Flabby Arnold: Inspirational
For the last few years, pictures of a "flabby" Arnold Schwarzenegger have been floating around the Web. Like a pervasive urban myth - some feel that the photos are faked - while others can't believe their eyes. Whatever the truth is - Arnold is 57 years old now, and paparazzi are notorious for getting photos of people at their worst.
No matter what you think of Schwarzenegger's acting or political career - when it comes to bodybuilding - he is worthy of respect. Arnold was one of the most influential and inspiring figures in the bodybuilding community.
So what about the flab? If the pictures are accurate - then it just goes to show that Schwarzenegger is not a complete genetic freak - but that he is human, and muscle atrophy happens to anyone who ceases resistance training. There are comments in the tabloid press:
Friends say the Austrianborn former strongman has never fully recovered his once-startling physique since an operation to repair faulty heart valves in 1997.Critics blame the cardiac problems on his admitted use of steroids while bulking up for bodybuilding contests 20 years ago.
Allegedly taken in 2002
by People Magazine
prior to filming T3
When I decided to start going to the gym to lift weights - my work colleagues scorned the idea saying that "the moment I stopped lifting weights - the muscle would turn to flab". Now of course muscle doesn't transform to fat, but muscle does burn up, and fat does increase. If you stop lifting weights (and other forms of exercise), but fail to reduce your food intake accordingly... well... on comes the flab, and down goes the muscle tone. Quite depressing really.
However seeing the pictures of flabby Arnold shows that it can happen to the best of us, and that big muscles are fleeting things. Somehow that makes me feel better about myself.
Flabby Arnold: Inspirational....
A young and huge Arnold
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Created / Updated: November 28, 2011
Wow, it is so amazing how Arnold can get so flabby, like he did in that picture prior to T3, and then suddenly build up his muscle just like that. It is definitely inspirational.
Replyok look pictures are photoshopped if he is so flabby then he would need monthes or years of working out to be on the set of t3
ReplyOff-season competitors are usually flabbier than they are when they are hard-core training. It's really amazing how much you can whip your body into shape.
ReplyThis is a great topic. I'm facing muscle atrophy of my right leg due to ACL surgery, and there is a long haul to recovery, I know. I'm a HUGE fan of Arnold, not for his movies necessarily but mostly for him as a competitive bodybuilder, he was awesome. To see him in the photo's in that shape is somewhat sad, but understandable. Nothing lasts forever, I always believe that the key to stay healthy and in shape, is to keep on moving. The key to increasing mass and strength, is to keep lifting weights, even as we grow older.
ReplyI know that everybody ages, but this picture really is shocking - only because Arnie is an icon and as an icon he'll always be thought of as he was in his heyday.
ReplyIts also worth noting that in the case of T3 - its amazing what can be done to make someone look younger with CG(I was going link to an article about how they do this from wired or newscientist I think - but I couldn't find it - I might have imagined it also)
Trust me, they didn't make Arnold 'look' in shape using CGI. 1st, you can tell CGI when you see it because it doesn't look natural. Watch the Hulk movies. Second, I followed Arnold's progress in all the muscle magazines when he was training for T3, pictures were all over back then. 3rd, I MET Arnold in Kuwait July 3rd 2003. I had just returned from the war and was in Kuwait readying to go home. I was up close and Arnold basically spoke about running for govenor for about 30 minutes or so. But he was huge then. He was wearing a tight blue T-shirt and from chest to back he looked as thick as a truck. He was in great shape. No CGI present then either...
ReplyI think you can see in the top photo that a major problem there is loose skin too. Not that he isn't flabby; but there is as much loose skin as in a formerly obese person, probably because he was so huge. In the bottom photo, flab-wise, he is not any flabbier than most men his age.
ReplyAnd this is that man who druging ?? :))
ReplyWHY DOES THE GENERAL PUBLIC, OR MAYBE IT IS THE PRESS, FEEL THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO JUDGE A PERSON BECAUSE THEY WERE IN THE PUBLIC EYE. PERFORMERS GIVE US LOTS OF PLEASURE ON SCREEN AND THEN WE GO HOME. THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO GO HOME TOO. WE SHOULD STAY OUT OF THEIR PERSONAL LIFE. WE DO NOT OWN THEM.HOW WOULD ANY OF US LIKE TO SEE AN UNFLATERING PICTURE IN A MAGAZINE OR NEWSPAPER OF OURSELVES.
ReplyIt goes for everyone - use it or loose it. Fitness is a life long pursuit. One does not have to get overweight and flabby with age.
ReplyStallone is still in shape.
ReplyWho's the girly man now?
ReplyI THINK SO THAT ARNOLD WAS A GREAT BODYBUILDER AND WHAT HE HAD ACHIEVED IS BECAUSE OF HIS HARDWORK AND HIS DEDICATION TO HIS AIM TO BECOME THE TOP MOST BODYBUILDERIN THE WORLD.ITS OUR GOODNESS TO HAVE SUCH AN INSPIRING PERSON BETWEEN US AND WE MUST LEARN GOOD QUALITIES OF ARNOLD. LOVE U ARNOLD. A GREAT FAN OF URS......GOD BLESS YOU.
ReplyWhoa! His bodies hideous! I mean I know it just comes with age and not hitting the gym but have you seen Stallone? Hes 60 and still ripped! In fact hes filming Rocky 6 right now. Im just a little dissapointed with the way Arnie looks now. He was great back in his prime at least.
ReplyIf this is arnold wheres the scar from his open heart surgery????????
ReplyI couldn't see the scar either. But I had seen a pic a few years ago when the family rafted the Colorado River. He looked a little chunky then. He has said he continues to stay in shape, although he puts less effort into it then he needed to for competition fitness.
ReplyYea exackly if this is arnold where is the scar on his chest? I think this is fake. A person who was number one in the universe, would not give up that easy. Stallone is 3 years older and hes a tank. Arnold has just as much intesity as Stallone. This sickens me.
ReplyMY WORDS PRESICALY IF THESE PICTURES WERE REAL YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO THE HIS SCAR.iF YOU LOOK HARD ENOUGH IN COLLATERAL DAMAGE WHEN HE IS IN THE SHOWER YOU CAN JUST SEE IT YOU HAVE TO BE QUICK BUT YOU CAN SEE IT.
ALSO CONSIDERING THAT HE HAS HAD TWO SURGERY'S ON HIS HEART ONE JUST BEFORE CAOLLATERAL DAMAGE ITS OBVIOUSLY A FAKE.
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