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The Truth About Abs Shots

by The Copy Nazi Banned
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Seduced by the Illusion: The Truth About Transformation Photos | Andrew Dixon
#abs #shots #truth
  • Profile picture of the author Cool Hand Luke
    Pretty cool article, but it would be much more compelling if the author actually knew his body fat % (there is no way it's 16% in the first images, which he claims).

    Either way, crazy to see how much difference a shave, a flex, and an hour can do.
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  • Profile picture of the author shawnlebrun
    They've been airbrushing and photoshopping the covers of magazines for years... this is just another instance where advertisers and companies will tweak/twist something and manipulate it in their favor.

    I was a bodybuilder and did contests... and can tell you that just the lighting factor and tanning can make someone appear thinner and more muscular. So a lot of these before/after pics is nothing more than illusionary tricks.

    I remember at Eben Pagan's Altitude event around 6 or 7 years ago... he asked the audience something like...

    "If you were in a position as a business owner where you noticed you could make a tiny tweak to your advertising, where it would bring in hundreds of more sales and thousands of more dollars... how many would do that"
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    • Profile picture of the author max5ty
      Originally Posted by shawnlebrun View Post

      They've been airbrushing and photoshopping the covers of magazines for years... this is just another instance where advertisers and companies will tweak/twist something and manipulate it in their favor.

      I was a bodybuilder and did contests... and can tell you that just the lighting factor and tanning can make someone appear thinner and more muscular. So a lot of these before/after pics is nothing more than illusionary tricks.

      I remember at Eben Pagan's Altitude event around 6 or 7 years ago... he asked the audience something like...

      "If you were in a position as a business owner where you noticed you could make a tiny tweak to your advertising, where it would bring in hundreds of more sales and thousands of more dollars... how many would do that"
      Another big thing especially among supplement companies...

      The whole muscle memory thing.

      Someone that use to work out hard, and then takes a layoff can get back into shape quick. Thus some of the unbelievable before and after pics. What they're not telling you is the whole story.

      Also, someone can be in a bulk up phase and get flabby looking, then diet down and quickly look completely different.

      When I started pumping iron in the 70s' I was trying to look like Arnold or Sergio. Wasted lots of money on supplements...mostly because of the hyped up before and after pics.

      I gave up the whole bulking up thing and decided to just stay toned. I still stay in shape by running every morning...probably why I'm so adored by all the women.
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  • Profile picture of the author shawnlebrun
    Max5ty... running every morning will also help you either catch up to some of those women... or run away from the "not so good looking ones"....

    But you're right... someone who has been working out, they can take time off and come back and get in shape pretty fast.

    When I was bodybuilding myself... I'd often take 2 weeks off after heavy and intense training.

    Now, some would expect that 2 weeks off and you'd go to crap. Nope, the opposite would happen... i'd come back stronger and more muscular because of rest.

    But you're right... some of these photos could be easily people who have worked out, gotten in shape, and then let themselves go... knowing a photo shoot would be coming.

    And presto, they can get back in shape very fast... due to muscle memory.

    If done right... you can make DRASTIC changes to the body in a VERY short time... simply by using water/dehydration/rehydration techniques... which wrestlers and MMA fighters use.
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  • Profile picture of the author Vincentz Dalsgaard
    Ever since I heard that Russell got his sixpack airbrush painted in the movie Gladiator

    And... I have turned 40 - declining testosterone age...

    I have wanted to find someone that could paint my belly like that - nice, I thing I like truth
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  • Profile picture of the author nextstep
    here's an interesting demo of how to fake a Before & After "in just 15 mins" while the light is slightly different, check out the gear hanging from the pegs on the back of the door.
    click here:

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...formation.html


    A trimmer tummy in just 15 MINUTES: Personal trainer reveals tricks used by fitness industry to show how easy it is to fake a transformation

    Australian personal trainer Melanie Ventura shows in pictures how to look skinnier in 15 minutes
    She was motivated by the fitness industry's unrealistic 'two week progress' weight loss images
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