively.

The 37-year-old actor will go against the teams of Prince Harry of U.K. and Dominic West, repping the Commonwealth group, for the race organized by “Walking With The Wounded.”

The U.K.-based charity funds the re-training and re-education of wounded servicemen and women with the goal of helping them find long-term employment after they have left the Armed Forces.

Just Jared, Jr. reports that the teams led by the celebrities will trek around 15KM to 2KM per day (9-12 miles), endure temperatures as low as -49 Fahrenheit temperatures and 50 mph winds. They’ll be doing all this while pulling their sledges toward the southernmost point on the globe.

According to TMZ.com, Alexander Skarsgard, Prince Harry and Dominic West (from the movie 300) have been training hard for the past year under the guidance of Inge Solheim who is a polar guide.

As much as the 3 men are all being trained by Inge Solheim, the prince and Dominic have been getting their cold weather training in Iceland while Alex Skarsgard has been prepping in the Santa Monica mountains as well as in Norway. The jetting around alone is enough to beat down many of us leave alone rigorous training plus acting on a set full of mega stars.