• SerLava [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Before shooting shirtless scenes, male actors have to severely dehydrate themselves starting several days before filming. Their skin loses so much moisture it becomes thinner, forming a tighter contour onto the muscles.

    The actors themselves only look like this for 12 or so hours every few weeks at most.

    It's literally less realistic than makeup

      • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
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        2 years ago

        I think they have to rehydrate with an IV drip after and they're like, basically fainting the whole timr

          • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
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            2 years ago

            I remember the Rob Mac thing. Semi related but when he got fat for season 8 he started on a plan to do so as healthy as possible which was basically eating full chicken and broccoli meal every hour or so. He lost patience and just ate McDonalds all the time for like, a month

            • Tofu_Lewis [he/him]
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              2 years ago

              Well first thing, through God all things are possible, so jot that down.

              • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
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                2 years ago

                Duly jotted. Kaitlyn Olsen on Fat Mac: "Did I enjoy my husband intentionally gaining sixty pounds in as series of months for more or less no reason? Did I prefer it when he was sweating a lot and snoring all night?"

          • TurkeySausageLiker [he/him]
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            2 years ago

            Lifting for 6 days a week is terrible for muscle growth. I guess you could split it into isolation lifts for two offset three day splits, but your body can't build muscle without a good amount of rest. Pretty sure Rob was experienced at lifting before this so it probably made more sense to do isolation exercises rather than compound lifts, which would be dangerous and counterproductive to do 6 days per week. If you're new to fitness, how you start out depends on your current state, but for most people that are either skinny, "skinnyfat" or mildly overweight, you should do compound lifts 3 days a week with one day in between gym days where you do cardio on off days (but don't overdo it). Eating no carbs is fucking dumb btw. The only problem with carbs is Americans eat way too many and the worst kind that leave you hungry an hour after eating 800 cals. Brown rice, sweet potatoes, whole grain bread are all great carb sources that haven't been stripped of all nutrients. Just don't eat donuts and pizza all the time.

            Also, he's leaving out the gear. I know plenty of extremely disciplined natural bodybuilders and you don't make a transformation like that without gear. He had to build muscle and lose fat simultaneously. That is possible but it takes twice as long as bulking and cutting. He was likely on a nice cocktail of roids and stuff to offset the negative side effects of roids. It's way more common in Hollywood than people will ever admit.

        • bigboopballs [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          Totally worth it to make 7 billion people deeply insecure about how their body is supposed to look

      • hexaflexagonbear [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        Bodybuilding competitions are the same thing, you don't eat or drink before a competition because being dehydrated accentuates muscles. Fighters also fast and dehydrate themselves before a weigh-in, but that's a little different (in terms of purpose, it's still not great physically/mentally).

        • MasterShakeVoice [undecided]
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          2 years ago

          It would be so trivial to change the weigh-in rules, prevent a lot of suffering and probably get better fights too