Article: American Sniper Workout
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kissdadookie
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Beast.
chedapalooza
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Fck I saw this other day and was intrigued now seeing it again makes me want to do it that much more. Also, my gf said "you could look like that, you're built for that" which is true.. I maintain a lower body weight than I typically should be by about 10-15 pounds
He was huge in the movie... Not lean, not fat, but huge and powerful. I would do this if I could workout twice a dAy but getting there
Once is tough enough for most of us!! I may try to do an abbreviated version... But I hate bastardizing programs.
He was huge in the movie... Not lean, not fat, but huge and powerful. I would do this if I could workout twice a dAy but getting there
Once is tough enough for most of us!! I may try to do an abbreviated version... But I hate bastardizing programs.
jbryand101b
Banned
Biotest, what a joke.
Garbage.
Everyone knows what kind of additional help he had.
And it wasn't from a special blend of herbs and spices.
I'll have to give the workout a run for fun.
What's ankle mobility 2
Garbage.
Everyone knows what kind of additional help he had.
And it wasn't from a special blend of herbs and spices.
I'll have to give the workout a run for fun.
What's ankle mobility 2
chedapalooza
Legend
Well yes, goes without saying.. Twice a day for 12 weeks need all the help u can get!
kissdadookie
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Was it only 12 weeks of training?
Those RTD Plazma and Mag-10s were circulating A LONG while back. They were prototyping it and having customers testing them out. Now this Bradley Cooper reveal explains why they even had an RTD Plazma and Mag-10 to begin with.
I think it's a bit silly to assume that this is all just marketing Biotest is doing here, because knowing when those RTDs started circulating (and only for a short while at that), let's be serious, the peri workout nutrition used here wasn't really smoke and mirrors at play to push product.
Also look at the guy, a lot of the weight he gained was fat on top of the lean mass (he sure looks like he tossed his abs out the window there), and he was incredibly light at his height to begin with (180 something at 6'1").
Type O Hero
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Good genetics + Personal trainers + Tons of $ for whatever you need + Don't have to worry about a day job = Anyone could get into fantastic shape
Johnston
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All this supplement talk and it COMPLETELY fails to mention he was consuming 8,000 calories a day, which I have read in numerous articles talking about his transformation. Pretty key information if you were mad enough to follow a programme like this thinking the supplements were going to get you the results, jeez! You're not going to survive the first day if you aren't feeding yourself properly.
chedapalooza
Legend
This
chedapalooza
Legend
Coulda kept it lean if 7,000 lol
I struggle to get down 3-4,000.. I'm only 165 tho and roughly 12-13% bf
dreamcrusher
Member
Oh, I see the T-Nation haters are speechless!
The monk60
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And Cooper rocked it.
kissdadookie
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That's a given.
Many people on here if they were to toss this "lean gain" notion out the window and truly eat and train to gain like it's their jobs (granted, it's not the occupation most of us are in), one would be shocked at how much can be achieved (if one accepts that they won't be at super low bf levels afterwards).
As an aside, let's not forget that the workout in the article was just his strength regimen, he also had military/SEAL training on top of that.
kissdadookie
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Many nutritionists also know chit all about supplementation so...
Re-sell royalties? LOL. They prototyped the RTD Plazma and Mag-10 a good while back. Sold it to customers for a short while. Nobody even knew about Biotests's association with him until recently and there's no plans to sell the RTDs. So, what re-sell royalties? (Btw, the RTDs were a pain to produce and ship since they had to cold pack these things as well as mix and bottle, thus they didn't bother to ever offer it as a regular product outside of the initial prototyping).
The PA and Indigo are also both very effective, people assume that they are BS and knock them just because of some preconceived notion about the company trying to scam people.
Think about this logically, if this was all just a big marketing ploy, there would be RTDs available. considering they've actually had them available as finished labelled products a good long back when they prototyped it (and now it's obvious that the prototyping has long been done and completed).
Johnston
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There's another issue here though in that they would have to be careful how they pushed any supps without it seeming as though Cooper was endorsing them. You can bet your ass his agents would be all over that in a heartbeat and demand x millions of dollars for any suggestion he was putting his name behind them.
Yolked
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I saw the movie last week and it was great. Cooper looked like a typical bulked up athlete like a football player or power lifter who's not concerned with bodyfat. Like when guys would play college football their freshman year and are able to learn how to lift and eat to gain weight. Usually gaining 20-30lbs of which some is bodyfat. His neck looked at least 2 inches thicker than what he looked like in Hangover. As well as his waist. Gaining 37lbs of which about half or maybe 2/3rds was muscle.. I don't doubt that it could be done without assistance but I doubt it. With all those calories there's gonna be a lot of glycogen, water and fat weight.
kissdadookie
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He gained some fat for sure, but he didn't exactly turn fat. Also, his calories were super high but his training was super frequent, intense, and loads of volume, plus he had further SEAL training on top of the strength program. IMO it's doable, especially from where he started at (186 @ 6'1" for goodness sakes, that's only slightly heavier than I am now and I'm only 5'8", and I'm not anywhere near being that big of a dude).
chedapalooza
Legend
Lmao my first year of college ball I went from 165 to 185... 32 inch waist to 35! Bc of my ass mostly tho from squatting and deading 3x a week! And the cafeteria obviously
Yolked
Member
Yeah definitely doable.. but Cooper is also 40.. In the day and age of TRT.... actors like to experiment... lol..
Yolked
Member
Lol... sounds about right..
kissdadookie
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Btw, IIRC, total amount of time Cooper trained for the role including training on set as well was ~6 months... so... Yeah, Pretty sure he nattied that chit (the specific program in the article though, I think that was 10 weeks, but he had other training that was outside of what was explained in the article).
Johnston
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As has already been mentioned, when this is your JOB and you're being paid MILLIONS OF DOLLARS for it, do you REALLY think it would be an insurmountable natural challenge? Cooper is serious about his craft, and I have NO DOUBT he put in 110% effort to achieve this naturally. I don't understand why anyone would assume otherwise unless they are just naturally lazy people without the ability to imagine actual hard work and effort.
chedapalooza
Legend
Nothing about his physique in the movie screams steroids.. His arms were actually VERY underwhelming! He was all chest shoulders and legs
Type O Hero
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Good movie but the real Chris Kyle was a douche. Read about it if you care to. He was a ****ty individual.
Johnston
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No absolutely, but I find it funny how some people seem to assume steroids the moment anyone makes ANY kind of significant physical change.
While it was enjoyable, well acted/directed and entertaining (on the surface anyway), I really don't rate this movie. It's just FAR too black and white, every Iraqi a super evil villain, every American a hero. Yes, because that's what it's ACTUALLY like over there lol. Good vs evil in its purest form, no innocents, no grey areas. Given Clint's politics though, I can't say I'm overly surprised. There's big departures from Kyle's book here too. There was REAL potential with this film to make a serious statement, and raise some important issues, but at the end of the day it's not much better than Rambo 3 in that respect.
A missed opportunity in my opinion, but it's done exceptionally well at the box office, so no doubt we'll see the inevitable sequel now as Chris Kyle takes on the evil Islamic State in Syria. America, F*ck Yeah!!
chedapalooza
Legend
But he's dead.. I don't think he's going to Syria
bmanstrong
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Hey America, can you believe that your favorite actors are taking illegal steroids? Why not? Sean Connery wore a toupee in all his James Bond movies. Elvis Presley was a blonde. Believe it.
Johnston
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I know, I was only joking...
There is no evidence to suggest Cooper took steroids, and no reason to think so based on anything, other than someone simply saying so. Connery was Scottish and I don't think he's one of 'America's favourite actors', and correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure Elvis was a singer first. Odd examples.
bmanstrong
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What I'm saying is that Hollywood actors and celebrities have always done wierd and strange things to change or hide their appearance. Do you really think Justin Beiber got six pack abs from diet and exercise alone? We know he uses party drugs why not steroids? Are we to believe Hugh Jackman got ripped at age 46 without steroids? You can believe that if you want I ain't buying it. Don't lie to me and don't try to sell me worthless supplements that will never give 35 pounds of muscle in weeks. Only one thing has been proven to do that: steroids.
Johnston
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Sorry, are you saying you CANNOT get sex pack abs from diet and exercise?! Oh dear. I guess half this forum are juicers then lol! Have you even seen pictures of Beiber? He's a lean bean. He is NOT on steroids. As for Jackman, he trains for months on end, his gains are not unrealistic if you have the time and dedication to achieve them, of which he has both in plentiful supply. He's released numerous videos of him training... that guy can lift, no doubt. You're right in that nothing natural will enable you to put on 35lbs of muscle in weeks, but no one is claiming that they've done that. The problem seems to be that no-one seems to appreciate what real hard work and effort actually is, and what it can achieve naturally over a prolonged period of time... not to mention if you have a team of professional trainers and nutritionists advising your every move, as the likes of Jackman and Cooper obviously will. Add to that the knowledge you're going to be seen by millions of people in the role you will embody on the big screen... I don't know any bigger motivation than that given most of us bust our guts just to impress a few random girls on the beach!
kissdadookie
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It was more like ~6 months total of training for the role for Cooper IIRC, including on set training as well. How is this unrealistic especially looking at his end point relative to what he started off at (6'1" @ only 186).
As for Beiber, LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL. Nobody would use PEDs to build muscle if they just ended up like a skinny twig like Beiber. Calvin Klein LITERALLY had to PHOTOSHOP muscles on to Beiber for his ad, that's how scrawny he is.
bmanstrong
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Wow, I thought this was "Anabolic Minds"? I didn't realize that talking about "Anabolic Steroids" would be so repulsive to followers of this forum. It's like I'm talking to virgin ears. Only uninformed people think that all steriods blow you up into Mr. Olympia. Someone like Beiber could easily have taken anavar/primo. Heck, women take them! Not He-Man women, no, chics like Jamie Eason. But whatever, okay I'm suppose to believe that guys like Cooper and Jackman, who are passed their prime, made totally body transformations for movie roles just because they don't have to work another job? Oh wait, that's right, they also took "legal supplements".
Yolked
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LMAO! DITTO
kissdadookie
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You've lost all credibility when you brought up Bieber. THEY HAD TO PHOTOSHOP MUSCLES ON TO THAT TWIG FOR HIS CALVIN KLEIN AD. LITERALLY. THERE IS A BEFORE AND AFTER FLOATING AROUND.
The monk60
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Cooper and Jackman had different builds for their individual roles. Jackman may well have done more than just protein and creatine, but Cooper looked more bulked up from heavy eating and lifting under good trainers for some time.
But hey who knows but him and the trainers?
As far as Chris Kyle, I've seen nothing to indicate he was a jerk. He spent time helping other vets.
went thru Seal training at 30
Top sniper in history.
He makes Michael Moore's head explode bigger than his lard ass.
Jerk or not, Mr Kyle has my props.
But hey who knows but him and the trainers?
As far as Chris Kyle, I've seen nothing to indicate he was a jerk. He spent time helping other vets.
went thru Seal training at 30
Top sniper in history.
He makes Michael Moore's head explode bigger than his lard ass.
Jerk or not, Mr Kyle has my props.
kissdadookie
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Moore is entitled to his opinions of course. However, come on now, he rather have soldiers face off face to face as if we were in Roman times in which your front line is essentially expected to be fodder? Lulz.
ryane87
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There are some dumb people trolling this forum. No one has anything against steroids on this forum, just a personal choice. To say Bradley Cooper took steroids is kinda dumb. If it was 30-40 lbs of muscle, maybe you'd have an argument. But really you are just trolling because I would hope you'd know better for all the steroid knowledge you act like you have. I literally LOLd at Beiber. No one likes him except teenage girls. I'd
If it were up to MOST Americans, Canada would take responsibility for their accident and lock him up somewhere. haha
If it were up to MOST Americans, Canada would take responsibility for their accident and lock him up somewhere. haha
The monk60
Member
Exactly. The days of putting up shield walls are long gone, kinda like some of these people's minds.
And some American Muslim group is demanding Clint Eastwood apologize for the movie. LMAO, yeah hold your breath.
But Whatev, be it Cooper or Jackman or any actor, if they hit the gym and get pumped for a movie I believe it may inspire someone to say hey I wanna get into shape and pick up some weights. And that ain't a bad thing.
Yolked
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The guy is 40 years old and gained 37lbs, a large portion of which is muscle, in a short amount of time. As well as SEAL training at same time... you must have no concept of what it takes to do that. And it's not about being a huge guy it's about transforming a scrawny 186lbs actor to play a 230lbs badass Navy SEAL. It's a movie so I'm sure they focused on his parts you see on film, in head shots, that would make him appear even bigger. Shoulders, traps, neck and chest. His neck and shoulders looked way bigger than what he looked like in the Hangover... Chris Kyle was a big strong guy. More of a weight lifter than a bodybuilder anyway.