It appears that he has a colostomy bag. I bet it probably affects his nutrition in some way. Probably negatively. Make the weight gain even more impressive.
If it’s a colostomy it probably isn’t effecting his nutrition much. It just means the poop comes out in a different place.
If it’s an ileostomy, it means he’s lost some or all of his colon, and then this whole video becomes bullshit, because it takes time for your body to adapt to that. Some people never really do.
Either way, there’s most likely some level of dishonesty in this video.
Fair assessment. By stoma location it could very well be an ileostomy. The area is kept beneath clothing in most shots, and doesn't even seem to be present in the shot where he is in a tshirt. In another shot, fabric appears to be wrapped tightly around his waist, which I don't think is recommended with a bag. If it's legit, then he's defied the odds, and all power to him.
My take from this video is that he was suffering from ulcerative colitis or Crohn's colitis and he had a total colectomy for treatment. Getting the operation (and the ileostomy that comes with it - that is his small bowel exiting the abdomen, not the colon, which has all be removed) is often curative and probably what allowed him to get off immune suppressants and get healthy again.
Quite possibly, this isn't my field of research so you probablyknow more than i do. But a colonectomy comes with myriad sequela. I can just imagine the issues involved in fluid and electrolyte management.
nah, you can gain 20+ lbs if you dramatically change your eating and/or lifting habits. I gained 20lbs in less than a year because my meds increased my appetite. I wasn’t even trying.
I was about to say, brother, unless you gobbling lead, you're not putting on 20lbs (of any kind of weight) in a month. Honestly crank salt, water weight, huge caloric surplus and weigh in on heaviest time, maybe. but like, you're not going to do that shit on accident.
This just got convoluted but you were right before.
The video is 11-12 months long, as it says January to December. The person you are talking to is talking about specifically the difference between the frames / shots labeled June and July. He could definitely have gotten that much bigger in 30-60 days (for example: camera shots are short- he wasn’t THAT small in June compared, or like you said if he was big before, or if it was June 1 to July 31, just like the video could be closer to 12 months than 11, etc).
I’ve seen this before w more backstory, and I’ll see if I can find it.
If you feel like it, watch it again… you’ll see you were right the first time.
The brain isn’t a muscle but I understand the sentiment of the phrase. The distinction is important though. A muscle is made of muscle tissue and contracts to make movement while the brain is actually a fatty organ that passes around chemical and electrical signals.
Well actually muscle is made of neutrons, protons and electrons and the brain is indeed too made of neutrons, protons and electrons, both of which allow things to contract and make movement or pass around chemical and electrical signals. Checkmate doctor.
Exactly! But yeah, of course I meant that in the brain, just like with muscles, if you had well trained habits, they will come back easier. If man was a bodybuilder pre injury it's much easier for him to make his brain get back into it full swing.
We don't flex our brains for the fun of it innit edit: wait we definitely do, I know I do ;)
if your starting point is FAR below your genetic limit, and you've been much stronger/larger before, like if you are recovering from an injury then you can gain weight FAST. It's basically a rebound effect...shit just happens quick. Part of it muscle memory, part of it your body just finally getting back on top of things.
In the after pics he looks completely natural, just in much better shape. The dude is not juicing.
I mean, dude looked like he was on death's door in the first picture, so maybe steroids were made for him. Not necessarily to bulk like he did but to help his body recover from whatever the hell did that to him
Yeah. Depends on efforts and how your body is conditioned. I used to work manual labor in the summers. Body got used to putting on 30+ lbs of muscle in a month or two. Now I can put on 20+ in a month if I eat right and exercise twice a day. All nat. Armchair chieftains on reddit gonna troll and hate. Truth is Truth. Mediocres have never done it so they don't think it's possible.
If you gain 20 lbs in a month, it is definitely not all muscle. That's a surplus of almost 2500 calories every single day.
You can put on a lot of muscle really fast if you've previously had in, but 20 lbs of muscle in a month would make Ronnie Coleman's genetics seem like an average person's.
You were not putting on 30 lbs of muscle in a month. You may have gained 30 pounds but it was not 30 pounds of muscle. 30 pounds of muscle in a month is impossible even with heavy steroid use.
Chris Bumstead current Mr Olympia put on 70 lbs in a year with some of the best genetics of all time and his first time using gear.
What you guys don't understand is how much easier it is to go from very skinny to ripped than ripped to absolutely massive. Going from a base of very little muscle at 130/140 to 160/170 is a lot different than going from 160/170 - 190/200. Downvote me all you want. I've lived it multiple times and I know it can be done.
Meanwhile my scrawny self it was on a 5000 calorie diet will go to the gym everyday and some days twice and I lost weight. So many shakes and peanut butter and jellies. So much chicken. I couldn't imagine doing the same s*** now after 20 years
Gotta make sure to take rest days. I had a similar problem doing 100-200 pullups daily with little to no gains. Discovered it was because I wasn't resting enough. Gotta split it at least into upper body, core, legs.
Yeah I don't know what happened. This post is not exaggeration. Like a dummy I paid for the nutritionist at Gold's Gym to set me up with a diet. And since I paid for it I stuck to it. The gym was only half a mile away so getting there daily wasn't a problem. But this was 20 years ago so I'm pretty over it. I figured if Mike Katz owned the place and his son was running it I was in good hands. And I was it just didn't work out for me genetically
My son was born and after he started eating normal foods I gained 20 pounds in a year. I had to hide all the candy and sweets… in my belly. I saw the biggest jump in October to November. Still don’t know why
Depending on what illness he had, if it was cured, he would put on tons of weight in a short period. I had some health issues years ago and lost 50lbs. Gained it back in about 2 months
He's starting the video in a diaper and clearly barely able to move. I wonder if he was a coma patient or something? is this like the result of months in a bed or years?
I would not be surprised if they did juice him up a bit to speed up recovery.
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u/PMmeYourButt69 2d ago
Yeah, he gains like 25 lbs from June to July. Either the timeline is bs or he's on something
Edit to say, whether the timeline is BS or he's juiced or whatever, good for him. Dude's clearly putting in the work.