How do celebs get in shape so quick for roles

shadowcomplex

For example chris hemsworth looks like he put on 2 or 3 stone for the thor role but is also ripped, other examples include Chris evans for captain america, brandon routh for superman,christian bale for batman, actually bales transformation is rather eye catching because he went down to 7 stone for the machinist before he got up to 14 stone for batman

d'Oracle

How quickly did they do it?

Blatter

I'd be surprised if alot of them weren't on steroids sometimes.

Carl Sagan

A lot of the time they have nothing else to do every day but prepare for a role. They probably have some of the best personal trainers and diet planners/cooks too.


/just guessing.

jive

Steroids. Except in the case of Bale where he was simply malnourished - he was probably undergoing daily tests by a doctor to make sure everything was at least ok. Him gaining 7 stone is pretty understandable considering he probably gained a couple of stone in the first month by eating a decent amount of food again.

Putting on 2-3 stone ain't that hard when you have steroids, trainer, chef and your job is simply to train/eat/sleep/prepare for your role.

The Guvnor

How tall is bale? Find it hard to believe he was 7 stone.

Less than 100lbs?

The Guvnor

The Guvnor wrote: »

How tall is bale? Find it hard to believe he was 7 stone.

Less than 100lbs?

I think he was supposed to just be eating a few apples a day

Remmy

rebecca1988

The Guvnor wrote: »

How tall is bale? Find it hard to believe he was 7 stone.

Less than 100lbs?

sure apparently all he was having was a black coffee and an apple a day to get down to 7 stone!!!

MarkY91

Remmy wrote: »

jesus why would anyone wana look like that for a movie like its just a movie:eek:

anyone see him in the fighter?..he had to look like a skinny heroin addict and he did lol

dagdha

I'm sure if someone was going to offer you a few million for a film and you have nothing else to do all day apart from workout you'd manage to get into decent shape especially when they are probably supplying dieticians and trainers and what not. I 'm pretty sure alot of them take steroids and why would'nt they when its not sports they are taking part in and they will get penalised for the use of steroids.

shadowcomplex

dagdha wrote: »

I'm sure if someone was going to offer you a few million for a film and you have nothing else to do all day apart from workout you'd manage to get into decent shape especially when they are probably supplying dieticians and trainers and what not. I 'm pretty sure alot of them take steroids and why would'nt they when its not sports they are taking part in and they will get penalised for the use of steroids.

Yes but with working out it isnt about the more you do the better results you get, it just doesnt work like that,there is an upper limit to training also which if you go beyond will cause one to regress, recovery is very important also.

ferike1

If all you are doing is eating, sleeping and training I think you will get big enough quite quickly. Also looking at Chris Hemsworth and Chris Evans, neither of the guys were that small prior to their new roles.

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An amazing diet, an amazing trainer and steroids. Simples.

ferike1

I don't know, I'd like to believe they did it without steroids but thats just me!

mikemac

Best trainers and best chefs money can buy.
It's their job, they don't have to fit this around a 9-5. They have one thing to concentrate on

Bale didn't weight 7 stone (98lbs), it was closer to 120lbs

Can of tuna and coffee a day for four months apparently

Magic Eight Ball

shadowcomplex wrote: »

How do celebs get in shape so quick for roles?

CGI.

tuxy

ferike1 wrote: »

I don't know, I'd like to believe they did it without steroids but thats just me!

Since they can afford the best doctors in the world and would only be on steroids short term, the health risks would be very small so I can't see why they wouldn't use them

cmyk

shadowcomplex wrote: »

How do celebs get in shape so quick for roles

Hard work and application?

d'Oracle

Did that movie where 50 cent played the aids guy ever come out?
I remember there were photos of him around the net a while back, he looked more like 10 cent.

Incidentally, the time frame is important.
Like at what point did bale film the skinny bits in the machinist and how long did he have to bulk up for Batchap?
Like movies aren't made quickly. Some of them take ages.

shadowcomplex

d'Oracle wrote: »

Did that movie where 50 cent played the aids guy ever come out?
I remember there were photos of him around the net a while back, he looked more like 10 cent.

Incidentally, the time frame is important.
Like at what point did bale film the skinny bits in the machinist and how long did he have to bulk up for Batchap?
Like movies aren't made quickly. Some of them take ages.

yes but they will have to ready at the start of filming, can have there physique changing during the film

d'Oracle

shadowcomplex wrote: »

yes but they will have to ready at the start of filming, can have there physique changing during the film

Sorry, I'm not being a prick here, but the lack of punctuation and maybe a letter or two there is making your post confusing.

Are you saying they have to be ready at the start and they cannot have their physique changing?

If so, I haven't seen the machinist, so I don't know if he was that skinny all the way through. Like how much time did he have from the last skinny scene he shot for the machinist and the first time he had to have is shirt off for Batman?

Conceivably that could be months of eating and training heavily.

Scuba Ste

Apparently Bale put on 45kg in 6 months between filming the two. He actually put on too much weight and lost a few kilos before filming began.

d'Oracle

Scuba Ste wrote: »

Apparently Bale put on 45kg in 6 months between filming the two. He actually put on too much weight and lost a few kilos before filming began.

Thanks for that.

That seems a lot. I'd assume a lot of that is just getting back to a reasonable level of bodyfat and such. But still 6 months?

superfish

anyone can do it if you just put your mind to it and train hard and yes a lot of them take steroids has anyone seen dr dre lately ? in his 50s I doubt he has that much natural testosterone left in his system to get in such amazing shape.

oh and lets not forget adobe photo shop and also good camera work

ferike1

[QUOTE=superfish;71504170 has anyone seen dr dre lately ? in his 50s I doubt he has that much natural testosterone left in his system to get in such amazing shape.

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http://bodyspace.bodybuilding.com/oldsuperman/

I don't think that guy took steroids and he started when he was around 48...

superfish

ferike1 wrote: »

http://bodyspace.bodybuilding.com/oldsuperman/

I don't think that guy took steroids and he started when he was around 48...

thats 9 years training, dr dre got as big as he did in the space of a few month and I bet that old dude is on something looks like a cocktail of winstrol, hgh and t5 to me lol

Hanley

ferike1 wrote: »

http://bodyspace.bodybuilding.com/oldsuperman/

I don't think that guy took steroids and he started when he was around 48...

Hahahahahaha!!

As for Dre - look at the dude. 'up to his eyeballs' is the phrase that springs to mind.

Re: Bale - the time you'll gain the most weight and muscle is immediately off a severe cut. Bale did the most severe of the severe. Add that to having access to the best nutritionists, trainers and probably pharmacists, and the millions of dollars in incentives, and I think, just think, it might have been manageable to make such a quick turnaround.

ferike1

I don't think Dr Dre got that big over a few months. He was already quite big a few years ago. Not saying he didn't take steroids but a few months? Maybe if he was on steroids from the future or something....

http://www.dyfuse.com/?q=node/2065 from 2007, not a skinny dude...

superfish

ferike1 wrote: »

I don't think Dr Dre got that big over a few months. He was already quite big a few years ago. Not saying he didn't take steroids but a few months? Maybe if he was on steroids from the future or something....

http://www.dyfuse.com/?q=node/2065 from 2007, not a skinny dude...

dude to have traps that monsterous is unnatural its steroid induced, dr dre was a pie boy then all of a sudden in 07 hes huge. ive been training myself near 8 years now and can nearly always tell when a guy is natural or on roids there are too many tell tale signs

ferike1

No I am not disagreeing with you Dre can be on steriods, all I am saying is that he didn't get huge over a couple of months, surely it took longer than that?

superfish

ferike1 wrote: »

No I am not disagreeing with you Dre can be on steriods, all I am saying is that he didn't get huge over a couple of months, surely it took longer than that?

even to get to the size he is now would take quite some time people train for many years and never get that big. lets forget how long hes been training just take a look how un-natural he looks you dont get that freakishly big on any protein, creatine or any suppliment ive heard of also look at the size of that jaw !!

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Definitely steroids.

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It also turns out Dre's doctor got busted for distributing them too.

ferike1

superfish wrote: »

even to get to the size he is now would take quite some time people train for many years and never get that big. lets forget how long hes been training just take a look how un-natural he looks you dont get that freakishly big on any protein, creatine or any suppliment ive heard of also look at the size of that jaw !!

Haha, fair enough like I said I am not disputing the steroids, only saying even on them it would take a while to get that massive. To be honest though since I have never taken any myself I don't think I'd be in the best position to comment. I'd just like to believe that people who transform themselves do so without steriods, more inspiring that way.

superfish

ferike1 wrote: »

Haha, fair enough like I said I am not disputing the steroids, only saying even on them it would take a while to get that massive. To be honest though since I have never taken any myself I don't think I'd be in the best position to comment. I'd just like to believe that people who transform themselves do so without steriods, more inspiring that way.

I totally agree that its more inspiring that way and im all for natural training as I think guys who use roids are just cheats and its fake strength so to speak, but ya you can get very big on some roids very fast some of my mates report gains of near 2 stone in 10 week using oxialvi 50s with the correct training and water consumption. but what makes me laugh when it comes to roids is il always be the same strengh and will be consistently for a long time to come, but a lot of my mates on roids shoot up in strength to benching like 160kg and more and think they are fecking great. but the funny thing is I bench 130kg naturally for atleast 4 sets of 10 and when they are off the roids they can barely bench 90kg so whos fecking great now lol

Brian?

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Definitely steroids.

Those pictures are at least 20 years apart.

d'Oracle

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Definitely steroids.

Do you reckon he was taking steroids throughout the entire 20+ years between those photos?

Or just part of them?

Edit: Damn you and your reactions, Brian.

superfish

here he is in 2008 http://uk.eonline.com/uberblog/b26022_dr_dres_son_found_dead.html

must be off his cycle as them traps have gone right down

Rowley Birkin QC

Just wondering what would be the harder transformation be, from built Bale to skinny bale or the other way around? Totally clueless about this stuff so sorry if it's a silly question.

Hanley

Rowley Birkin QC wrote: »

Just wondering what would be the harder transformation be, from built Bale to skinny bale or the other way around? Totally clueless about this stuff so sorry if it's a silly question.

big to skinny is easier... just stop eating and do tonnes of cardio. All mental.

skinny to big requires lots of training, rest, meal planning and a much bigger mental commitment.

superfish wrote: »

a lot of my mates on roids shoot up in strength to benching like 160kg and more and think they are fecking great [...] and when they are off the roids they can barely bench 90kg so whos fecking great now lol

O RLY?

superfish

Rowley Birkin QC wrote: »

Just wondering what would be the harder transformation be, from built Bale to skinny bale or the other way around? Totally clueless about this stuff so sorry if it's a silly question.

I can tell you I was 11.5 stone when I started I went up to 17stone in the first 6 years but due to injury I was out for some time and put on a whopping 1.6stone so I was 18.6stone it took me a full year to get down again

to be honest id rather be skinny trying to get big than fat trying to get thin the only advantage you have is when you are training so long your body responds well to training if you have been out for some time

jive

Some people are so naive when it comes to celebs bulking up. If you are looking for inspiration don't look to those people because you are getting a false sense of what can be achieved in a short period of time. I remember Mickey Rourke (must have been around 56 or 57 at the time) was on Jon Ross promoting the wrestler and he was asked a question along the lines of "you must be so dedicated to look like that at your age and I'm assuming you did it without the use of steroids?".... Mickey Rourke *poker face and laugh*. At the end of they day they are being paid millions to look a certain way in a short period of time. Steroids under the constant testing from doctors is very low risk and when they have professional chefs/nutritionists and trainers it makes things even easier for them. All they gotta do by themselves is sleep

superfish

Hanley wrote: »

big to skinny is easier... just stop eating and do tonnes of cardio. All mental.

skinny to big requires lots of training, rest, meal planning and a much bigger mental commitment.



O RLY?

im not talking whilst off their cycle im talking when they have been off them a few months. no one on roids keeps that full strength down the line

Remmy

superfish wrote: »

a lot of my mates on roids shoot up in strength to benching like 160kg and more and think they are fecking great. but the funny thing is I bench 130kg naturally for atleast 4 sets of 10 and when they are off the roids they can barely bench 90kg so whos fecking great now lol

how much would that be weight gain or weightloss related to the gear?I dont know myself im just wondering.Did they stay the same weight off and on the gear?

ferike1

And now he gets to bulk up again for Batman 3!!:D

Hanley

jive wrote: »

Shock... horror...

Christian Bale goes from being muscular, to skinny, and back to muscular :eek:

Thanks for posting that!

superfish

Remmy wrote: »

how much would that be weight gain or weightloss related to the gear?I dont know myself im just wondering.Did they stay the same weight off and on the gear?

every one is different some the lads reccon for every stone they gain on the gear they keep 3quatars whilst off it but most the lads take creatine to try maintain their size whilst off the gear the thing they dont realise is one day they will have to stop and its all going to turn saggy

poisonated

Hanley wrote: »

Shock... horror...

Christian Bale goes from being muscular, to skinny, and back to muscular :eek:

Thanks for posting that!

Yeah it's pretty interesting alright. To see that transformation is pretty cool.

jive

Hanley wrote: »

Shock... horror...

Christian Bale goes from being muscular, to skinny, and back to muscular :eek:

Thanks for posting that!

Although my sarcasm detector is off the charts I'm sure some people will appreciate it

itsallaboutheL

superfish wrote: »

every one is different some the lads reccon for every stone they gain on the gear they keep 3quatars whilst off it but most the lads take creatine to try maintain their size whilst off the gear the thing they dont realise is one day they will have to stop and its all going to turn saggy

Damn you saggy, damn you to hell.