Come on man. He is a growing boy that has just entered manhood. You didn't look like that at 20 years old?
He was a child in the first pic and started lifting and training full time. Have you seen teenage freshman football players and how they look by the end of their high school career?
You're just trolling. I hope you are banned (again).
I was 6'4 165 at 19. that summer worked hour about 1-1.5 hours per day 5 days a week. ended up at 195 by end of summer
this was with smoking wee every day and doing coke at least once a week.
these dudes live as athletes.
but yeah, hopefully town biz goes away.
A kid in the prime of his life training full time and eating right is going to have a massive physical transformation.
Full time athletes in combat sports like BJJ and MMA often use Testosterone, HGH, IGF-1 and a host of other PEDs. There are no actual statistics on how many and how much, but lets be honest. There is no way to know who is using them and who isn't, but its safe to assume it's a lot, probably most. These are the most competitive people in the sport, the ones that have elite level talent and the desire to be the best in the world. The difference between the best and an also ran at this level are infinitesimally small. You really think these are the type of people to pass up on an edge? Especially when the assumption is that the majority of the competition is doing it.
The testing in BJJ is a joke, and in MMA its slightly less of a joke, but still laughable. If you know when the test will be it is trivial to cycle off in time. Even in sports where there is random testing all through out the year use is still rampant and the athletes figure out ways to beat them. Soon there will be gene doping and other even more advanced methods of improving athletic performance. It is much easier to assume everyone does something at this level to get an edge and move on.
I was 6'4 165 at 19. that summer worked hour about 1-1.5 hours per day 5 days a week. ended up at 195 by end of summer
this was with smoking wee every day and doing coke at least once a week.
these dudes live as athletes.
but yeah, hopefully town biz goes away.
Yip getting the munchies from smokin regularly can lead to weight gain.
It's anecdotal, but I've been working out every few days for the past 3 weeks and I've noticed some serious changes to my body. I noticed in the shower yesterday. I was pretty flabby with no definition but all of a sudden I can now see my muscles bulging underneath all my fat.
I'm going to start working out everyday soon and I bet if I trained like the Atos guys (3x a day) I'd see some huge changes.
Yip getting the munchies from smokin regularly can lead to weight gain.
I've seen a few people mention sleeping 10 hours a night. Does anyone actually do that?
How much money do you people think there is in jiu jitsu?
Think there's room in the typical high level BJJ player's budget for rent, food, family, plane tickets, awful hotel rooms, insurance for car/health, coaching, minimal social gifts/gatherings and steroids? That doesn't include the time and money lost from recovering from injuries, having plans fall through and random costs of life.
There's not that much money in this sport - despite whatever LI and Avellan brothers tell you.
The biggest reason why I doubt that many people in BJJ are on steroids all the time is because it's somewhat expensive to keep doing that - and most high level players can't afford that. This sport isn't a moneymaker for most people, even at the top.
How much money do you people think there is in jiu jitsu?
Think there's room in the typical high level BJJ player's budget for rent, food, family, plane tickets, awful hotel rooms, insurance for car/health, coaching, minimal social gifts/gatherings and steroids? That doesn't include the time and money lost from recovering from injuries, having plans fall through and random costs of life.
There's not that much money in this sport - despite whatever LI and Avellan brothers tell you.
The biggest reason why I doubt that many people in BJJ are on steroids all the time is because it's somewhat expensive to keep doing that - and most high level players can't afford that. This sport isn't a moneymaker for most people, even at the top.
There's probably 20 people who really make a good living from seminar tours. Most of them have "Gracie" in their names somewhere and are old, yet still active enough to teach.It'd be interesting to see a breakdown of this.
How much are they getting as prize money ?
Surely seminars, and privates must be nice earners ...though in saying that I guess you've spent quite a bit by the stage you get yourself to having a decent rep.
Do teh high profile comps pay for your flights and accommodation ?