Cap, as in Captain america. You know, the line in the first avengers when banner says that he's always angry before turning into the hulk immediately? Are you laying attention?
@@logangodofcandy Carbs are the exact opposite of a diuretic. They make you retain water. In all but the weakest beer, the alcohol, which is a diuretic, just happens to be stronger than the carbs, making it a diuretic overall. One beer certainly isn't going to dehydrate someone like Jason Momoa enough to make a difference. He'd need to also be taking lasix or similar meds.
@@borghorsa1902 probably mostly test, not a steroid. The men just need to blast their test out of the park. But possibly some quick cycles of anabolics.
I can put on 10% of my bodyweight in muscle in 3 months and stay quite lean, after a long layoff. I've done it several times. It might look suspicious if you didn't know I'd started below my "natural" size and well below my previous maximum lean size. It's still a lot less than what some of these actors do, of course.
And probably should never admit it. Most people don't know much about it, so it's still better if they think it takes an unholy amount of effort, a personal trainer and an expensive diet, than a magical pill. Sure, some will try fully replicating it and might juice it up because they're disappointed by results, but that's a fairly tiny amount.
I'm over 50 and hadn't hit the gym since my early 20's. Due to circumstances, I could afford the time and started hitting the gym 2 months ago. My goal wasn't to get jacked, I was just feeling my body starting giving up and wanted to do something about it. So, I started training every other day, 15 minutes cardio, 45 minutes weights- a schedule that's easy to keep. I also implemented small changes- musli bars instead of chocolate, whole wheat bread instead of white, less carbs, more meat and veggies and most important , vaping instead of heavy smoking. After two months, I lost 20 pounds, dropped two sizes in pants and one in shirts, my posture is corrected, I don't weez out, I sleep better and I don't need knee and back support bandages anymore when I go to work. You don't need to match the dedication of the pros to reap measurable benefits for a small time investement and minor inconveniencies. Hit the gym. Even for such a small amount of dedication as mine. It feels good!
And once you look like that, you can't grow much more. I got my body size and definition 15 years ago, and have been toiling the whole time making strength gains still but not size gains or even definition (which is more controlled by body fat %). Now it takes a lot to raise my max if a major lift by 10 pounds, possibly weeks. And yeah, I don't look any more jacked than when I was in my early 20's and not as jacked as many movie actors, but I remember taking only 2 to 3 years to fill out from skinny wimp to what I look like today.
@@gregmoldovan5921honestly either some aspect of your training isn't cutting it or you just don't have the best genetics (probably not that if you made good gains early on). It does get harder with time but people who can put on good amounts of muscle for the first few years can usually keep making gradual size gains for more than 2-3 years if training, diet, and recovery are on point and being done intelligently.
I got one thing i havent heard before from here, "No one can sell you hardwork and dedication, so no one ever talks about it." That makes sense. And encouraging. Thanks, doc.
There's so much in the fitness space that sells you hard work and dedication successfully (the people who don't sell smoke and mirrors and joke exercises like celebrity trainers and fitness influencers). Mostly people who have some exercise science background and have built reputation in giving out reliable information, people who don't oversell their stuff but are fair and square about it. Anybody can make a successful training program after watching a couple of youtube videos, but people pay those who can sell them hard work and dedication and make them take them as their own.
@@bindingcurveand you never will..you are NOT them! You have different voy type and make up,,you have your own unique body pls stop comparing it to others.. and do what your own body is capable nkt someone else..we ate all different we all don't look the same as our idols.
and hard work. Most people would not get jacked even with this kind of help, just because they would not train hard enough. Of course they would gain muscle, but at this level? The kind of guy that doesn't work out would not stick with the hard work
@@eliasbram3710Jesus Christ, there's always one of you isn't there? Has to come on make some stupid comment about how "you dun got tu train hard you can't just take duh gear." Turns out you can just take gear and gain muscle. That's an actual thing maybe try researching this stuff. The problem is that all things being equal, the guy on gear actually doesn't need to train as hard as the guy who's not on gear. That's a fact. The guy on gear can train pretty mildly and still make better gains than the guy training naturally and busting his ass. Stop spouting this absurd nonsense about people on steroids working out really hard. They may they may not. But who cares? Tons of people not on gear workout hard!
The cult of celebrity body transformations gave me an unrealistic expectation of what fitness meant for the longest time. My health improved significantly once I stopped thinking of fitness as a goal and more as life style that I have adopted and will maintain for the rest of my life, even once I have become an old man. Looking good is a positive by product of exercise and diet, while the goal for me is overall health and longevity. I no longer worry about what I will look like in 6 months. I just put in the work and let my body do its thing.
are you old yet? If no: warning, it sucks balls. You don't want to work out, and when you do work out: nothing happens. T is the most important chemical in the survival of human DNA (and I say that as a smart af PHD scientist).
In the end, its like you said, its a lifestyle change. I'm 44, 5'10 disabled Vet that had gained 60 pounds since being medically retired., my weight in January was in the 250's. My health was declining quickly, and I decided after my doctors visit to make a change. Hard work and dedication, along with realistic fitness goals has changed my life. 7 months later, I'm now 195ish and feeling amazing. It took alot of dedication and time to cut weight and build muscle in a healthy way, and its still a hard journey ahead, but it can be done without drastic over the top workouts and expensive trainers, I'm living proof of that. At first, I just started walking, and journaled as I slowly moved into weight training. Now, its something I never want to stop, I never want to be that old me again, I worked too hard for this new me, and my life has changed.
Good video for natural lifters but these Hollyweird actors are on gear. If you wanna look like Chris Hemsworth you're going to need his parents and loads of gear. Hugh Jackman isn't waking up at 2am to eat chicken and broccoli at 55 years old to reprise his Wolverine role, he's back on cycle.
Honestly most assume there is something going on with the men in the pictures. The eye opening truth is when people realize how rampant they are in society. People you’d never think to be on are on and way more than you think. One major reason is because the people that casually admit it are so freakishly big compared to those around them they don’t pass the eye test. They don’t understand how much they are using compared to others. If you look up eugen sandow that will give you exactly how big and lean one can get without the use of hormones. Anything more than marginally bigger lean than that is using some sort of enhancement. Doctors lawyers your buddy at the gym the guy who swears it’s hard work and genetics nope it’s hormones.
From Jan 18 2024 to July 8 (today) I went from 24% to 17%. I've been strict on my diet and work out 6 days a week. 165 pounds to 152 pounds. Almost 6 months. There's no way these people aren't taking anything. You can't grow that much muscle in such a short time. Average person would gain 10 pounds of muscle a year. then like 5 pounds of muscle after that.
@@sundownstudios2.075 you are absolutely correct. All of these guys believing they are natty have either never trained and dieted hard in their life - and therefore don’t realize that’s not enough - or they train and diet like shit and therefore assume that if they just weren’t lazy and undisciplined they would look like a superhero too.
Got to give it to the actors doing the workouts and staying on their diets. Most people won't do a fraction of the work. But yes, no way to get super shredded or jacked in a couple months without a little "help." But six weeks of intense and diet exercise will do amazing transformation. It just won't add 30 pounds of muscle.
The whole body transformation is also part of the marketing push for these roles, a good why to drum up interest, and why you had the clips to use in the video. A good way to get some perspective on things is looking at what Bruce Willis looked like in Die Hard, or a young Harrison Ford for example. Those would not be body types fitting similar roles these days.
Another thing that anyone can do is lighting. Side lighting or top down lighting will reveal shapes, whereas front on lighting hides the shape. Plus, they will get a "pump" right before revealing shots are taken. Lighting, posing, and timing goes a long way before digital enhancement happens.
I'm on TRT. But I'm on TRT because my testosterone levels dropped all the way down to 283, when they should be between 600 and 800. I gradually gained 60lbs, lost all my energy and didn't want to do anything. And in my family it's genetic. Both of my brothers and my father have low T. And after turning 40(im 43 now), i just got worse and worse. So I am not taking it to give me a boost or make me get bigger, I'm taking it to get back to my normal life and normal weight
I have had fights with people who believed The Rock is all natural 🙂. I feel bad for people who think this is possible by just working out. Reminds me of Lance Armstrong. I told people that if the next 20 people behind him were all caught with doping it seems very unlikely that he is clean.
He may be natural did you see his father you're saying he was also on steroids genetics play the biggest world if you have bad genetics even steroids won't help you
Nearly 67… Jack LaLanne was my first fitness hero. Have maintained my physical health since my first weight set at age 10. If taking care of oneself is part of your life… then the body work is not that bad. As we get older it’s the dedication and consistency that can be difficult. Thanks Chris for your channel and commitment.
This will be an interesting video! Dr Mike Isratel at Renaissance Periodisation who is a PhD in Sports Science and also a highly skilled body builder has often discussed this very topic and had some genuinely fascinating insights. I encourage everyone to watch him as well the Doc's own superlative analysis :)
Very interesting video. I was a teenager when the MCU was just starting and getting huge. I think 16 or so when avengers came out. I remember seeing Captain America and, aside from liking the character in general, thinking "I'm going to look just like that in my 20s". I had just gotten into working out at 14 and was then at 16 pretty fit but skinny. I trained hard. I got big but never got cut properly. I was a fat kid that got into fitness when I was 14 and I think that has made it a but harder to cut later in life. I was so focused on my goal and wanting to look good that I went into calorie deficit for very long periods and I was so hungry it was affecting my performance in college and later my work as a 2LT in the Army. When I still failed to achieve the results I wanted I did get very depressed about it and even fairly body dysmorphic. I met the woman who would be my wife around this time and she was, and still is, very impressed by my size, strength, and agility. But I ignored her compliments because I didn't look how I thought I should. I even started the process of trying to get TRT in my late 20s. Never actually ordered it though but the though because my natural test levels are decent. But the thought of using it is always in the back of my mind. I probably will in my late 30s to slow aging. TLDR the dysmorphia young people get from watching these movies is real. It affected me badly and still does.
This vid is timely for me. I was born just before FDR died...I have been very fit (cycling, swimming, lifting) and have laid back for about 20 years. I'm starting my elder years routine...and understand, with this reinforcement, the steady, one-day-at-time, don't overdo, the in-the-moment pace I need to take. Incrementalism. Thank you, Dr. Chris...
@@samueldavis5895how does that work for you? Simply asking as I am 46. I used to blast lots of test and YK11 in the past, and got huge. I have always wanted to start again, but only do a TRT level of test and take Anavar with it.
I'm an actor and also content creators, and yeah I can assure you, 99% use PED's, even the ones that "look normal", in social media, a lot may be natty now, but they gained all their physique thanks to PEDs, and then just stopped and maintain it, but still most of the continue using it 4ever in low doses (Or higher). Best
Its rare for me to see a long video till then end, but this for me was well put together all included - good info, not a speedy video, not bringing anyone down, just simple and to the point and it leaves it up to the individual to make the own opnion about it all. Thank you for a very well put together video :)
I'm sorry, unless I misheard, that transformation at the end in 8 months (by that actor) is going to disappoint almost anyone who tries the same. Nice feel-good message and all, but that's going to be more like 2-3+ years even for dedicated people. I don't think he believed it himself when he blurted 8 months.
more like 5+ years and yeah its also just unrealistic regardless. these guys are juiced up, and have pro trainers and dieticians to do all the hard work for them
@VGEmblem They say actors take 8 months to get in shape, but their always in shape always. Actors like The Rock, Mark Wahlberg, Chris Hemsworth. They stay in shape to get action Movie's. So if they have to get a little more jacked. They go hard for 5 months, but their already close. Camera tricks make them look bigger than they actually are. Plus, they dehydrate themselves for all those shirtless shots.
Nobody transforms in basic by gaining muscle. Withering away, sure. If someone was over fat they probably lost weight. It’s impossible to eat enough, sleep enough, and you can’t train in a way anywhere near efficent to increase hypertrophy or strength. Ugh basic was so annoying like that, I was pissed when I found out how much weight I lost after it was done despite doing everything I could to get calories in.
@@samueldavis5895a guy i went to school with was a skinny dude. He decided to go into the military. Prior to him joining, he used steroids and bulked up.
ATP and ADP cycle with hydration. Clear as I learnt during sport science, as well as mindset to go through. Very important that the gym frequents take uninformed 'inputs' to their precious metabolism.
When you do not eat any carbs at all, you can lose a lot of weight. In 2017, I lost 60 pounds, in 30 days. Eating 4,000 calories a day, of meat and associated fat. Zero carb diet. Zero plants. Zero exercise, completely sedentary. From 250 pounds to 190 pounds in one month.
Steroids didn’t become controversial until 1990 and Jose’ Canseco admitted to using them in Major League Baseball. Arnold retired from competitive bodybuilding in 1980…
Dr. Raynor... Another analysis and great info. You are the brightest.most trained technical physician explaining truths on here in your genre. I LOVE when the little blue CZcams indicator shows your new upload. We love you. Corey
I’ve been motivated to workout after watching these actors in their action movies 👍🏾💪🏾😎. Besides the nature of my work means that it’s beneficial to be fit and healthy. 💪🏾
I believe a VERY large majority of these actors use just diet and exercise. A lot can be achieved when you have the best experts guiding your progress, and you don't have a separate job to go to. It's still very impressive what they are able to do. Part of the help I bet they get is psychological in keeping the motivation high enough throughout to stay on the diet and do the workouts.
No , they definitely use drugs. These kinds of transformations are impossible to achieve in such a short time , nor is it possible to maintain this type of physique when getting older. Even if you are genetically gifted.
It isn't possible for a guy in his 30s or 40s to get ripped like that in a matter of a fee months naturally. Hollywood people are experts at lying. They're very obviously on the juice.
Very interesting and complete description of "how they do it". Some with good genetics and work; some with gear and work, all with diet and work. Easy to see what the common element is: work.
Carbs before excercise, fats after excercise. And protein in every meal. Also, one protein shake with a daily dose of creatine monohydrate every single day. You'l get shredded. Eventually. I once heard one thing that also applies to me: "I am willing to do anything to get shredded... except doing any kind of strict diet." And I found out that there is a wisdom in it. Strict diet is only necessary if time is of the essence. If you are willing to slow down your progress, to wait a few months or years for your target physique, you'll have to make a lot less sacrifices. It's pace of change that is really demanding.
At 18 I reached my max at weightlifting, 365 bench, 395 squat and maintained that only until 21. Then I started to decline slowly, at 27 my max was 310 bench and 345 squats. Now at 40 I'm too embarrassed to mention my max oh and this was all natural I never took steroids.
From what I know, taking PED is a criminal offense in some places. So you can't really fault someone for not admitting to taking them. However, those people that make up the wildest stories about how their clearly 'roided physique is somehow natural can and should be criticised for their lies.
I’m 61 & 6’ I lost 20k 97 to 76 in 6 weeks eating a meat only diet. I didn’t have to limit what I ate in fact I had to push myself to eat more. I didn’t even work out. After that first month I started working out and I could work out every day without getting sore. I put on a lot of muscle over the next 4 months and had inexhaustible energy. This is sustainable physically but it requires a radical change in self concept. I had manic depression before I discovered the carnivore diet and at the moment I’m having a pretty serious relapse as I lost my job and am eating carbs again 😂. Not exactly sure how I will manage to recommit at present I’m just trying to be kind to myself and not relapse into deeper depression. But I now know what is possible. It’s difficult not to let old habits dictate the future. I absolutely recommend that people try a carnivore diet but you have to be all in to get results no sugar no coffee no carbs no vegetables. I’m a bit of a loner so it’s not in my nature to admit this but I think it can definitely help to find a community to support you in this and try to avoid telling anyone outside of that community what you are doing. You will burn out trying to convince others that what you are doing is a good idea. That can be difficult when you start seeing and feeling the radical benefits of a meat only diet. There are some fantastic advocates on CZcams see dr Chafee. Dr berry. Steak and butter girl. And word up on the diabolical history of the food industry. Good luck
Obviously, it's not natural. These guys spend millions of dollars on the finest doctors, and fitness experts advised steroids. Refined from near a hundred years, maybe more of anebolic steriod research. It's fine, they only compete in a theatre. But really we should rethink our social morales about steriod use. Give me anball drug olympics, include prosthetic appendages. Cyberpunk, Ghost in the Shell, Matrix future. "Everytime an athlete breaks a record, or a mathmetician deduces a new formula, the entire of humanity evolves, and advances." Bill Hicks (I think)
In endgame, you can see Evans looking noticably thinner in what I assume is a reshoot months later. The scene where he's giving the motivational speech before they all time travel. His neck looks like a stack of dimes and his face is drawn vs the other scenes. You can gain and drop muscle very quickly through ped use, especially if you've done it before. Muscle memory. Honestly they'd be stupid not to use steroids for their job. Who cares.
Negative. Steroids are cheaper than supplements. High quality doctor prescribed growth hormone is the $9900 of that monthly hormone bill. Can easily get 20 years of therapeutic test for $500, no lie. Super rich and famous people are sucking the well dry of medicine terminally ill people need. I’m sure Chris will leave the answer open ended since hormones have such a taboo history in the United States. It’s really remarkable the lore mystery and frankly BS that surrounds hormones and their use. An entire multibillion dollar industry (fitness) COMPLETELY dependent on their use while simultaneously denying their use at all. It’s truly fascinating and honestly a cultural anomaly that needs to be studied.
you don't need 10k a month, Test cost less than $100 per month, other roids = $200 max per month. All you need is Test cycle only, you will amazing. but don't do it without a goal that pays money.
I think one thing most people are forgetting is that this is their job. If I had my calendar clear for 6 months and was told there was a big paycheck at the end of it if I were shredded at the end of that 6 months, damn straight I would be.
Expensive performance enhancing drugs (PED's) from the studio doctors along with rigorous training and carefully crafted diets are the reasons for the ripped transformations!
If the actors maintain a good amount of size all the time, the size increase naturally is a lot more believable. Going from skinny fit to buff in a few months not so much. Not saying they don't work hard with diet, excercise, and will power but putting on muscle and staying lean at the same time is not easy, especially in a short amount of time.
The screen does add weight and make actors look bigger than they are, making their muscles look big by comparison to anyone they're standing next to. That being said, movies aren't a sports league, and there's no drug testing.
I don't cutback on my electrolytes/rock salt intake, this is vital for my recovery quality and basal metabolic rate. I don't go through bulk and cut cycle either since I don't care about how I look like in camera. I eat fot maintenance and I intermittent fast for metabolic health, this is why I still have an 20+% body fat percentage, yet I also have 40+% skeletal muscle mass.
People seem to think that the use of steroids/ performance enhancing drugs means that hard work isn’t involved. Not true. It takes A LOT of hard work, consistency, and a diet that includes enough protein to build muscle. With weight training you are creating micro tears in your muscles which, when repaired, will result in the development of muscle. That being said there is only so much you can change your body in a relatively short period of time. And this is without taking genetics and time into account. Performance enhancing drugs shorten recovery time and help build that muscle more quickly. With the exception of a handful of actors who have made their bodies THE “action figure “ body their trademark most actors return to their pre transformation body.
For at home I just stick to the golden 3 first. Bench, deadlift and squat. Then add in pullups and more importantly: reverse pullups. Put in some croc rows or barbell rows. Every morning. Set yourself a goal and stick to it. For example: Before chemo I set 250 deadlift 3×3 and 40 reverse pullups. I got to it and stuck to it. Prevents from having to buy suits and clothes bigger and smaller all the time. Then I got a bit sick, and shortly after broke my wrists and an elbow, and now I am back to 180kg deadlift _but_ my elbow locks up due to injury. So I think I will go to 200kg deadlift but make it 5×3 or something.
As I’m on medical drugs this slows my metabolism and even controlling in take of food doesn’t take any effect. Best time I ever saw was when I went into hospital and was monitored when I came off my drugs. When I got home, I lost 20kg in 4 weeks but after a year of constant exercise my weight kicked back up as I was put back on my drugs. It’s so annoying I’d look so fit when off my drugs but it’ll be a H & S risk to do so.
Dwayne Johnson is the exception (in the sense of huge fluctuations in body mass). All other actors playing super-hero roles look completely different in between jobs (i.e.: Chris Hemsworth, Hugh Jackman, Chris Evans, etc.). Whatever they have been doing for the specific roles, can't be too good for their bodies in the long-term.
What is the craziest body transformation that you have seen in a Hollywood actor?
@@ChrisRaynorMD 300! But weren’t their abs also spray painted?
Christian Bale in The Machinist, that was on the different end of the spectrum tho
Marlon Brando???
@@meijicookies9773 : It was a mix of diet and body paint, yes.
@@xMrNight He has total control over his body, i admire that a lot
Dwayne Johnson got more juice than Minute Maid.
"That's the secret, Cap, I'm always on cycle"
What’s a cap got to do with anything? Just doesn’t make sense
Cap, as in Captain america. You know, the line in the first avengers when banner says that he's always angry before turning into the hulk immediately? Are you laying attention?
@@potta061C’mon man😂
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@@potta061
Seriously?? 🙄
Training, diet, steroids, makeup and CGI. Water depravation and a pump before shirt-off scenes.
Jason Mimosas likes to drink a Guinness before a scene to pump carbs into his muscles.
Mostly steroids
Beer has carbs and alcohol, which is a diuretic
@@logangodofcandy Carbs are the exact opposite of a diuretic. They make you retain water. In all but the weakest beer, the alcohol, which is a diuretic, just happens to be stronger than the carbs, making it a diuretic overall. One beer certainly isn't going to dehydrate someone like Jason Momoa enough to make a difference. He'd need to also be taking lasix or similar meds.
@@borghorsa1902 probably mostly test, not a steroid. The men just need to blast their test out of the park. But possibly some quick cycles of anabolics.
"If it's possible on that (diet and exercise) alone."
At the rate they do? Nope.
Oh he is aware of that, dude is an M.D. and that's why he winks. 😉
Bale went from twig in Machinist to buff as Batman in a few months. That much that fast, that has to be Dbol.
almost 36 minutes of non-committal
I can put on 10% of my bodyweight in muscle in 3 months and stay quite lean, after a long layoff. I've done it several times. It might look suspicious if you didn't know I'd started below my "natural" size and well below my previous maximum lean size. It's still a lot less than what some of these actors do, of course.
And probably should never admit it. Most people don't know much about it, so it's still better if they think it takes an unholy amount of effort, a personal trainer and an expensive diet, than a magical pill.
Sure, some will try fully replicating it and might juice it up because they're disappointed by results, but that's a fairly tiny amount.
I'm over 50 and hadn't hit the gym since my early 20's.
Due to circumstances, I could afford the time and started hitting the gym 2 months ago.
My goal wasn't to get jacked, I was just feeling my body starting giving up and wanted to do something about it.
So, I started training every other day, 15 minutes cardio, 45 minutes weights- a schedule that's easy to keep.
I also implemented small changes- musli bars instead of chocolate, whole wheat bread instead of white, less carbs, more meat and veggies and most important , vaping instead of heavy smoking.
After two months, I lost 20 pounds, dropped two sizes in pants and one in shirts, my posture is corrected, I don't weez out, I sleep better and I don't need knee and back support bandages anymore when I go to work.
You don't need to match the dedication of the pros to reap measurable benefits for a small time investement and minor inconveniencies.
Hit the gym. Even for such a small amount of dedication as mine. It feels good!
@@KostasHolopain Exactly, most people are mistreating their body so much when they do things right the body responds very quickly….
And once you look like that, you can't grow much more. I got my body size and definition 15 years ago, and have been toiling the whole time making strength gains still but not size gains or even definition (which is more controlled by body fat %). Now it takes a lot to raise my max if a major lift by 10 pounds, possibly weeks. And yeah, I don't look any more jacked than when I was in my early 20's and not as jacked as many movie actors, but I remember taking only 2 to 3 years to fill out from skinny wimp to what I look like today.
Good on you. You will surprise yourself 6 months and a year from now with how far you have come. Age is nothing.
@@alamore5084 Thank you for your words of encouragement!
@@gregmoldovan5921honestly either some aspect of your training isn't cutting it or you just don't have the best genetics (probably not that if you made good gains early on). It does get harder with time but people who can put on good amounts of muscle for the first few years can usually keep making gradual size gains for more than 2-3 years if training, diet, and recovery are on point and being done intelligently.
I got one thing i havent heard before from here, "No one can sell you hardwork and dedication, so no one ever talks about it." That makes sense. And encouraging. Thanks, doc.
There's so much in the fitness space that sells you hard work and dedication successfully (the people who don't sell smoke and mirrors and joke exercises like celebrity trainers and fitness influencers). Mostly people who have some exercise science background and have built reputation in giving out reliable information, people who don't oversell their stuff but are fair and square about it. Anybody can make a successful training program after watching a couple of youtube videos, but people pay those who can sell them hard work and dedication and make them take them as their own.
@@Yupppi I put in the hard work, look nothing like that.
@@bindingcurveand you never will..you are NOT them! You have different voy type and make up,,you have your own unique body pls stop comparing it to others.. and do what your own body is capable nkt someone else..we ate all different we all don't look the same as our idols.
Personal trainer, personal dietician, and lots and lots of GEAR!!!
Yup, exactly that. The gear.
and hard work. Most people would not get jacked even with this kind of help, just because they would not train hard enough. Of course they would gain muscle, but at this level? The kind of guy that doesn't work out would not stick with the hard work
@@eliasbram3710Jesus Christ, there's always one of you isn't there? Has to come on make some stupid comment about how "you dun got tu train hard you can't just take duh gear." Turns out you can just take gear and gain muscle. That's an actual thing maybe try researching this stuff. The problem is that all things being equal, the guy on gear actually doesn't need to train as hard as the guy who's not on gear. That's a fact. The guy on gear can train pretty mildly and still make better gains than the guy training naturally and busting his ass. Stop spouting this absurd nonsense about people on steroids working out really hard. They may they may not. But who cares? Tons of people not on gear workout hard!
@@shadowrider7072 I have some gear bit I think I need a lil more!!!
@@spec24 What is "gear"?? Slang for steroids??
"If I want a hot body, I'll take one out of the freezer and warm it up" H.Lecter on diet and exercise.
That's more palatable than this baloney.
What I learned is I need to condition myself a decent bit beforehand and then hit the PEDs
The cult of celebrity body transformations gave me an unrealistic expectation of what fitness meant for the longest time. My health improved significantly once I stopped thinking of fitness as a goal and more as life style that I have adopted and will maintain for the rest of my life, even once I have become an old man. Looking good is a positive by product of exercise and diet, while the goal for me is overall health and longevity. I no longer worry about what I will look like in 6 months. I just put in the work and let my body do its thing.
are you old yet? If no: warning, it sucks balls. You don't want to work out, and when you do work out: nothing happens. T is the most important chemical in the survival of human DNA (and I say that as a smart af PHD scientist).
This video could be 2 seconds of Dr Chris saying "money" and it would be just as accurate.
In the end, its like you said, its a lifestyle change. I'm 44, 5'10 disabled Vet that had gained 60 pounds since being medically retired., my weight in January was in the 250's. My health was declining quickly, and I decided after my doctors visit to make a change. Hard work and dedication, along with realistic fitness goals has changed my life. 7 months later, I'm now 195ish and feeling amazing. It took alot of dedication and time to cut weight and build muscle in a healthy way, and its still a hard journey ahead, but it can be done without drastic over the top workouts and expensive trainers, I'm living proof of that. At first, I just started walking, and journaled as I slowly moved into weight training. Now, its something I never want to stop, I never want to be that old me again, I worked too hard for this new me, and my life has changed.
Poor Kumail Nanjiani... He did all the work, and didnt even get to take his shirt off for Eternals.
That made no sense even if he did go shirtless
Oh no, he got into great shape. What a devastating blow on the man..
He abused steroids. That cut years off the end of his life.
@@logangodofcandy i dont doubt he used gear. idk about abusing
Seems like an elaborate prank to me
Juice is the only answer I will accept
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Good video for natural lifters but these Hollyweird actors are on gear. If you wanna look like Chris Hemsworth you're going to need his parents and loads of gear. Hugh Jackman isn't waking up at 2am to eat chicken and broccoli at 55 years old to reprise his Wolverine role, he's back on cycle.
Wait people actually believe they got there natty?😂
Honestly most assume there is something going on with the men in the pictures. The eye opening truth is when people realize how rampant they are in society. People you’d never think to be on are on and way more than you think. One major reason is because the people that casually admit it are so freakishly big compared to those around them they don’t pass the eye test. They don’t understand how much they are using compared to others. If you look up eugen sandow that will give you exactly how big and lean one can get without the use of hormones. Anything more than marginally bigger lean than that is using some sort of enhancement. Doctors lawyers your buddy at the gym the guy who swears it’s hard work and genetics nope it’s hormones.
I think Chris evens, Ryan Reynolds, Henry Cavill all did it naturally the rest probably did take gear.
Chris Evans can definitely be natty. He basically looks the same all the time and his physique is definitely achievable without roids.
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Chris Evans was relatively stick-like in the Grey Man movie. His weight isn't consistent.
@@Themilkman95 Reynolds is 47. I highly doubt you can stay this shredded after 35-40 without some "help".
From Jan 18 2024 to July 8 (today) I went from 24% to 17%. I've been strict on my diet and work out 6 days a week. 165 pounds to 152 pounds. Almost 6 months. There's no way these people aren't taking anything. You can't grow that much muscle in such a short time. Average person would gain 10 pounds of muscle a year. then like 5 pounds of muscle after that.
@@sundownstudios2.075 you are absolutely correct. All of these guys believing they are natty have either never trained and dieted hard in their life - and therefore don’t realize that’s not enough - or they train and diet like shit and therefore assume that if they just weren’t lazy and undisciplined they would look like a superhero too.
@@sundownstudios2.075 can you share what you do and eat?
Tins of chicken and rice !!! Remember that lol 😂oh and broccoli 🥦
Got to give it to the actors doing the workouts and staying on their diets. Most people won't do a fraction of the work.
But yes, no way to get super shredded or jacked in a couple months without a little "help."
But six weeks of intense and diet exercise will do amazing transformation. It just won't add 30 pounds of muscle.
The whole body transformation is also part of the marketing push for these roles, a good why to drum up interest, and why you had the clips to use in the video.
A good way to get some perspective on things is looking at what Bruce Willis looked like in Die Hard, or a young Harrison Ford for example. Those would not be body types fitting similar roles these days.
They also do i 24:39 t in reverse..which actor had to lose alot of weight for a movie role? Just ad dangerous as gaining weight for a role...
Another thing that anyone can do is lighting. Side lighting or top down lighting will reveal shapes, whereas front on lighting hides the shape. Plus, they will get a "pump" right before revealing shots are taken. Lighting, posing, and timing goes a long way before digital enhancement happens.
I'm on TRT. But I'm on TRT because my testosterone levels dropped all the way down to 283, when they should be between 600 and 800. I gradually gained 60lbs, lost all my energy and didn't want to do anything. And in my family it's genetic. Both of my brothers and my father have low T. And after turning 40(im 43 now), i just got worse and worse. So I am not taking it to give me a boost or make me get bigger, I'm taking it to get back to my normal life and normal weight
Take wild yam..it's fir women lacking g prg3sterone, estrogen etc,..Aldo helps men produce testosterone....look into it..wild yam cream.....
I have had fights with people who believed The Rock is all natural 🙂. I feel bad for people who think this is possible by just working out.
Reminds me of Lance Armstrong. I told people that if the next 20 people behind him were all caught with doping it seems very unlikely that he is clean.
@@fdssdfsdfs How high is the IQ level of the people who think the Rock is all natural?😂
He may be natural did you see his father you're saying he was also on steroids genetics play the biggest world if you have bad genetics even steroids won't help you
Nearly 67… Jack LaLanne was my first fitness hero. Have maintained my physical health since my first weight set at age 10. If taking care of oneself is part of your life… then the body work is not that bad. As we get older it’s the dedication and consistency that can be difficult. Thanks Chris for your channel and commitment.
This will be an interesting video! Dr Mike Isratel at Renaissance Periodisation who is a PhD in Sports Science and also a highly skilled body builder has often discussed this very topic and had some genuinely fascinating insights. I encourage everyone to watch him as well the Doc's own superlative analysis :)
Very interesting video. I was a teenager when the MCU was just starting and getting huge. I think 16 or so when avengers came out. I remember seeing Captain America and, aside from liking the character in general, thinking "I'm going to look just like that in my 20s". I had just gotten into working out at 14 and was then at 16 pretty fit but skinny. I trained hard. I got big but never got cut properly. I was a fat kid that got into fitness when I was 14 and I think that has made it a but harder to cut later in life. I was so focused on my goal and wanting to look good that I went into calorie deficit for very long periods and I was so hungry it was affecting my performance in college and later my work as a 2LT in the Army. When I still failed to achieve the results I wanted I did get very depressed about it and even fairly body dysmorphic. I met the woman who would be my wife around this time and she was, and still is, very impressed by my size, strength, and agility. But I ignored her compliments because I didn't look how I thought I should. I even started the process of trying to get TRT in my late 20s. Never actually ordered it though but the though because my natural test levels are decent. But the thought of using it is always in the back of my mind. I probably will in my late 30s to slow aging.
TLDR the dysmorphia young people get from watching these movies is real. It affected me badly and still does.
This vid is timely for me. I was born just before FDR died...I have been very fit (cycling, swimming, lifting) and have laid back for about 20 years. I'm starting my elder years routine...and understand, with this reinforcement, the steady, one-day-at-time, don't overdo, the in-the-moment pace I need to take. Incrementalism. Thank you, Dr. Chris...
Eat clen and tren hard.
He’ll yeah börther
No thanks. At 45 the test and anavar is fine for me.
@@samueldavis5895how does that work for you? Simply asking as I am 46. I used to blast lots of test and YK11 in the past, and got huge. I have always wanted to start again, but only do a TRT level of test and take Anavar with it.
Anavar give up!
This. Took me losing 2 toes, and now possibly both feet to finally take this stuff seriously. So much good information available now adays.
I'm an actor and also content creators, and yeah I can assure you, 99% use PED's, even the ones that "look normal", in social media, a lot may be natty now, but they gained all their physique thanks to PEDs, and then just stopped and maintain it, but still most of the continue using it 4ever in low doses (Or higher). Best
Its rare for me to see a long video till then end, but this for me was well put together all included - good info, not a speedy video, not bringing anyone down, just simple and to the point and it leaves it up to the individual to make the own opnion about it all. Thank you for a very well put together video :)
Chris Pratt says at the end "if you don't have to y would you want to" lol. Thanks for the honesty
Vast quantities of steroids, T, various other hormones, growth factors, SARMS, peptides, stem cells etc.
Sarms are absolute garbage.
A lot of juice, exercise and diet. nothing else.
What juice ? Pickle juice ?
@@wildhunt6350 Yes, keep dreaming.
I hope looking natural catches on again, at least on social media. Great video, as usual!
This was really good and informative.
I'm sorry, unless I misheard, that transformation at the end in 8 months (by that actor) is going to disappoint almost anyone who tries the same. Nice feel-good message and all, but that's going to be more like 2-3+ years even for dedicated people. I don't think he believed it himself when he blurted 8 months.
The only 8 month transformation I would believe is Chris prat. Cardio and lifting hours a day and get protein and fat. Not hard to recomp that fast
more like 5+ years and yeah its also just unrealistic regardless. these guys are juiced up, and have pro trainers and dieticians to do all the hard work for them
Someone showed up with more money I could make in my life working retail and 8 months I'd find a way
@VGEmblem They say actors take 8 months to get in shape, but their always in shape always. Actors like The Rock, Mark Wahlberg, Chris Hemsworth. They stay in shape to get action Movie's. So if they have to get a little more jacked. They go hard for 5 months, but their already close. Camera tricks make them look bigger than they actually are. Plus, they dehydrate themselves for all those shirtless shots.
@@thereviewartistrrp5493 Uh look at the end of the video for context
If the answer is natty...
Basic training in the military is only 2 months and I’ve seen some transformations , but they were in their late teens and early twenties
Exactly. Also, steroids are are very common in the military
@@samueldavis5895 Not in boot camp though.
@@abcd123553 agreed for the most part
Nobody transforms in basic by gaining muscle. Withering away, sure. If someone was over fat they probably lost weight. It’s impossible to eat enough, sleep enough, and you can’t train in a way anywhere near efficent to increase hypertrophy or strength.
Ugh basic was so annoying like that, I was pissed when I found out how much weight I lost after it was done despite doing everything I could to get calories in.
@@samueldavis5895a guy i went to school with was a skinny dude. He decided to go into the military. Prior to him joining, he used steroids and bulked up.
Back to reality 💪🏼😎 Great video!
Enhanced
Thank you for filming this!
dr.Chris is an expert on making 5min vids last 40min...
These actors get on the juice to look the part
ATP and ADP cycle with hydration. Clear as I learnt during sport science, as well as mindset to go through. Very important that the gym frequents take uninformed 'inputs' to their precious metabolism.
When you do not eat any carbs at all, you can lose a lot of weight.
In 2017, I lost 60 pounds, in 30 days. Eating 4,000 calories a day, of meat and associated fat. Zero carb diet. Zero plants. Zero exercise, completely sedentary. From 250 pounds to 190 pounds in one month.
Easy to l9se weight believe it or not..eating heslthy fats less carbs..more protein but keep up thst wonderful healthy fat intake.
Coach Greg has to see this lol
Arnold as an idol says it all. He was admittedly on steroids during the filming of pumping iron.
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You mean his entire bodybuilding career, pops 😂
@@UltimateBallaPOM😂😂😂🏆 Exactly!
Arnold admitted to having a candy bowl full of dbol that he’d pop a few times a day.
there are no professional bodybuilders outside the tested league that are clean of steroids. You cannot compete in this level without it
Steroids didn’t become controversial until 1990 and Jose’ Canseco admitted to using them in Major League Baseball. Arnold retired from competitive bodybuilding in 1980…
Dr. Raynor... Another analysis and great info. You are the brightest.most trained technical physician explaining truths on here in your genre.
I LOVE when the little blue CZcams indicator shows your new upload.
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funny to listen this actors , ..being in the game more than 25 years and being natty ..
I’ve been motivated to workout after watching these actors in their action movies 👍🏾💪🏾😎.
Besides the nature of my work means that it’s beneficial to be fit and healthy. 💪🏾
I believe a VERY large majority of these actors use just diet and exercise. A lot can be achieved when you have the best experts guiding your progress, and you don't have a separate job to go to. It's still very impressive what they are able to do. Part of the help I bet they get is psychological in keeping the motivation high enough throughout to stay on the diet and do the workouts.
No , they definitely use drugs. These kinds of transformations are impossible to achieve in such a short time , nor is it possible to maintain this type of physique when getting older. Even if you are genetically gifted.
It isn't possible for a guy in his 30s or 40s to get ripped like that in a matter of a fee months naturally. Hollywood people are experts at lying. They're very obviously on the juice.
Very interesting and complete description of "how they do it". Some with good genetics and work; some with gear and work, all with diet and work. Easy to see what the common element is: work.
as an actor fasted workouts n a high calorie diet helped me the most so I don't have to eat a ton all the time at least as a naturally lean guy💯
Carbs before excercise, fats after excercise. And protein in every meal. Also, one protein shake with a daily dose of creatine monohydrate every single day. You'l get shredded. Eventually.
I once heard one thing that also applies to me: "I am willing to do anything to get shredded... except doing any kind of strict diet."
And I found out that there is a wisdom in it. Strict diet is only necessary if time is of the essence. If you are willing to slow down your progress, to wait a few months or years for your target physique, you'll have to make a lot less sacrifices. It's pace of change that is really demanding.
You have are an excellent communicator Chris, this content is also very well done.
I can do it and I have been doing while I rehab myself.
Juicin 1000%
Christopher Reeves did it right for Superman.
The intro 😂😂😂🔥🔥🔥
Puns were a nice touch 😂
Pretty sure if someone showed up with a six to seven figure check and told me I need to have a six pack in 6 months I'd find way
Great advise!
At 18 I reached my max at weightlifting, 365 bench, 395 squat and maintained that only until 21. Then I started to decline slowly, at 27 my max was 310 bench and 345 squats. Now at 40 I'm too embarrassed to mention my max oh and this was all natural I never took steroids.
From what I know, taking PED is a criminal offense in some places. So you can't really fault someone for not admitting to taking them. However, those people that make up the wildest stories about how their clearly 'roided physique is somehow natural can and should be criticised for their lies.
I’m 61 & 6’ I lost 20k 97 to 76 in 6 weeks eating a meat only diet. I didn’t have to limit what I ate in fact I had to push myself to eat more. I didn’t even work out. After that first month I started working out and I could work out every day without getting sore. I put on a lot of muscle over the next 4 months and had inexhaustible energy. This is sustainable physically but it requires a radical change in self concept. I had manic depression before I discovered the carnivore diet and at the moment I’m having a pretty serious relapse as I lost my job and am eating carbs again 😂. Not exactly sure how I will manage to recommit at present I’m just trying to be kind to myself and not relapse into deeper depression. But I now know what is possible. It’s difficult not to let old habits dictate the future. I absolutely recommend that people try a carnivore diet but you have to be all in to get results no sugar no coffee no carbs no vegetables. I’m a bit of a loner so it’s not in my nature to admit this but I think it can definitely help to find a community to support you in this and try to avoid telling anyone outside of that community what you are doing. You will burn out trying to convince others that what you are doing is a good idea. That can be difficult when you start seeing and feeling the radical benefits of a meat only diet. There are some fantastic advocates on CZcams see dr Chafee. Dr berry. Steak and butter girl. And word up on the diabolical history of the food industry. Good luck
Obviously, it's not natural. These guys spend millions of dollars on the finest doctors, and fitness experts advised steroids. Refined from near a hundred years, maybe more of anebolic steriod research. It's fine, they only compete in a theatre.
But really we should rethink our social morales about steriod use. Give me anball drug olympics, include prosthetic appendages. Cyberpunk, Ghost in the Shell, Matrix future.
"Everytime an athlete breaks a record, or a mathmetician deduces a new formula, the entire of humanity evolves, and advances." Bill Hicks (I think)
Steroids are mostly harmful and should not be promoted for casual use
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Just look at Hemsworth in between movies. The growth they get is definitely assisted by chemistry. I imagine the negative effects on their bodies.
These guys are definitely heavily monitored by physicians to make sure they aren't over doing it.
Great video Doctor Raynor!!
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In endgame, you can see Evans looking noticably thinner in what I assume is a reshoot months later. The scene where he's giving the motivational speech before they all time travel. His neck looks like a stack of dimes and his face is drawn vs the other scenes.
You can gain and drop muscle very quickly through ped use, especially if you've done it before. Muscle memory.
Honestly they'd be stupid not to use steroids for their job. Who cares.
When they are dead at 60, I'm sure they would care if they were able.
Stay healthy and you can feel good and be active well into your 80s.
You make sense. They are actors just doing what they want for money and superficial status.
steroids. 10k a month on steroids
Negative. Steroids are cheaper than supplements. High quality doctor prescribed growth hormone is the $9900 of that monthly hormone bill. Can easily get 20 years of therapeutic test for $500, no lie. Super rich and famous people are sucking the well dry of medicine terminally ill people need. I’m sure Chris will leave the answer open ended since hormones have such a taboo history in the United States. It’s really remarkable the lore mystery and frankly BS that surrounds hormones and their use. An entire multibillion dollar industry (fitness) COMPLETELY dependent on their use while simultaneously denying their use at all. It’s truly fascinating and honestly a cultural anomaly that needs to be studied.
You would be hard pressed to spend more than a few hundred per month on steroids.
Peptides and HGH are another story.
you don't need 10k a month, Test cost less than $100 per month, other roids = $200 max per month.
All you need is Test cycle only, you will amazing. but don't do it without a goal that pays money.
Not always
I think one thing most people are forgetting is that this is their job. If I had my calendar clear for 6 months and was told there was a big paycheck at the end of it if I were shredded at the end of that 6 months, damn straight I would be.
Gotta have the right “gear” to do the job.
Dwayne The Rock Johnson came from wrestling but gets even bigger to appear in a fast & furious role?
I couldnt help but subscribe, this was such a well done video
Thanks for the information doc👍
Millions of dollars is a fantastic motivation to get jacked
S - Steroid 💊😂😂😂😂 no secrets here , just money and steroids. Every sportsman and cine star will use doping and steroids to be better 😂😂😂😂 loool
please collab with Dr mike israetel
I have considered that but I haven’t reached out to him yet.
Expensive performance enhancing drugs (PED's) from the studio doctors along with rigorous training and carefully crafted diets are the reasons for the ripped transformations!
I always love your videos !
Thank you so much!!
If the actors maintain a good amount of size all the time, the size increase naturally is a lot more believable. Going from skinny fit to buff in a few months not so much. Not saying they don't work hard with diet, excercise, and will power but putting on muscle and staying lean at the same time is not easy, especially in a short amount of time.
Gear'D up....
Great moment.
Thank you, for your work.
I've seen wrestlers and fighters eat as if it's part of the workout. Heavy breathing and sweating, did not look enjoyable.
On body transformation, is there a possibility you can do a video HRT, both mtf and ftm?
The screen does add weight and make actors look bigger than they are, making their muscles look big by comparison to anyone they're standing next to. That being said, movies aren't a sports league, and there's no drug testing.
I don't cutback on my electrolytes/rock salt intake, this is vital for my recovery quality and basal metabolic rate. I don't go through bulk and cut cycle either since I don't care about how I look like in camera. I eat fot maintenance and I intermittent fast for metabolic health, this is why I still have an 20+% body fat percentage, yet I also have 40+% skeletal muscle mass.
Most people, except Eddie hall, are usually severely lacking in electrolytes. Not just water, you need salt and minerals.
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People seem to think that the use of steroids/ performance enhancing drugs means that hard work isn’t involved. Not true. It takes A LOT of hard work, consistency, and a diet that includes enough protein to build muscle. With weight training you are creating micro tears in your muscles which, when repaired, will result in the development of muscle. That being said there is only so much you can change your body in a relatively short period of time. And this is without taking genetics and time into account. Performance enhancing drugs shorten recovery time and help build that muscle more quickly. With the exception of a handful of actors who have made their bodies THE “action figure “ body their trademark most actors return to their pre transformation body.
Good point…no, great point!
Great video Doctor Cris. 🙏🇦🇺
For at home I just stick to the golden 3 first. Bench, deadlift and squat. Then add in pullups and more importantly: reverse pullups. Put in some croc rows or barbell rows. Every morning.
Set yourself a goal and stick to it. For example: Before chemo I set 250 deadlift 3×3 and 40 reverse pullups. I got to it and stuck to it. Prevents from having to buy suits and clothes bigger and smaller all the time. Then I got a bit sick, and shortly after broke my wrists and an elbow, and now I am back to 180kg deadlift _but_ my elbow locks up due to injury. So I think I will go to 200kg deadlift but make it 5×3 or something.
As I’m on medical drugs this slows my metabolism and even controlling in take of food doesn’t take any effect.
Best time I ever saw was when I went into hospital and was monitored when I came off my drugs. When I got home, I lost 20kg in 4 weeks but after a year of constant exercise my weight kicked back up as I was put back on my drugs.
It’s so annoying I’d look so fit when off my drugs but it’ll be a H & S risk to do so.
Diet, exercise and hormones.
workout and have ANS support, obviously
Dwayne Johnson is the exception (in the sense of huge fluctuations in body mass). All other actors playing super-hero roles look completely different in between jobs (i.e.: Chris Hemsworth, Hugh Jackman, Chris Evans, etc.). Whatever they have been doing for the specific roles, can't be too good for their bodies in the long-term.
These actors get that juice straight from the TAP.
Politicians are not the only humans who are capable of withholding the truth to serve their self interest. This should be self evident.