Transcript What bodybuilders exhibited a Steve Reeves-level of plantar flexion, and did those bodybuilders also have exceptional calf development? And by the way, increasing plantar flexibility can be done through sitting on your heels in […]
Transcript Steve Reeves arguably had the best calves of his era, stocky all the way down to his ankles. Reeves was in the category of Erik Fankhouser and James DeMelo as far as, not only […]
Matt Mendenhall is already known as one of the best amateurs in the annals of bodybuilding, as well as having the extraordinary calf bump, as documented in our Matt Mendenhall Calves episode. But Mendenhall is […]
Transcript Continuing from part one, why did Arnold’s calves appear to have higher insertions when viewed from the front versus viewed from the back? Gastrocnemius topography can vary wildly and most of the anatomy charts […]
Transcript This video started out as a how to sculpt Arnold Schwarzenegger’s calves video using Zbrush and or Blender, but morphed into a two part video on how Arnold’s calves differ from most other bodybuilders, […]
Transcript There are several ways to characterize shoulder appearance including by muscle size, muscle shape, bone structure, including clavicle length, posture, etc…. Each of these aspects of shoulder appearance can compensate for deficits in the […]
Transcript Focusing on a back view, this before image is from the 1974 Mr Olympia contest, where many say Arnold Schwarzenegger was at his biggest. If Arnold were competing in his twenties today, the first […]
Transcript In the 1970s, before Joe Weider created the Ms Olympia contest, there were the NABBA girls, who were featured on non-Weider bodybuilding magazine covers and seen in NABBA contest reports. Standing out, was Jamaican […]
Transcript We’re going to be doing something more tongue in cheek on our next episode by morphing Joe Rogan into a Bili Ape, but it’s indicative of how we’re going to be using 3D models […]
Before we get into the animation, take a look at this halfway mark between Arnold and Zane. This is the unretouched version, before the hair and posing trunks were fixed. The Zane trunks made the […]
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