And there is nothing you can do about it? It’s just genetics and you’re stuck?
Bullshit, friend. I’m a member of the “sucky genetics” club too. I know what it’s like to be 130 lbs at 6’1. One day I flexed my arm in the mirror and my biceps were the exact same size as my forearms and wrists.
How did I change? Find out in t-minus 14 hours when Body of a Spartan is released.
Note: It should be obvious, but in the first picture that is a fake tattoo. The pictures were for a “white trash” photo shoot.
How many years did it take to go from one to the other?
It took me a long time to stop listening to bad advice. When I started lifting like a man the changes happened very, very fast.
That’s a great transformation! Congratulation!
I have a question though(maybe dumb): Is it possible to build a body of a spartan if you smoke? I have seen many smokers with great bodies that haven’t taken steroids and their response was that they would have a greater body if the didn’t smoke
Harris,
I’m gonna be unconventional but smoking helps if you are natural. Smoking helps you to stay lean. It will hinder size gains, but there is only so much size your body can put on (ultimate size only comes with drugs). All hollywood actors smoke and most of them have lean and mean bodies. When people stop smoking they often balloon up in weight.
Note: I am not recommending cigarettes or saying that anyone should take up smoking. I myself do not smoke with the exception of the occasional cigar.
Only you have the guts to admit unconventional stuff! As far as smoking is concerned there are already many health warnings to deter people from smoking. However I myself like it very much.
I smoke, I drink, my shoulder size is nearly 10″ my waist. Fuck conventional advice. Live life, train hard, IF. Sorted.
I’m not sure real tobacco is that bad, the avg cig has a shit ton of industrial chemicals that are only pronounceable by an organic chemist, plus the igniting catylizes the creation of fun new chems.
I’ll echo this post on the other side, the fat guy getting ripped. I had to change my diet heavily(processed to real food), start lifting, start cardio heavily(BJJ counts as cardio). Fuck your excuses, get in the gym and on the fucking mat or ring. I still have 20-30 lbs left to burn but that will come.
Even now, I don’t have to do anything at a nightclub, I’ve had a girl pull me to her to dance with her, girls throw themselves into my arms. I’m still way to shy and unconfident but that’s the fat guy mindset.
Short hair. I like it. The Romans were the first to implement the “crew cut” for its soldiers. It cut down on lice & would not allow the enemy to grab your hair in battle, to slice your neck open.
God damn I hate long hair. Strictly for women & dirty hipsters. If anyone gives me some PC shit about its culturally accepted in India or something to that extent… My answer is, its strictly for women & dirty hipsters
I see where you’re coming from and I fucking hate hipsters, but I’d like to offer a different perspective. Short hair is functional to the extent that you have to keep cutting it off periodically, but it is also almost universally seen as a sign of tamed subservience.
Why else do they shave modern soldiers bald? They need to be subservient and desensitized for battle. When Genghis Khan made it to China, he mandated that the Chinese women crop their bangs short so it would make them more timid and easily controlled.
And what of the German Hessian mercenaries of the American Revolution and their long, wild hair? You don’t get your hair grabbed if it’s restrained for battle. Early European kings wore their hair long too, and so did samurai warriors, although they kept theirs restrained in a knot.
This outward sign of anti-subservience could be why the hippies adopted long hair, since it “stuck it to the man” but they didn’t have the ripped barbarian physique to complement the barbarian hair, so they looked like man-women. I think someone ought to change that - If you’re going to have pretty long hair, as a rule, you better be able to bench at least twice your weight. No long-hair hipster is going to do that.
And if you aren’t going to have long hair on the head, at least have some form of facial hair. It’s another widely-recognized sign of unfettered manliness.
I’m not advising anyone to get on tobacco of any form, but I need to be honest with something here. I was in the best shape of my life when I was dipping a can/day. I dip long cut Grizzly Wintergreen and here is why it helps with cutting. The stuff raises your heart rate a little when your dipping, it numbs your appetite, and as long as there is a dip in my mouth I cannot eat. When I train for bodybuilding competitions I look at this as a tool to help me get shredded. When your going for long periods of time with restricted calories this DOES help. My last competition I was in I competed at 215 lbs at 5% bodyfat @ 5’9″. The cheat meal once/wk is a bullshit wives tale. If you can find ways to take it to wks at a time without a junk meal this is when the major changes begin to happen. So yea, I dip. Also, you’d think I was crazy if I told you I drank about 3 nights/wk while getting in this type of condition. But think of it like this, are you better off eating a pizza thats loaded with fat and calories or having 3 low carb beers? Low carb beer has zero fat, about 3 grams of carbs. So 3 light beers was my limit, which on a hard diet will get you pretty drunk (I will slam them for the added effect, but 3 is my limit, no exceptions!!) I went for wks at a time with no cheat meals this way, its all about having something to look forward to and you need to replace food with something else. The beer also took the edge off by evening time so I wasnt so grouchy. And being a mild diuretic, I would actually awake the next morning looking even better. I will also utilize this as a tool during a hardcore diet, and let me tell you what, the results will just keep on coming. I got this tactic from a National level competitor who stays insanely shredded all year long. It works!!