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Male Stars Are Too Buff Now
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And then she takes them off and undoes her hair and BAM who knew the ugly duckling was the swan all along (Everyone fucking knew).
entremet
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Drugs themselves are for a variety reasons:
Recovery from crazy workouts.
Look at some the those transformation workouts. Try doing them and see if you recover from them adequately. Even fit twenty year olds will be destroyed by some of them from a work capacity perspective.
Accelerated muscle building.
You can build many of these physiques naturally, but it takes time. PEDs cut that time considerably for time sensitive film shoots.
Staying lean while maintaining healthy hormone levels.
Going to low BF% can affect your hormone levels negatively. If you're taking drugs, they can stabilize them so you don't feel the ill effects of a low body fat.
PEDs are complex things. It's not just about building muscle alone.
BlueTsunami
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On the surface I'd disagree but when you realize some of these actors are achieving these goals via unnatural means then you have an argument against it. Creates a false perception of what is achievable in totality and in a time frame. Eating keto everyday wont pack on twenty pounds of muscle in six months while shredding. Everyone should strive to look like Justin Theroux though gotdamn.
Bobby Roberts
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It doesn't.
Obliterator
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For sure we are at the height of insanely buff men in movies. I think the combo of Marvel + The Rock really pushed things hard in that direction. But I don't see a ton wrong with it as I don't see much wrong with many women in movies being incredible attractive.
Just try to make it look good. Zac Effron looks really bad at this point and my wife was watching Charlie Saint Cloud the other day and we both noticed how much better he looked then.
Hemsworth and Evans are the ones who are killing it. Those dudes builds are top if the line
Just try to make it look good. Zac Effron looks really bad at this point and my wife was watching Charlie Saint Cloud the other day and we both noticed how much better he looked then.
Hemsworth and Evans are the ones who are killing it. Those dudes builds are top if the line
AuthenticM
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Marvel is the one who started this with Thor and Captain America.
Damn that's a lot. I guess a lot of it depends on the character they're playing too. Any superhero especially pretty much has to be jacked.
What the hell did Effron do to get that body in Baywatch though? It's creepy as hell. His abs look like Vaan's from FFXII.
Athletic and what the article are discussing are different.
Baraka in the White House
2-Terms of Kombat
And he was much more athletic before he turned into an actual boulder.
His part-time wrasslin' appearances were pretty terrible.
Gentleman Jack
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I'm now imagining a lot of schlubby comedians getting jacked for superhero roles. Jason Alexander, Kevin James, Will Ferrell.
esmith08734
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Christian Bale pioneered this. Think about his body in Batman Begins. Bale was literally 100 pounds lighter going into training for Batman Begins.
But how are we concerned with this?
But how are we concerned with this?
It does inspire me to stick with my weightlifting routine in a minor way.
How else am I going to get Cap's 'I-can-bicep-curl-a-goddamn-helicopter'-type arms.
Sectorseven
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Why is a padded suit not acceptable these days? Everything else on screen is fake, why does the body have to be real?
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Yea. It's getting ridiculous.
FallingEdge
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I think Efron looks great. Vascular af.
BlueTsunami
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Damn that's a lot. I guess a lot of it depends on the character they're playing too. Any superhero especially pretty much has to be jacked.
What the hell did Effron do to get that body in Baywatch though? It's creepy as hell. His abs look like Vaan's from FFXII.
Efron swung far too hard for low bodyfat. Let us not forget Matthew Fox's ridiculous transformation...
Sub 10% bodyfat can look insane. A little cushion can be a good thing.
Alcotholic
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I don't follow UFC enough to understand how the USADA ruined everything.
broncobuster
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I'm grateful that Henry Cavill doesn't shave his chest as Superman. It gives men realistic expectation for their bodies.
Yeah. Feels like ultimately there are a number of factors to having actors look impeccable for the minutes you see them on screen.
Obliterator
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Because men are showing a lot of skin in these action films now days. Even dudes like Paul Rudd and Benedict Cumbetbatch are required to go shirtless in Marvel films
Lilalaunebaer
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Like, the biggest blockbuster movie action star ever is Arnold. It´s all his fault.
Personally, i appreciate it. Yeah, they juice, but you still have to put the work in. It´s not like you can just chill and eat chips all day and get fucking shredded.
Also it gets me motivated myself. Obviously not to that extend and i know i won´t look like that cause i´m lazy but still, every time Hemsworth, Evans, Cavill and Affleck (in his BvS training montage) take their shirt off i wanna work out. Gets me pumped.
Personally, i appreciate it. Yeah, they juice, but you still have to put the work in. It´s not like you can just chill and eat chips all day and get fucking shredded.
Also it gets me motivated myself. Obviously not to that extend and i know i won´t look like that cause i´m lazy but still, every time Hemsworth, Evans, Cavill and Affleck (in his BvS training montage) take their shirt off i wanna work out. Gets me pumped.
Sgt. Kabukiman
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Because Hollywood has renounced the true heroes of our times: Nicholas Cage and his beautiful CGI abs.
entremet
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Efron swung far too hard for low bodyfat. Let us not forget Matthew Fox's ridiculous transformation...
Sub 10% bodyfat can look insane. A little cushion can be a good thing.
This just makes no sense lol.
Cage fighters never get that lean since it will be terrible for performance, even on drugs.
I remember reading about show ready body builders and the amount of fatigue they have due to the low BF%. Even on drugs, you will feel lightheaded and famished at that level of body fat due the havoc it wreaks on your endocrine system.
WhateverItTakes
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I'm always curious how I'd end up looking on one of those ridiculous routines. Y'know, assuming I'd actually have the willpower to follow through on it.
Sectorseven
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When someone gets buff for a movie, does that qualify as method acting?
gutter_trash
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The Rock:
from WWF (left) to Hollywood (right)
'roids are hall of a drug
from WWF (left) to Hollywood (right)
'roids are hall of a drug
Efron swung far too hard for low bodyfat. Let us not forget Matthew Fox's ridiculous transformation...
Sub 10% bodyfat can look insane. A little cushion can be a good thing.
Mathew fox looking like that made sense for the character. Zac just looks plain exhausted. Trying to keep up with the Rock must suck.
One Eyed Willy
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I have no problem with this.
What's with the disturbing amount of posts from people that believe that "the bar has been raised" and that they promote "having a healthy physique"?
These types of body shape have absolutely zilch to do with being healthy, where have you ever seen an actual athlete with such a body? These actors' bodies are engineered from nothing to look good during five-minutes shirtless scenes, not to run marathons (some seriously look like they have trouble walking).
These types of body shape have absolutely zilch to do with being healthy, where have you ever seen an actual athlete with such a body? These actors' bodies are engineered from nothing to look good during five-minutes shirtless scenes, not to run marathons (some seriously look like they have trouble walking).
Gentleman Jack
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Matthew Fox was also playing a crazy serial killer in that role, so the transformation making him look insane was probably to the benefit of the character, even if the film was shat on by critics and didn't make any money.
Lucky Forward
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Here's how Dan Stevens prepared for his shirtless scene in The Guest:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2980592/trivia
Bruce Springsteen
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People are always going to want to see photogenic people on the big screen
ArkkAngel007
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Women having impossible body standards is a major problem and shaming women who don't match up, but with men it's "hahaha look how insecure you are"?
Wtf GAF
I don't necessarily have a problem with the natural-ish fit looks, but all these treatments and such are not a good thing at all.
Wtf GAF
I don't necessarily have a problem with the natural-ish fit looks, but all these treatments and such are not a good thing at all.
This is what a real human strong guy looks like:
He's in great shape, and it actually looks like he achieved it by actually working his entire life. That didn't come out of a bottle, it didn't come from a weird hardcore Hollywood workout routine, and he'd beat the snot out of someone like Chris Pratt if it came down to it.
None of that modern vain nonsense. Just a healthy guy. And a badass. Guys going on real adventures and doing shit aren't hanging out in gyms 24/7. They're too busy being cool.
He's in great shape, and it actually looks like he achieved it by actually working his entire life. That didn't come out of a bottle, it didn't come from a weird hardcore Hollywood workout routine, and he'd beat the snot out of someone like Chris Pratt if it came down to it.
None of that modern vain nonsense. Just a healthy guy. And a badass. Guys going on real adventures and doing shit aren't hanging out in gyms 24/7. They're too busy being cool.
Always-honest
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I agree. And it looks fucking silly.
There is a huge difference between being in shape and being obsessed with your body.
There is a huge difference between being in shape and being obsessed with your body.
Metalingus5150
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Doesn't it also take a toll on their bodies?
Chris Evans and Hemsworth always talk about how they dread having to get the marvel body back in time for shooting.
Chris Evans and Hemsworth always talk about how they dread having to get the marvel body back in time for shooting.
BlueTsunami
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Plus optimal lighting. A lot goes into representing the male physique in this way. With that said, I can't front I got the vapors when Dan Stevens stepped out that bathroom in just a towel.
Yeah this is what I'm talking about. Literally impossible to look that cut all the time, but it's become some warped idea of what a healthy body is.
This is what a real human strong guy looks like:
He's in great shape, and it actually looks like he achieved it by actually working his entire life. That didn't come out of a bottle, it didn't come from a weird hardcore Hollywood workout routine, and he'd beat the snot out of someone like Chris Pratt if it came down to it.
None of that modern vain nonsense. Just a healthy guy. And a badass.
Ive seen many a people comment that a body like this is "nothing special". A natural, healthy in shape body is nothing special apparently.
Obliterator
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He would look a lot LOT better if he actually upped his body fat a bit. He's clearly dehydrating the shit out of himself for these scenes which isn't super rare but he also has insanely low body fat on top of it. A little bit of softness (not much) actually helps you look fuller on your build and slightly more natural.
A lot of people have issues with Efrons build as he looks totally unnatural and it's throwing off the part of the brain that's used to how normal human bodies look
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