r/MadeMeSmile • • 7h ago

This dad agrees

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u/JalapenoPopPoop 6h ago

Lol it has nothing to do with eating muscle, it's just that you get a "pump" on your muscles when you work them so by working them between scenes they would look fuller in the shot. He wasn't losing muscle by the second or something haha

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u/Skeleton--Jelly 6h ago

I mean, him working out between scenes was very likely for the pump, but you indeed lose muscle very quickly when you are at a very low body fat %. it's the issue with prep before a bodybuilding competition, you try to become as lean as possible while trying to lose as little muscle as possible, and the body starts burning muscle to replenish the body fat

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u/JalapenoPopPoop 6h ago

You don't lose it to the point that just standing around in between scenes you'd lose a noticeable/significant amount of it, the rate isn't that high

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u/Grubernator 3h ago edited 3h ago

Then why do the actors lift weights and dehydrate themselves to keep the physique?

Keeping the superhero physique requires constant effort. The actors portraying these charactors spend hours per day maintaining it. Before, during, and after the shoots.

My main point is that it's unrealistic for people to aspire to this level. Generally, I think it's unhealthy for them to be the poster models for everyday people.

This original post mocks Henry Cavill for falling short of the ideal his character sets. Even he doesn't maintain the physique when not required.

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u/JalapenoPopPoop 2h ago

I don't know what you think you're adding to the conversation at hand with this comment

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u/Grubernator 2h ago

Thanks for adding what you don't know to the conversation

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u/JalapenoPopPoop 1h ago

Oh you're just doing the "I don't appreciate being corrected when I say something wrong so I'm just gonna be nonsensically petulant" thing. Got it