The Wolverine
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TrollfaceDeux
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Grimmlokk
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Without steroids or other similar supplements it is optimal to have 48hours of recovery between workouts of a particular muscle group. So it clearly doesn't matter if he was told solely too work on his upper body. The turn around time is still the same if he was working on his legs aswell every day after upper body day. Your point is irrelevent. If anything it supports even more that he was on certain things to increase recovery giving him the chance to work on his upper more often then he would if he was 100 percent natural.Seems all he was asked to do is get more size onto his arms, shoulders, and chest, and then get really lean. Hardly need to be on steroids to accomplish that.
His forearms are bigger than his thighs...
Also any trainer that knows ANYTHING about muscle gain will tell you leg weights especially squats/power cleans are vital to gaining muscle mass as they are whole body exercises and release huge amounts of natural testosterone. Which further supports the facts he was getting enough testosterone via supplements hence not needing to do leg weights. Serious I don't know why so many people who have no idea continue to think he didn't take some form of substance to reduce body fat and gain muscle mass faster. You simply don't know what you are talking about.
So much broscience that it actually makes your head hurt. Huge amounts of testosterone released while squatting? Buddy please. Squats/deadlifts are awesome excercises, but please stop bullshitting
edit: Ah, you're the guy who said he was on peptides. Figures.
Mandriana
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Laugh. Yes, clearly he must be main-lining those steroids to get the arms, shoulders, and chest he has. Or maybe a dude who is naturally ectomorphic (who can pound down calories with minimal fat gain for muscle hypotrophy and recovery), isn't exactly new to upper-body training (he's had noticeable arms for a few years now), and only has to have size and definition for show, and not for any sort of full contact and/or competitive endeavour... Just maybe he can do it with all the time in the world to prep prior to filming, and an 120 million production budget behind him without steroids.
And he does do lower body training, but if all he needs to have visually for his role is a chest, abs, gun show (ignoring all the time and money spent on make-up, lightning, photo-shop, and video editing) then that is, by far, the priority.
Now lets all be friends and talk about the real superhero actor steroid user, Christian Bale.
Jait
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If you don't think actors who put on that much muscle aren't using HGH or similar, you truly are a fucking moron.
It's their job. It's not a sport. Entertainers invented plastic surgery, weight loss supplements, hair replacement, implants including ass and pect's, and just about everything else that can improve your image. Even Saint Jackman isn't above this.
It's their job. It's not a sport. Entertainers invented plastic surgery, weight loss supplements, hair replacement, implants including ass and pect's, and just about everything else that can improve your image. Even Saint Jackman isn't above this.
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This picture is hardly proof that he's using roids to get a huge upper body... His arms are bigger than his thighs because of the forced perspective of the camera. His fists are also bigger than his shoes.Seems all he was asked to do is get more size onto his arms, shoulders, and chest, and then get really lean. Hardly need to be on steroids to accomplish that.
His forearms are bigger than his thighs...
Gavinmad
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Judging from your posts in this thread, you don't have any idea either.
Regardless, it's most likely that Jackman was taking some kind of steroids, because there was no reason not to be and they would have made the process quite a bit easier for him. Nobody in the thread is saying it was impossible for him to get that look without taking roids, of course he could have done it naturally, but why would he if even a very mild regimen of steroids would produce notably better results for the same amount of effort?
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Movie was terrible, nothing except the one fight against the recently poisoned dude was wolverine being wolverine. I wanted to see him get so pissed off he fucks himself up to get to his objective.
Like peeling his own hand off to remove himself from cuffs etc. also the humans he was stabbing and throwing should have just slopped off his claws in pieces instead of being flipped through the air. I know they need to keep it pg13 but only makes me want a R rated version that much more.
Like peeling his own hand off to remove himself from cuffs etc. also the humans he was stabbing and throwing should have just slopped off his claws in pieces instead of being flipped through the air. I know they need to keep it pg13 but only makes me want a R rated version that much more.
He's 45 years old stupid. Doesn't matter how great his genetics or workout routine are, by that age men are producing lower levels of testosterone and thus losing muscle mass. It's possible to be in great shape at any age, but too look like a superhero, you got to fight that biology with something.
Honestly it could be either one
Is his physique achievable natty? of course, with a lot of hard work. Did he juice to make it easier? we dont fucking know.
Is his physique achievable natty? of course, with a lot of hard work. Did he juice to make it easier? we dont fucking know.
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To those who ask 'why would he not?' The answer is: 'Because the side effects (acne, baldness and alteration of the vocal chords are not exactly good ideas for an actor and no one is interested in reduced testes and heart deformation) are not worth the reward' It's not like they are going to fire Jackman unless he weights more than X with less than Y% body fat...
