How Buff Can Men Get Naturally
Posted: January 22nd, 2023, 3:32 pm
When I was young, I thought that if a man really worked out hard all the time, he could look like Arnold Schwarzenegger, or maybe a little less like that. I also heard a man could get 'cut' by not eating carbs.
But in my 20's, a little while before I got married, I started consistently working out in a gym. I lived on a property a couple of doors down from a hotel that had a gym, and during the monetary crisis, they were selling gym memberships. They didn't have free weights, We'd put a big leather bag of my friend who I shared a house with's free weights on my luggage cart and go over there and work out. Their machines were good, but we wanted some free weights too.
I remember maxing out the machines. There was one guy who did look like a body builder there who was a Bible college professor. He couldn't lift the maximum level on the bench-press type machine (where you sit to use it.)
But the thing is, I was strong and fit. I was never totally cut because I didn't cut carbs. But I didn't look like a giant body builder, even if I had maxxed out some of the machines (or at least one.) I didn't look like a giant muscular guy.
I haven't thought about it much, but finding out about this liver king guy, then right on the tails of that, hearing that he used steroids, I started looking up He-Man looking men-- Lou Ferrigno, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Hulk Hogan, and Dwayne Johnson used steroids.
Is there anyone who doesn't use steroids who has gotten to that level of muscularness?
I looked up Hugh Jackman. He never got to He-Man level, but he got bigger and bigger, lean with lots of muscle, more and more in the Wolverine movies. I read he was doing a comeback as Wolverine for a Deadpool sequel, and he apologized to all the vegetarians and told the chickens he was coming for them. I heard he ate chicken and broccoli and worked out twice a day. I would imagine he did arm day in the gym twice in the same day, rested arms and did legs twice in the same day the next... and ate chicken constantly. That's his life, to get as buff as he did for Wolverine movies. He's in his 50's, a bit older than I am. I wonder how big he can get at his age.
I know some of it is genes, but I am thinking Wolverine-level muscularness is probably about as much as a man typically can achieve without taking stereoids, and with a lot of work. The Greek and Roman statue look is the extreme end for most of us. Mike Tyson was muscular when he was young. So was Muhammad Ali, but especially in the case of Clay/Ali, he wasn't totally cut like a body builder would be.
I'm sure there are women who go for the 'cut' body builder type, but I read a web page that women prefer a leaner look to the He-Man look. I have also heard women express a bit of disgust at bulging body builder veins. Most of them probably respond more to a lean and muscular Greek statue, Wolverine, etc. type look than a Hulk Hogan or Arnold Schwarzenegger type build. It would be interesting to know if women are more attracted to a normal amount of body fat, just enough for abs to be visible, as compared to a very lean totally cut look.
So what do you think? Is Greek statue or Hugh Jackman in the Wolverine role pretty much the limit a typical man could achieve without steroids if he works out like crazy?
But in my 20's, a little while before I got married, I started consistently working out in a gym. I lived on a property a couple of doors down from a hotel that had a gym, and during the monetary crisis, they were selling gym memberships. They didn't have free weights, We'd put a big leather bag of my friend who I shared a house with's free weights on my luggage cart and go over there and work out. Their machines were good, but we wanted some free weights too.
I remember maxing out the machines. There was one guy who did look like a body builder there who was a Bible college professor. He couldn't lift the maximum level on the bench-press type machine (where you sit to use it.)
But the thing is, I was strong and fit. I was never totally cut because I didn't cut carbs. But I didn't look like a giant body builder, even if I had maxxed out some of the machines (or at least one.) I didn't look like a giant muscular guy.
I haven't thought about it much, but finding out about this liver king guy, then right on the tails of that, hearing that he used steroids, I started looking up He-Man looking men-- Lou Ferrigno, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Hulk Hogan, and Dwayne Johnson used steroids.
Is there anyone who doesn't use steroids who has gotten to that level of muscularness?
I looked up Hugh Jackman. He never got to He-Man level, but he got bigger and bigger, lean with lots of muscle, more and more in the Wolverine movies. I read he was doing a comeback as Wolverine for a Deadpool sequel, and he apologized to all the vegetarians and told the chickens he was coming for them. I heard he ate chicken and broccoli and worked out twice a day. I would imagine he did arm day in the gym twice in the same day, rested arms and did legs twice in the same day the next... and ate chicken constantly. That's his life, to get as buff as he did for Wolverine movies. He's in his 50's, a bit older than I am. I wonder how big he can get at his age.
I know some of it is genes, but I am thinking Wolverine-level muscularness is probably about as much as a man typically can achieve without taking stereoids, and with a lot of work. The Greek and Roman statue look is the extreme end for most of us. Mike Tyson was muscular when he was young. So was Muhammad Ali, but especially in the case of Clay/Ali, he wasn't totally cut like a body builder would be.
I'm sure there are women who go for the 'cut' body builder type, but I read a web page that women prefer a leaner look to the He-Man look. I have also heard women express a bit of disgust at bulging body builder veins. Most of them probably respond more to a lean and muscular Greek statue, Wolverine, etc. type look than a Hulk Hogan or Arnold Schwarzenegger type build. It would be interesting to know if women are more attracted to a normal amount of body fat, just enough for abs to be visible, as compared to a very lean totally cut look.
So what do you think? Is Greek statue or Hugh Jackman in the Wolverine role pretty much the limit a typical man could achieve without steroids if he works out like crazy?