This homeless character, who doesn't go to the gym and survives on junk food, somehow weights 300lbs of pure muscle
Submitted 3 weeks ago by sanitation@lemmy.today to mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
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GenitalHurricane@fedinsfw.app 2 weeks ago
DudleyMason@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
I mean it’s fiction. That part isn’t half as unbelievable as the cops and feds being the good guys
turtlesareneat@piefed.ca 2 weeks ago
This is just a trope everywhere and it’s absurd. Like Project Hail Mary. Yep, a school physics teacher is chiseled and looks like a shaggy sex teddy bear dog. Just like every other physics teacher I’ve met. Yep.
zerodawn@leaf.dance 2 weeks ago
In the case of Project Hail Mary they have an “answer” as to why. The book directly explains it and the movie nods at it in a scene where he writes “Muscles?” on the white board, but its the coma robot, Armindo. It was meant to work their limbs and apply electrical stimulation so they wouldn’t atrophy on the trip.
Initech_vs_Initrode@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Not only that, but when the main character wakes up at the start of the book, he is baffled as to why he’s so muscular. I guess the problem with the movie is that he wasn’t visibly skinnier during the classroom flashback scenes.
DagwoodIII@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
So, I was watching ‘The Getaway’ with Steve McQueen. That movie was made when McQueen was one of the top box office draws in the world. He takes off his shirt and, to me, he looks a little scrawny.
A while later, I’m watching a movie where the shirtless guy is supposed to be a middle-aged lawyer with a minor drug problem. Looks like he could throw McQueen through the wall.
GraniteM@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Harrison Ford went on an intensive regime of exercise with a famous fitness trainer in order to get into peak physical condition for Temple of Doom:
OrteilGenou@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I know, I would prefer if actors were undisciplined fat slobs who give you the performance they feel like giving you between KFC buckets. That’d be more real
Hoimo@ani.social 2 weeks ago
Brendan “Fatso” Fraser was such a terrible actor in The Whale, you could really tell he had one hand in a KFC bucket at all times. I’d much rather watch my favorite actor Dwayne “The Rock-Solid” Johnson muscle the emotions off the screen with his giant Johnson. Muscle is discipline and discipline is good acting, it is known.
Marthirial@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Hobo, not vagrant.
Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
I find the quality of the writing to be more infuriating, but you’re not wrong.
johsny@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
The books are fucking awful, so no surprise the adaptation would be too.
Godort@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
The best way I’ve heard it described is like if Sherlock Holmes was written by Tom Clancy.
Reacher is not a thinking man’s story and comes with the baggage that the story is delivered through the lens of a stereotypical Republican hero, but I had fun with the TV show despite all that.
monkeyslikebananas2@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
The weird thing is that the first 2 seasons were ok. Not great, but ok. this season is very bad. Like they fired the writers and ChatGPT wrote it. The story is nonsense.
Auli@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
I like the new season. I like how its more unknown.
smeenz@lemmy.nz 2 weeks ago
There’s a new season ?
StupidBrotherInLaw@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
SillyDude@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
This can happen in a lot of mammals, including humans. One of the really popular “strongmen” guys, like the top one, has it.
Nomad@infosec.pub 2 weeks ago
You can even get a shot that activates that mutation if you are rich enough. See Bryan Johnson
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
apparently the mutation makes whippets unable to run first or have high amounts of activity, due to the amount of muscle.
FooBarrington@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Aw. I hope they at least feel really swole, so they get something out of it
Anivia@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
I mean, he isn’t even remotely close to 300lbs of pure muscle. But yes, even with a lifetime of a perfect diet and gym routine most people will never look like this. Like is the case for so many other Hollywood actors, there are clearly steroids involved
HulkSmashBurgers@reddthat.com 2 weeks ago
Nah you just gotta eat a metric fuck-ton of cod. Like the Rock!
/s
uhmbah@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
What a stupid post.
smeenz@lemmy.nz 2 weeks ago
… and they can’t even spell weighs
terranoid@lemmy.cafe 2 weeks ago
Google homeless man abs
Constant walking, fasting, getting up with the sun and going to sleep at sunset… It might kill you but you’ll be doing a routine whether you like it or not
supcoop@thelemmy.club 2 weeks ago
Watched it for the first time recently. I thought Reacher was autistic because he seems so socially awkward and has a monotone, emotionless delivery of dialogue.
Dr_Fetus_Jackson@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Honestly, every time I’ve seen an episode, I imagine him delivering Sheldon Cooper’s lines from an episode of Big Bang Theory.
smeenz@lemmy.nz 2 weeks ago
Autistic… maybe, but suffering from ptsd, definitely.
Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
He’s spent his entire life in the military one way or another so most of his life was super structured. Then once he’s gone he just Hobo’s his way around the US. It’s common for his character to be quiet since “Reacher says nothing” is frequent in the books.
It kinda goes back to the old saying. A wise man speaks because he has something to say. A fool, because he has to say something.
ryathal@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
He would definitely be on the spectrum like most near genius hyper observant style dectives. Maybe more sociopath than autistic. He’s basically a super buff Ender from Ender’s Game.
tankplanker@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
He has a very strong moral justice bent, likes things a certain way or not at all, likes wear certain clothes only, so yeah the show plays him and Neagley as autistic.
RodgeGrabTheCat@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Have you noticed very few jacked characters lift any weights on tv? The only times I can recall a gym scene was on Brooklyn Nine Nine and Firefly.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I hate this image for personal reasons. Fuck the california raisins.
Bluewing@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
He has four of them? And they sing?
0ops@piefed.zip 2 weeks ago
It’s been awhile but I remember Arrow frequently showing his funky pullup setup
RodgeGrabTheCat@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
You are correct. If I’m not mistaken it’s called the Salmon Ladder.
dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
Actually infuriating is that this show is touted by anyone as “the greatest show on streaming now” or even “greatest show ever.”
This show is popular because it has the moral intelligence of a toddler and stars a beefcake with way more charm than he has any right to.
thedoginthewok@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I haven’t really seen that sentiment anywhere.
I am watching the show, but I don’t think it’s very good.
It’s a fun bit of escapism, though.I would rate it 6 out of 10. It’s alright, nothing more.
wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 3 weeks ago
When you’re this big, what does it do to your blood pressure levels? Honest question.
Carnelian@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Well according to a couple random sources he’s actually around 235 in this photo.
At 6’3, that would imply that he has an elevated risk of high blood pressure. Sometimes people who are engaged in consistent vigorous exercise can maintain normal blood pressure at that weight, but it’s fairly likely he’s abusing steroids for the role, which are strongly correlated with high blood pressure.
So most likely not great
ceenote@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Apparently he gets testosterone prescribed by a doctor. He’s open about it. I’d assume they monitor his overall health, including blood pressure. He’s probably way healthier than average, but not as healthy as someone who maintains their fitness without shooting for a look like that.
deft@lemmy.wtf 2 weeks ago
Well when you’re dehydrated your muscles show better
DagwoodIII@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
[off topic]
Here are a few book series that have a tough, lone wolf hero who actually seems human.
Parker by Richard Stark. ‘The Hunter,’ ‘The Seventh,’ and ‘Firebreak’ Parker is a professional thief. He works with a rotating crew of specialists. Harlan Ellison said that the author was the best writer he knew of.
Easy Rawlins and Fearless Jones by Walter Mosley. ‘Fearless Jones’ and ‘The Devil In a Blue Dress.’ Both men operate in LA circa 1946 to 1980. Fearless’ adventures are narrated by his pal, a skinny bookstore owner who would rather avoid trouble, but rarely does. Easy is in more books, but they do team up occasionally.
Travis McGee by John D. MacDonald. ‘The Deep Blue Goodbye,’ and ‘A Tan and Sandy Silence.’ Trav is a Florida beach bum who lives in a houseboat he won in a poker game. When his retirement funds run low he reluctantly seeks out crime victims who are unable to go to the police. A con man who isn’t afraid of a fight.
Any of these is miles ahead of any Reacher book.
Sparrow_1029@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
There’s also the graphic novel adaptations of Richard Stark’s Parker books, beautifully illustrated by the late great Darwyn Cooke
DagwoodIII@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
I am in awe of those comics. Better than any movie adaptation, including Lee Marvin’s.
Cooke’s style is perfect for this.
I’ll just add that he also did a fantastic job on Justice League - New Frontiers
UsefulIdiot@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Hell yes brother.
Richard Stark is a pen name for Donald Westlake. He wrote tons of really smart funny mystery novels including the Dortmunder series - Parker but a sad sack.
If you like Parker you might really enjoy the Spenser novels by Robert Parker. He’s an ex boxer turned private eye that loves to cook, loves to read, has a strong moral compass, loves deeply, and was cool with gays and blacks when that was controversial for a Boston tough guy. His very smart girlfriend Susan is a full human outside of him.
DagwoodIII@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
The funny thing is that the first Dortmunder book started out as a Parker novel.
When the plot started getting too silly the writer realized that the Parker fans would hate the book, so he changed it to Dortmunder and Kelp.
I won’t say much but ‘Jimmy The Kid’ by Donald Westlake has a brief cameo by Richard Stark.
Bluewing@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
James Bond is cooler than all of them for sheer fun. But Peter Gunn books is the detective I grew up on. He even came with the coolest of theme song of all time, thanks to Mancini.
DagwoodIII@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
I literally had no idea there were Peter Gunn books.
Thanks for raising me from ignorance.
Frostbeard@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
What did they put in the water in the Reacher house?
SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 2 weeks ago
Whey isolate
qyron@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
Take my words for what they are but I knew a man that lived pretty much like Reacher when I was a kid and the man was pretty fit and muscular, only lean.
The man would travel from place to place, doing odd jobs, working in the fields, picking fruit, doing welding and metal working jobs, etc.
He was phisically fit. Not muscular like this actor but his body showed strenght. You could see the muscles contracting under his skin when he applied force to something.
He stopped by my grandparents village one summer and stayed for about a month, working in the fields. One day some neighbour asked him to chop down an old tree and cut it into chunks to dry for firewood. He use a single axe to do the job. Every time the blade hit that old trunk it felt as if the ground shook.
funkajunk@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
So he spent most of his time working out?
qyron@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
Working outside, at least, doing physical labour.
RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Yes, he also kicked a car with his foot, and set the airbag off.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
with alot of roids and peds of course.
11111one11111@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Your physique is dierectly related to the amount and type of physical activity you perfor. Not the food you eat. Your body doesnt care how it gets protien. The character is exactly like my brother who eats thousands and thousands of calories every day but expells thousanfs and thousands of calories thru work, excersise and kids.
You can eat “shitty” food as long as you work off the calories consumed and the calories contain enough protien.
Not surprising a site primarily used by fat IT workers would think this is infuriating tho lol
beegnyoshi@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
expels thousands of calories through (…) kids
is your brother a pregnant woman?
ech@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Children are pretty calorie dense.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
it seems alot people work as a programmer, more than IT, and ive seen alot of tech workers in my area are buff. you are thinking of the basement ghouls that just plays games all day.
graycube@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Maybe he just has good genes.
Auli@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Also severely dehydrated in that scene. They cut down on water for 3 days before the shoot. Makes the muscles more defined as the skin becomes tighter.
Deadful@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Come on! You have to at least give the guy a farmer’s tan or something! How is he ripped AND perfectly bronzed?
Initech_vs_Initrode@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
A friend of mine was shocked when I offhandedly mentioned The Rock’s likely steroid budget. “You think he uses steroids?!” she asked. This was during his monstrous peak years.
I’m also reminded of the reddit story where a guy’s girlfriend or wife suggested that he go to the gym to get into slightly better shape. Nothing excessive, “maybe like Jason Momoa in Aquaman.”
Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
He grew up in a military family with an older brother so there were likely nasic fitness regimes available. Plus he spent his entire adult life in the Army. It’s also been said his genetics are geared towards high metabolism and muscle density. I’ve known plenty of people who barely work out, don’t exactly rat super healthy but they tend to look like a gym rat.
Reacher does walk a lot. And not just casually, he will walk for miles as a time across town and avoid busses/taxi unless he’s traveling across states. Plus he tends to get into a lot of sticky situations he needs to fight and exert his way out of.
Nalivai@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Walking for miles makes you the opposite of whatever this sculpted shit is, it’s an endurance activity. In order to look like that you need to spend workdays in a gym doing specific gym things, it’s a bodybuilder’s body, not a walker’s body or “occasionally has to fight random people in a parking lot” body
Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
The excessive walking was more to burn the fat as opposed to being sedentary.
SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Hey, people in war movies can have perfectly coiffed hair in combat too.
IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Meth power
IWW4@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Yeah Reacher is just fantasy. He eats like a pig, never has access to a shower and he is built like Mr Universe.
nogooduser@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
He does have access to a shower. He stays at motels mostly and very rarely sleeps outside.
There’s no explanation for that body though as he definitely never goes to a gym.
monkeyslikebananas2@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Um guys come on it is simple. he lives at the gym between seasons.
FooBarrington@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I’ll have you know that Reacher cannot help his overactive steroid gland!
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
dil@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
He doesn’t have to goto the gym that often to mantain it, maybe like twice a weak, apparently 1 set to failure a week is enough to prevent hypertrophy so he can get that through the bs he goes through lifting heavy sht and climing.
EggInDisguise@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Damn, I never knew Mr. Universe had all that hiding under his shirt! Image
fartographer@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
He killed me with a sword. How weird is that?
smeenz@lemmy.nz 2 weeks ago
I am a leaf on the wind
A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip 2 weeks ago
This comment from another post:
The same goes for Reacher, even the books. They’re great, easy and fun to read, but if you start thinking about it like that something has already gone wrong.
Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I don’t recall which one, but he’s shot in the chest by a small caliber revolver and his dense pectorals actually stopped the bullet.
dil@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Alan ritchsons always been big and claims he just consistently works out everyday and eats a lot, and he didn’t work out that much before reacher was still pretty big, after season 1 he started taking testosterone I think if i remember correctly, he talks about it in interviews
IWW4@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Thats cool and has nothing to do with what i posted.