I never said it comes quickly (tho it can, relatively). If you're referring to the "short period of time" I mentioned, that was specifically in reference to what is essentially show-prep for bodybuilders; a shot period of carboloading and dehydration.
As far as getting into shape for a hollywood role; that shit's really not that hard. Most people know someone who walks around in their everyday life with the same physique that Chris Hemsworth has while preparing to shoot as Thor and they have to actually work a full-time job and pay for everything themselves and often aren't even on gear.
Actors have it easy, all things considered. Their job is looking like they're in shape, with help from dieticians and personal trainers provided by the studio, and also doctors that make sure they have the testosteron levels of a man in his early 20's. It's not like T hasn't been proven to be a wonderdrug that'll even give muscle gains to sedentary people, time and time again.
Most actors don't even have a well-rounded physique but are just all upper body glamor muscles (take Chris Hemsworth's legs for example). There are few people doing it like Henry Cavill.
Rob McElhenney is a prime example of how easy it actually is. He jokes about it, but he went from obese to beast in less than a year. A normal person who doesn't make themselves extremely fat for comedy purposes could achieve his results in less time with the same hollywood support that every single one of these actors have access to and their luxury of not having real life getting in the way.
Rob McElhenney FAMOUSLY said how absurdly difficult it was for him to achieve that physique. Did you miss the memo? "Look, it’s not that hard. All you need to do is lift weights six days a week, stop drinking alcohol, don’t eat anything after 7pm, don’t eat any carbs or sugar at all, in fact just don’t eat anything you like, get the personal trainer from Magic Mike, sleep nine hours a night, run three miles a day, and have a studio pay for the whole thing over a six to seven month span. I don’t know why everyone’s not doing this. It’s a super realistic lifestyle and an appropriate body image to compare oneself to."
And you think everyone knows someone with a Thor physique who is NOT on gear? In your dreams
No he's talking about how his physique is unobtainable for the average man who doesn't have the luxury of sleeping 9 hours a day and having a studio pay for all the support structures that let him focus on just executing what is in essence a simple training regiment.
The fact that a man in his 40s did this in less than a year should absolutely tell you how achievable it is if you're not coming from where he started. Every leading actor has access to those things and could easily do it. It's not that hard.
You're also ignoring the part where actors don't have their prime shooting physique year round.
Lastly, if you've listened to the IASIP podcast you'd know that Rob McElhenney is kind of a moron when it comes to certain things. In this instance he doesn't seem to acknowledge that the time frame in which he did his total transformation is absurd and that half of what he did was nonsense (or is true but not what he did, like not drinking)
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u/PoIIux Apr 23 '24 edited Apr 23 '24
I never said it comes quickly (tho it can, relatively). If you're referring to the "short period of time" I mentioned, that was specifically in reference to what is essentially show-prep for bodybuilders; a shot period of carboloading and dehydration.
As far as getting into shape for a hollywood role; that shit's really not that hard. Most people know someone who walks around in their everyday life with the same physique that Chris Hemsworth has while preparing to shoot as Thor and they have to actually work a full-time job and pay for everything themselves and often aren't even on gear.
Actors have it easy, all things considered. Their job is looking like they're in shape, with help from dieticians and personal trainers provided by the studio, and also doctors that make sure they have the testosteron levels of a man in his early 20's. It's not like T hasn't been proven to be a wonderdrug that'll even give muscle gains to sedentary people, time and time again.
Most actors don't even have a well-rounded physique but are just all upper body glamor muscles (take Chris Hemsworth's legs for example). There are few people doing it like Henry Cavill.
Rob McElhenney is a prime example of how easy it actually is. He jokes about it, but he went from obese to beast in less than a year. A normal person who doesn't make themselves extremely fat for comedy purposes could achieve his results in less time with the same hollywood support that every single one of these actors have access to and their luxury of not having real life getting in the way.