What's amazing is you know about Indian Bodybuilders of Pre-Independence days but majority of Indians nowadays have no idea who they are....for those who don't know their names the first Guy with Mustache is Began Raj,Sushil Kumar Chakravarty,S.Bose,S.Natu,Badal Lal Bose....thank for giving them the respect they deserved but didn't received.
"No man has the right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training. It is a shame for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable." Socrates
Probably as a young man. Plato was known for having a broad, muscular physique like a wrestler. All those dudes had athleticism built into their education
If you notice their chests are under developed and this isn't because of a lack of steroids, it's because they weren't benching or using fly movements. Their emphasis was more on overhead presses and they didn't have flat benches.
I noticed that, also, their biceps and overall muscles had this shortened appearance, I think its probably because back then they didn't realized how important it is to adopt a full range of motion and contraction, while probably also neglecting stretching trainings.
@@guccimane623 The clean-shaved person flexing his biceps and doing the abdominal hollow was Bishnucharan Ghosh, the guru of Bikram Chowdhury ( the famous proponent of Bikram Yoga). Ghosh had a gym in Kolkata ( formerly Calcutta, a city in Eastern India) where he had many followers who were trained under his supervision. Ghosh had a penchant for motorcycles and loved to flaunt his 1000 cc motorcycle on the streets of Calcutta at a time when such a hobby was rare among Indians. Another interesting tidbit: He was the brother of Paramhansa Yogananda, the author of 'Autobiography of a Yogi' - a book which is very popular among a niche of western readers (Steve Jobs, for example).
Somewhere down the line India lost the culture of physical excellence 😢 Not just bodybuilding and yoga, even Gama Pehelwan and Dara Singh are prime examples. Maharana Pratap was said to possess tremendous strength.
Actually the pics of Indian you saw the followed a routine which Eugene Sandows promoted. They were mainly from Kolkata area. That was the most developed city in whole Indian sub-continent till 1940. They learned thru books of that. Their exercise regime was 3x 30-50 reps with light weights. They used most of the free weight exercises we do today. They were modern city dwellers and were mostly from well to do families.
'Muscle Control and Barbell Exercises' is a book writtten by Indian bodybuilder which highlights various methods of diet, exercise and healing methods.
Do they though? 🤔 I have noticed that users tend to always be bloatedly big, like super round muscles but with little definition. Not as seen here in the old photos.
@@TheAmericanAmericannope your delusional there are millions of super shredded guys that has physqiues literalky imspooble to achieve without steroids Jeff physqiue is not natural let's be real here he's proper jacked and proper shredded
Man, you can’t be 5’8 with 41 cm biceps, 26% fat and be 94 kg because people start running their mouth that you’re enhanced. It’s depressing and flattering at the same time
This is what "we" need to see! I've been mostly turned off of most gym/fitness content because of how discouraging it can be, the so called "workout motivation" can be anything but that, but this is real, I'm gonna remember this.
@@davash5531closer to our other close relatives. We’ve gotten so far from how we used to act to the point where our testosterone is getting lower by generation. Along with body hair facial hair muscle growth and muscle density
@@davash5531 Processed shit food now days even more chemicals used in farming and stuff people consume more chemically yielded food which taste good, natural food cost more money now days too I guess
@@adriadri3624 plus lifestyle. There was a good chance that you grew up having to be physically active out of different necessities. You body develops different and that sets a base.
@@haze4622 It's true. I grew up on a farm, and then crosstrained for baseball using power lifting from a teenager into my twenties. Played in college. Now I'm in my forties. Haven't done any serious training in almost two decades. I'm still shredded as fuck. I do literally nothing to maintain it. It's truly not fair. People work their ass off for 1/10th of the results I get from just sitting as much as possible. I'm honestly lazy as shit, and eat whatever I want. I have no business owning this much muscle definition. I have no explanation for it other than how I grew up. My "snacks" as a kid were just fresh vegetables, plucked off a vine. We had a small orchard for fruit too. Mom said it was worse than having a rabbit in the garden because she couldn't remove the "pest" that was stealing all her harvest. Plus, I was just running through the forest, and climbing trees all day, every day. Building forts in the woods. Just extremely active. It wasn't even possible to get cable TV where we lived. Thirty miles from the closest McDonalds. All the shit that has fucked everyone else up just never touched me as a kid. Thanks mom n dad. Thanks for the genetics too, I guess.
The Bengali bodybuilders from Calcutta come from the gym of Bishnu Charan Ghosh (the clean shaved guy doing the double biceps pose). The pictures are from a book, they might have used some pencil effects for a wee little bit of enhancement. This is the same gym that produced Asia's first international Bodybuilder, Monotosh Roy, the founder of Asian Bodybuilding Federation and Indian Bodybuilding Federation.
@@benheatherkrieger79 these are from a book the name of which is not present in my memory RN. The enhancements were done for visual aesthetic purposes, these guys were no slouches though, they didn't train solely for bodybuilding, they incorporated everything, BW exercises, strongman style training etc. Fun fact, in the vernacular language i.e. Bangla, the wifebeater is called Sandow genji, the Sandow originating from Eugene Sandow who visited the city.
@@leovillant768 no doubt about that, man. I had the fortune of meeting the second international bodybuilder from Asia, Manohar Aich. He lived till 104.
my pops was a natty bodybuilder in the 80's he told me all about that lifestyle back in the day. He went to a gym that was super strict about juice like they'd question you when you first came and if you bulked up real fast they'd pull you aside and kick you the fuck out. Gonna get big one day for my pops.. ion know how the fuck he did it. Just sheer hardwork and determination. A lot a lot tougher than i am.
You know that's BS right? That whole story is nonsense. No one in the 80s cared a out steroids. They weren't even illegal yet. That's just a story your dad told you.
@@iridium8341 none. Those are well documented images published long ago. The actual "problem" is that you people can't seen to do your own research...
It is important to notice that what was considered normal testoterone levels back then ,are now considered supraphisiological ,contamination of soil/ water , heavy use of plastics , air polution ,sedentarism , increased consumption of processed and ultra processed produce are all damaging to testosterone.
@@PressinPickle We don't have a steriod culture like west so there definitely no one but According to science we have more natural testosterone that's we sweat easily and have more chest hair
Everyone grew up working hard and playing outside, only the guys that worked out looked like this. Remember that doing things SPECIFICALLY for hypertrophy is always going to make you bigger than just general physical activity. The entire point of resistance training is that it’s the MOST efficient and effective way to trigger hypertrophy, working hard and playing outside did literally nothing for their physiques.
They were not forced to study for JEE NEET bullshit and then refrain from anything that helps their body function naturally by working like tech slaves for 20 hours a day
Less processed food, and more home cooked meals. Do you think the body fat acceptance movement is secretly being push by giant corporations pushing trash? Were humans supposed to eat food made with seed oil? You are what you eat. If you eat McDonalds,get yourself a pair of clown shoes
I visited Clarke Quay in Singapore where they have displayed old black and white photos of the docks back in the 1800's, being that Sg is hot as hell all the dock workers and coolies in it were topless and everyone of them looked as jacked as these old pics.
It’s also what you grew up around. As a kid in my neighborhood there were alot of natural physics walking around. It was motivational not just that it made you want to do something with it in sports and we did. Football basketball track wrestling you name it. Steroids were nowhere around in my neighborhood
@user-fl6jn1wb2tmy bro it’s about the amount of hard work you put in that…..not all the 5 ft 5 inch guys has that physique or 5 ft guys have that physique so stop saying he is shorter so it’s possible iam 6 ft so I cannot pls go to Indian village farmer they are 6 ft or 5 ft most of their physique is like that because the amount of hard work good clean food and 8 hours of sleep with a consistent way in their whole life daily routine
@user-fl6jn1wb2t Shorter guys do not build muscle faster, you just fill out your frame faster. That' also doesn't take away the fact that pre-steroid physiques were highly impressive.
amazing. I will compete naturally, in an actual natural federation with wada testing (on show day and randomly during the off season) in september. It’s the PNBA federation. I’ll start with the NBFI wich is the italian equivalent of that and the goal is to qualify to the pnba shows like the natural olympia in october. Thanks Jeff i ve been listening to you for years
Also a lot of what goes into getting a picture like that isn’t just the actual working out and obtaining the physique but also literally dehydrating yourself for a while before the picture so that you can tighten the skin and show the toning of the smaller muscles along with the bulk of the larger ones. Same thing when people do weigh-ins for professional fighting, you wanna knock off as much water weight as possible. They don’t look like that every second of every day, it’s almost impossible to
I worked my ass off to get into shape, got ripped and all my mother could do was accuse me of taking steroids. You can’t choose the family you’re born into. 🤦🏻
@@Bluzlbee I got pulled over when I was 17 on my way driving home too fast way out in the boon docks. Never had caused a problem in my life for her, but she literally happened to be driving by, pulled up, got out, and marched out red faced saying accusingly &, angrily to the cop: “WHAT did HE do?!” When in the f’g hell did I even once in my life ever do anything that would cause that response from her? The judge gave me PB&J when he saw me in a coat and tie and being VERY deferential to him. BTW, the best piece of advice I ever got was from one of my favorite law school professors: “You can NEVER suck up to a judge too much.” I’ve been a limousine driver and driven around the world and never had a single point on my record. Anyway, have a great night.
"Whether you believe you can or you can't, you're right" - Henry Ford. Btw, my uncle was a national champion body builder in the 1940s. He had a very similar physiques to those pictures. And he couldn't afford meat more than once or twic a week.
That's kind of a vague statement , how much meat exactly are we talking? Did you also know that back then food was significantly higher in essential minerals, thus helping those to stay fit and healthy. Now everyone is fat and eats too much salt and sugar and processed food
@@PapaJoJ It's vague because being unable to afford meat except once or twice a week can not be precisely quantified. If you'd like precision, it was around the 250grams per meal or half that. It could be liver, organ meat, quarter or half a chicken or red meat. His staples were fava beans, and lentils. It was all he could afford. Back in the day, people didn't have Orea for breakfast and sit around to watch TV. Fat people eat loads of meat too, not just processed food and sugar.
@RubyZan most overweight people know very little about muscle gain and fat loss, and virtually nothing of nutrition, let alone how to read labels. Food was also higher quality in those times because the soil was rich in vital minerals and vitamins. I also would like to state that you don't need to eat copious amounts of meat and protein to be muscular. Your relative obviously was knowledgeable in his calorie management
ABSOLUTELY is possible what you’re seeing here. And inspirational! The only thing I’d add to this is that nowadays there are (unfortunately) many, many guys out there who claim to be natural. A lot of them are completely full of shit. Their testimonials muddy the waters for the TRUE natural body builders.
Sure, but use of steroids these days is skyrocketing because of popularity of Sam Sulek, Tren Twins and other non-natty kids who dont yet have capacity to understand how much negative impact they have on young, gullible and naive teenagers
Agree In our Days those Aesthetics Guys were far more matured and also hesistant to accept or promote steriods. Today's kids (those genz) are exposed to stuff which is beyond their infant brains. Alas other GenZ (with same brain condition) fall victim. Almighty save all bring some good sense. Peace 🙏✌😌
How to Get Strong and how to Stay So, written by William Blaikie, and published in 1879, is a treasure. It's very difficult to find but copies of the pages are available online. I have an original edition of the book but I rarely open it these days because it's so fragile.
@noobgoestrapping5084 they kinda are though. Maybe not to everyone but your genetic limit should be at least near this because exercise science has come a VERY long way since then. They didn't have bench press or machines and they didn't know much about diet. In fact one of the bodybuilders from this era had in their plan that they would hit chest by moving dumbells in like basically the same motion that would be done on a machine press. The problem with that being that's a front delt exercise not a chest exercise.
I wonder how much of a part the food they were eating back then played a part. The soil in the ground rich in minerals and no gmo's probably played a larger role to attain their lean bodys than most would think
Those indian bodybuilders were on fish diet most of the time , broiler chickens weren't a thing back. Their book mentions equal amounts of veggies and fish and training
Some of the photos shown looked like they’d been airbrushed. This is actually where the term “airbrushing” comes from. Artists would edit photos by airbrushing over them to cover acne, scars, or even exaggerate features. Some photos of women with a small waist from corseting were achieved through airbrushing. When part of the picture is unusually smooth, it’s often a sign of airbrushing. Especially areas that aren’t in focus.
Highly unlikely that they had access to better food. Most of them were most likely on high-carb-diets for most of their lives, as was the norm those days. Fresh vegetables or fruit were only seasonably available, meat was not necessarily the best cut, and hardly affordable on a regular basis. They probably ate more eggs.
@qwktube Whatever you say about food quality, they still wouldn't be flooded with microplastics, xenoestrogens, seed oils, preservatives, GMOs and industrial pollutants. Anything from back then is nowhere near as poisoned as it is today. NOT EVEN CLOSE.
@@James.B.Russell start informing yourself about health risks, and don't believe the conspiracy theory tinfoil hats. Most of the things you mentioned have no noticeable effect on health outcomes in the doses we find in foods today. GMOs are even "healthier" than normal crops. About the "poisoning": back then, food quality overall was terrible worldwide, millions of people died because of natural food poisoning, most children were malnourished, healthcare was inaccessible to most. The simple truth is, food quality today is better than ever before. Food availability is better than ever before. Food diversity is better than ever before. And if you're concerned about GMOs or some other scare, it's easier than ever before to know where your food came from and make the according choices.
Instead they had lead poisoning, malnutrition, probably working in a factory since they were 5 years old and 2 world wars to top it all off. Trust me man they werent doing much better
Their activity level was through the roof compared to today. Everything in life was hard work to make it happen - to just get groceries on the table. All these dudes were probably lean as hell since birth as many people were. Add 15-20lbs of good muscle and they look fantastic
I don’t like that people ignore genetics. Not saying that they should be an excuse to not try, but damn just remember different strokes for different folks, and results will vary.
@@ravenjorge2830 nah, if you want jacked like those guys without diet then just simply imitate their work per day....work extremely hard with basic meals only
@@thebagelchief1140 i believe jacked word not justifying their physique they are more into ripped and muscular rather than big frame. I would call jacked someone having boxer physique kinda look.
I tell people this all the time. When I was in my thirties, I ate right and worked out religiously . I got asked what juice I was on multiple times, and it really used to piss me off.
I've tried arguing with people too many times to get them to see reason. It's literally an ego reflex like you described. Someone feels bad about the kind of shape that they're in they will never accept that it's possible to be better without money, pharmaceuticals, a trainer, tons of free time. It's a cope. You can't break through a cope because the person is shielding their fragile ego with it.
You missed one pre steroids Indian bodybuilder Manohar Aich, he ate rice 4 times a day and hit the gym till 101, he lived for 104 yrs. People back then had less stress and cleaner food and lots of physical activity.
might PEDs level the playing field for other body types to compete? yeah those that have mesomorph physicality will get even bigger causing the usage of PEDsas a form of keeping up with the other physiques a way of keeping their advantage.
You can have a lot more mass as well natural. The problem is maintaining a shredded natural physique. To be in competition shape at 200lbs for a few weeks or months a year is obtainable. But to be 200lbs shredded all year long is a different story.. 165lbs or under is more realistic for a natty to also be shredded. This is just generally, there will always be exceptions, and this is for people under 6'1". At 6"5' 200lbs fits differently on the frame.
This confirms even stronger to me that some folks I see are 100 on gear. Lol. These pics show guys who are shredded & have crazy definition for sure, BUT they don’t have muscles abruptly bulging out of muscles & don’t look like the Hulk.
One thing I would think plays into that tho is the lifestyle back then , natural test levels would of been a lot hiring due to things like oestrogen , micro plastics etc etc that have reduced our natural test as a average male population over time
Testosterone was synthesized a few decades earlier than it became available for general use. Effevtively everyone before mid-1950s can be assumed clean.
I like all of your content and you’ve got loads of great info that’s helped me tremendously but It’s the physique at your age not the physique period that make people assume you’re on stuff. How old were these guys in the old photos? I’m sure much younger.
This is what a lean physique looks like. This is practical, efficient, and healthy. When you bulk past your bodies natural limit, you’re basically limiting how many years you want to live.
Roman sculptors and painters were creating works of art featuring incredible, superhuman physiques. Steroids CERTAINLY didn't exist back then but these artist were drawing thede images and inspirations from something that must have existed.
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This looks better than the juiced up super freaks in body building
Bronze Age of Bodybuilding 😎 it's natty and it's beautiful.
it doesnt but respect and understand that they will likely live longer
He is juiced up also lmao
@@NewsChannel-y4gyes it does.... monster nowadays think they look good but they're not to public eyes....
@@NewsChannel-y4g lol bodybuilders these days just look like clouds. Nothing appealing about it..
Their Face - 😇
Their Physique - 😈
Facts 😂
Their faces were like: Hi friends!!
While their bodies were like: Fuck around and find out!
Bro having 1.2k likes still got only one comment
@@bharatsahu6595 Lol I Didn't Checked The Likes After Commenting Just Seeing This Now.
Few were Indians
As men should be
Most of them are old school Indian body builder from 1927.
Edit : They were from India, not native Americans
They do not look like Indian people to me. More like Hindu. Thank Columbus.
@@scionixx9568they are actually from india he means some of those dudes wrote books on bodybuilding
@@scionixx9568ok well they are Indian. I don’t understand your comment 😂
Then came the colonialists who took all the strong, well built men to fight in the war for em.... 🗿☠️💀☠️
Native American*
What's amazing is you know about Indian Bodybuilders of Pre-Independence days but majority of Indians nowadays have no idea who they are....for those who don't know their names the first Guy with Mustache is Began Raj,Sushil Kumar Chakravarty,S.Bose,S.Natu,Badal Lal Bose....thank for giving them the respect they deserved but didn't received.
I thought they were black Americans that have perm hair.
Indians on top
All Bengali Indians,mostly from Calcutta side.
@@riasad88 Corrections : All Indians, mostly from India. Bengal-India isn't a country last I remembered.
@@off_grid_javelin He said 'Bengali' Indians, not Bengal Indians
"No man has the right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training. It is a shame for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable." Socrates
We all know how Socrates (who never worked out a day in his life) loved to appreciate the bodies of young boys...#pedo
Do you believe Socrates was "shredded"?
Probably as a young man. Plato was known for having a broad, muscular physique like a wrestler. All those dudes had athleticism built into their education
@@qwktubeSocrates was a hoplite and participated in various battles. He probably wasn't "shredded", but he was probably strong.
@@qwktube
But Alexander the great was.😂
If you notice their chests are under developed and this isn't because of a lack of steroids, it's because they weren't benching or using fly movements. Their emphasis was more on overhead presses and they didn't have flat benches.
You are a 🤡
they are well developed, it's the boob looking lower chest nowadays that's over developed imo
Right. A lot of these guys had what we would call bird chests. It’s because like you said pecs weren’t important. I don’t think they even did push ups
@@chiarosuburekeni9325 you are skinny
I noticed that, also, their biceps and overall muscles had this shortened appearance, I think its probably because back then they didn't realized how important it is to adopt a full range of motion and contraction, while probably also neglecting stretching trainings.
THAT was the TRUE golden age of bodybuilding.
Iron age tbp 😂
Primitave age
Golden age? You don't know Bodybuilding
That was the bronze era my friend
@@mauriceperez1479 saying I don't know bodybuilding is THE most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. Few know it better than I.
Manotosh Roy and Manohar Aich.. ❤
Yes! Happy to see their pictures.
Could you name the other guys please? I recognize Sandow, who was the guy with the sharp mustache?
@@guccimane623 The clean-shaved person flexing his biceps and doing the abdominal hollow was Bishnucharan Ghosh, the guru of Bikram Chowdhury ( the famous proponent of Bikram Yoga). Ghosh had a gym in Kolkata ( formerly Calcutta, a city in Eastern India) where he had many followers who were trained under his supervision.
Ghosh had a penchant for motorcycles and loved to flaunt his 1000 cc motorcycle on the streets of Calcutta at a time when such a hobby was rare among Indians.
Another interesting tidbit: He was the brother of Paramhansa Yogananda, the author of 'Autobiography of a Yogi' - a book which is very popular among a niche of western readers (Steve Jobs, for example).
Somewhere down the line India lost the culture of physical excellence 😢
Not just bodybuilding and yoga, even Gama Pehelwan and Dara Singh are prime examples. Maharana Pratap was said to possess tremendous strength.
@@fookrefookre349 unfortunately the brits colonial our minds. They destroyed our culture
Actually the pics of Indian you saw the followed a routine which Eugene Sandows promoted. They were mainly from Kolkata area. That was the most developed city in whole Indian sub-continent till 1940. They learned thru books of that. Their exercise regime was 3x 30-50 reps with light weights. They used most of the free weight exercises we do today. They were modern city dwellers and were mostly from well to do families.
'Muscle Control and Barbell Exercises' is a book writtten by Indian bodybuilder which highlights various methods of diet, exercise and healing methods.
Goddamn these Indians have all the good shit.
Were the Indian bodybuilders vegans?
@@kaboom4986 not vegan but vegetarian probably ,yea for sure not vegan
Unlikely @@kaboom4986
@@kaboom4986they used to eat fish very often.
The problem for me is that it's not about whether it's possible, it's about the fact that most people today use peds to get this type of physique.
Do they though? 🤔 I have noticed that users tend to always be bloatedly big, like super round muscles but with little definition. Not as seen here in the old photos.
@@TheAmericanAmericannope your delusional there are millions of super shredded guys that has physqiues literalky imspooble to achieve without steroids Jeff physqiue is not natural let's be real here he's proper jacked and proper shredded
@@TheAmericanAmericanGuys today get that bloated belly, but with abs showing
MMA fighters and boxers look like that because all the cardio and low fat
Man, you can’t be 5’8 with 41 cm biceps, 26% fat and be 94 kg because people start running their mouth that you’re enhanced.
It’s depressing and flattering at the same time
This is what "we" need to see!
I've been mostly turned off of most gym/fitness content because of how discouraging it can be, the so called "workout motivation" can be anything but that, but this is real, I'm gonna remember this.
Historically natural testosterone levels were higher back then too
why? what different from now
@@davash5531closer to our other close relatives. We’ve gotten so far from how we used to act to the point where our testosterone is getting lower by generation. Along with body hair facial hair muscle growth and muscle density
@@davash5531 Processed shit food now days even more chemicals used in farming and stuff people consume more chemically yielded food which taste good, natural food cost more money now days too I guess
@@adriadri3624 plus lifestyle. There was a good chance that you grew up having to be physically active out of different necessities. You body develops different and that sets a base.
@@haze4622 It's true. I grew up on a farm, and then crosstrained for baseball using power lifting from a teenager into my twenties. Played in college.
Now I'm in my forties. Haven't done any serious training in almost two decades. I'm still shredded as fuck. I do literally nothing to maintain it.
It's truly not fair. People work their ass off for 1/10th of the results I get from just sitting as much as possible. I'm honestly lazy as shit, and eat whatever I want. I have no business owning this much muscle definition.
I have no explanation for it other than how I grew up. My "snacks" as a kid were just fresh vegetables, plucked off a vine. We had a small orchard for fruit too. Mom said it was worse than having a rabbit in the garden because she couldn't remove the "pest" that was stealing all her harvest. Plus, I was just running through the forest, and climbing trees all day, every day. Building forts in the woods. Just extremely active.
It wasn't even possible to get cable TV where we lived. Thirty miles from the closest McDonalds. All the shit that has fucked everyone else up just never touched me as a kid.
Thanks mom n dad. Thanks for the genetics too, I guess.
The Bengali bodybuilders from Calcutta come from the gym of Bishnu Charan Ghosh (the clean shaved guy doing the double biceps pose). The pictures are from a book, they might have used some pencil effects for a wee little bit of enhancement. This is the same gym that produced Asia's first international Bodybuilder, Monotosh Roy, the founder of Asian Bodybuilding Federation and Indian Bodybuilding Federation.
Yes, you are correct. Enhancements have been around forever. Be it physical, chemical, visual, or otherwise .
Exactly!!
That’s what I said !
There definitely are enhancements done to those pics, because I’ve seen the same pics without the enhancements.
@@benheatherkrieger79 these are from a book the name of which is not present in my memory RN. The enhancements were done for visual aesthetic purposes, these guys were no slouches though, they didn't train solely for bodybuilding, they incorporated everything, BW exercises, strongman style training etc. Fun fact, in the vernacular language i.e. Bangla, the wifebeater is called Sandow genji, the Sandow originating from Eugene Sandow who visited the city.
Man were jacked nonetheless
@@leovillant768 no doubt about that, man. I had the fortune of meeting the second international bodybuilder from Asia, Manohar Aich. He lived till 104.
That’s the power of intense full-body workouts
Don't need steroids just build up to what you're genetics allow you to all naturallll...
Genetics....current gen genes are shit....50% less sperms...testo dropping 1% every year
Not really, they change your biology
These men weren't natural. PEDs existed back in the 1930s
Dude, your physique is awesome and timeless. However, you need the cheetah loin cloth of your forefathers to truly represent!
HOO RAH
You calling him a cheetah?
😂😂
😂😂😂 "I'm here to represent, ya get me"!
What he needs is a toga and for Jessie to feed him grapes.
my pops was a natty bodybuilder in the 80's he told me all about that lifestyle back in the day. He went to a gym that was super strict about juice like they'd question you when you first came and if you bulked up real fast they'd pull you aside and kick you the fuck out.
Gonna get big one day for my pops.. ion know how the fuck he did it. Just sheer hardwork and determination. A lot a lot tougher than i am.
You know that's BS right? That whole story is nonsense.
No one in the 80s cared a out steroids. They weren't even illegal yet.
That's just a story your dad told you.
Check out Abe Goldberg, my father in law, all natural, 1950’s. No steroids. Great genes, great nutrition, phenomenally trained.
Less shitty food in grocery stores and far more organic than GMO littered crap we see these days.
Thats some father in law you got there, great physique.
But he was on meth and cocaine
Thanks for the short Jeff! These kids need to know what a real man looks like!!!
Let's see how you look. Are you 'real' man?
All of them are real photos kiddo.
@@iridium8341 none. Those are well documented images published long ago. The actual "problem" is that you people can't seen to do your own research...
Lol. I don't look at all like this. Am I not real? 😂
It is important to notice that what was considered normal testoterone levels back then ,are now considered supraphisiological ,contamination of soil/ water , heavy use of plastics , air polution ,sedentarism , increased consumption of processed and ultra processed produce are all damaging to testosterone.
Not to mention feminization due to social engineering.
They are Indian bodybuilders
And we are still doing it
@@Gauravyyyadav some never stop
Only some of them are shitlips
@@Gauravyyyadavname 1 Mr. Olympia winner that was an Indian…. I’ll wait
@@PressinPickle We don't have a steriod culture like west so there definitely no one but
According to science we have more natural testosterone that's we sweat easily and have more chest hair
These older guys worked out but they also grew up working hard and playing outside .
Everyone grew up working hard and playing outside, only the guys that worked out looked like this.
Remember that doing things SPECIFICALLY for hypertrophy is always going to make you bigger than just general physical activity. The entire point of resistance training is that it’s the MOST efficient and effective way to trigger hypertrophy, working hard and playing outside did literally nothing for their physiques.
@@dylanhoss3387 thanks for agreeing with me
Such a stupid comment
They were not forced to study for JEE NEET bullshit and then refrain from anything that helps their body function naturally by working like tech slaves for 20 hours a day
On average these kind of bodies were rare back then. This type of physique is much more prevalent these days.
Sharing! SO tired of seeing comments dismiss any impressive physique with steroid accusation.
People be haters that’s all
Also back then natural testosterone levels were (on average) a bit higher too
Not really
@@Ricky-yf1ru it's literally documented as a real problem
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32081788/
@Ricky-yf1ru yeah really. Its been dropping by approx 1%, per year for at least the last 40 years
Less processed food, and more home cooked meals.
Do you think the body fat acceptance movement is secretly being push by giant corporations pushing trash?
Were humans supposed to eat food made with seed oil?
You are what you eat. If you eat McDonalds,get yourself a pair of clown shoes
@@letsrock12345that’s not maintainable, what? XD
It has to be such a satisfaction to gain that muscle by yourself and the feeling of a great health with that great body has to be sublime
Anabolics did exist then don't be fooled by jeff
steroids or not, that kind of body is not healthy at all.
@@slain4everHot take
@@lukebrumfield5919 Not at all, low body fat isn't obtainable without health deficits.
@@BlackWolf-el3gu ehm no...
The man in the third photo is Eugen Sandow. He is considered the father of modern bodybuilding.
He's probably considered the father cause no one wanted a brown person to be known as the pioneer lol
This is such an underrated video. So many guys need to see this and hear this.
I visited Clarke Quay in Singapore where they have displayed old black and white photos of the docks back in the 1800's, being that Sg is hot as hell all the dock workers and coolies in it were topless and everyone of them looked as jacked as these old pics.
It’s also what you grew up around. As a kid in my neighborhood there were alot of natural physics walking around. It was motivational not just that it made you want to do something with it in sports and we did. Football basketball track wrestling you name it. Steroids were nowhere around in my neighborhood
Chiseled out of marble💪
Thank you❤❤❤ Natural is Awesome
Jeff isn’t natural 😂😂😂😂😂
Been a fan for a long time brother and seeing that skinny non lifting protege of your come as far as he did is great inspiration. Keep it up guys.
These are all bengali bodybuilders from Kolkata, India
The curly-haired guy is Eugen Sandow but otherwise, yeah.
@user-fl6jn1wb2tmy bro it’s about the amount of hard work you put in that…..not all the 5 ft 5 inch guys has that physique or 5 ft guys have that physique so stop saying he is shorter so it’s possible iam 6 ft so I cannot pls go to Indian village farmer they are 6 ft or 5 ft most of their physique is like that because the amount of hard work good clean food and 8 hours of sleep with a consistent way in their whole life daily routine
@user-fl6jn1wb2t Shorter guys do not build muscle faster, you just fill out your frame faster. That' also doesn't take away the fact that pre-steroid physiques were highly impressive.
@user-fl6jn1wb2tCope. Why aren't you talking about GVS Or Natural Hypertrophy, they're tall and are pretty jacked
@user-fl6jn1wb2tBengalis are not related to filipino southeast Asians in anyway
amazing. I will compete naturally, in an actual natural federation with wada testing (on show day and randomly during the off season) in september. It’s the PNBA federation. I’ll start with the NBFI wich is the italian equivalent of that and the goal is to qualify to the pnba shows like the natural olympia in october. Thanks Jeff i ve been listening to you for years
Jeff youre enhanced, give it up.
These are all Indian Bodybuilders
Except Eugene Sandow
What's your point, what does that change? Are you implying their shrooms and yoga are performance enhancing drugs?
@@someguy8419 nope. That's your implication...and tbh its a dumb one.
@@someguy8419The point is that india is not really known for asthetic physique. Instead it is known for bad unbalanced diet and physique.
@@someguy8419Don't put words in his mouth, stupid. He just said they are Indian bodybuilders that's all.
Those lats and the physique on that one guy is insane for that era💪
Also a lot of what goes into getting a picture like that isn’t just the actual working out and obtaining the physique but also literally dehydrating yourself for a while before the picture so that you can tighten the skin and show the toning of the smaller muscles along with the bulk of the larger ones. Same thing when people do weigh-ins for professional fighting, you wanna knock off as much water weight as possible. They don’t look like that every second of every day, it’s almost impossible to
I worked my ass off to get into shape, got ripped and all my mother could do was accuse me of taking steroids. You can’t choose the family you’re born into. 🤦🏻
sounds like the same kinda mom that would overstuff you with food, and call you overweight and lazy
Toxic is a nasty trait. Doesn't have to be genetic tho
Ukrainians are being destroyed systematically lmao
@@Bluzlbee I got pulled over when I was 17 on my way driving home too fast way out in the boon docks. Never had caused a problem in my life for her, but she literally happened to be driving by, pulled up, got out, and marched out red faced saying accusingly &, angrily to the cop: “WHAT did HE do?!” When in the f’g hell did I even once in my life ever do anything that would cause that response from her? The judge gave me PB&J when he saw me in a coat and tie and being VERY deferential to him. BTW, the best piece of advice I ever got was from one of my favorite law school professors: “You can NEVER suck up to a judge too much.”
I’ve been a limousine driver and driven around the world and never had a single point on my record. Anyway, have a great night.
I feel you, my mom was the same...
"Whether you believe you can or you can't, you're right" - Henry Ford. Btw, my uncle was a national champion body builder in the 1940s. He had a very similar physiques to those pictures. And he couldn't afford meat more than once or twic a week.
That's kind of a vague statement , how much meat exactly are we talking? Did you also know that back then food was significantly higher in essential minerals, thus helping those to stay fit and healthy. Now everyone is fat and eats too much salt and sugar and processed food
Milk and eggs build muscle too.
@@PapaJoJ It's vague because being unable to afford meat except once or twice a week can not be precisely quantified. If you'd like precision, it was around the 250grams per meal or half that. It could be liver, organ meat, quarter or half a chicken or red meat. His staples were fava beans, and lentils. It was all he could afford. Back in the day, people didn't have Orea for breakfast and sit around to watch TV. Fat people eat loads of meat too, not just processed food and sugar.
@RubyZan most overweight people know very little about muscle gain and fat loss, and virtually nothing of nutrition, let alone how to read labels. Food was also higher quality in those times because the soil was rich in vital minerals and vitamins. I also would like to state that you don't need to eat copious amounts of meat and protein to be muscular. Your relative obviously was knowledgeable in his calorie management
@@PapaJoJa cow
ABSOLUTELY is possible what you’re seeing here.
And inspirational!
The only thing I’d add to this is that nowadays there are (unfortunately) many, many guys out there who claim to be natural.
A lot of them are completely full of shit.
Their testimonials muddy the waters for the TRUE natural body builders.
Sure, but use of steroids these days is skyrocketing because of popularity of Sam Sulek, Tren Twins and other non-natty kids who dont yet have capacity to understand how much negative impact they have on young, gullible and naive teenagers
It helps if you've never heard of them lol
Agree In our Days those Aesthetics Guys were far more matured and also hesistant to accept or promote steriods.
Today's kids (those genz) are exposed to stuff which is beyond their infant brains.
Alas other GenZ (with same brain condition) fall victim.
Almighty save all bring some good sense.
Peace 🙏✌😌
@@Amadeus_Eisenbergyep and will forget these names real quick like who?
those indians are also all 5'0
Those people also looked like that back then, we know so much more about optimal training and diet to get even better results today
No one wants to do the proper human diet. Everyone's still looking for shortcuts. That's one big issue.
How to Get Strong and how to Stay So, written by William Blaikie, and published in 1879, is a treasure. It's very difficult to find but copies of the pages are available online. I have an original edition of the book but I rarely open it these days because it's so fragile.
People need to understand that there was only a handful of physiques like this so they had amazing genetics .
Exactly. These guys were the Mr. Olympia of their time. Pretending like those physiques are possible to anyone without great genetics or PEDs is dumb.
@noobgoestrapping5084 they kinda are though. Maybe not to everyone but your genetic limit should be at least near this because exercise science has come a VERY long way since then. They didn't have bench press or machines and they didn't know much about diet.
In fact one of the bodybuilders from this era had in their plan that they would hit chest by moving dumbells in like basically the same motion that would be done on a machine press. The problem with that being that's a front delt exercise not a chest exercise.
Clearly their future selfs traveled into the past to drop some test needles nearby
Only a handful of people trained back then...
@@branc4973 exactly
I wonder how much of a part the food they were eating back then played a part. The soil in the ground rich in minerals and no gmo's probably played a larger role to attain their lean bodys than most would think
It played a bigger part of it than most people want to imagine.
Those indian bodybuilders were on fish diet most of the time , broiler chickens weren't a thing back. Their book mentions equal amounts of veggies and fish and training
@@eswaran6453 wild caught fish like salmon and cod with vegetables sounds like a recipe for success to me.
@@PapaJoJ absolutely and they consumed A2 Milk from indian cows not these hybrid jersey milks
They probably ate way less than we do like guys in prison a lot of those dude have low body fat so there muscles show more
Some of the photos shown looked like they’d been airbrushed.
This is actually where the term “airbrushing” comes from. Artists would edit photos by airbrushing over them to cover acne, scars, or even exaggerate features.
Some photos of women with a small waist from corseting were achieved through airbrushing.
When part of the picture is unusually smooth, it’s often a sign of airbrushing. Especially areas that aren’t in focus.
It's real bro.
Di Maria enter the bodybuilding😮
They didn't have micro plastics wrecking their hormones. Better food too.
Highly unlikely that they had access to better food. Most of them were most likely on high-carb-diets for most of their lives, as was the norm those days. Fresh vegetables or fruit were only seasonably available, meat was not necessarily the best cut, and hardly affordable on a regular basis. They probably ate more eggs.
@qwktube Whatever you say about food quality, they still wouldn't be flooded with microplastics, xenoestrogens, seed oils, preservatives, GMOs and industrial pollutants. Anything from back then is nowhere near as poisoned as it is today. NOT EVEN CLOSE.
@@James.B.Russell start informing yourself about health risks, and don't believe the conspiracy theory tinfoil hats. Most of the things you mentioned have no noticeable effect on health outcomes in the doses we find in foods today. GMOs are even "healthier" than normal crops.
About the "poisoning": back then, food quality overall was terrible worldwide, millions of people died because of natural food poisoning, most children were malnourished, healthcare was inaccessible to most.
The simple truth is, food quality today is better than ever before. Food availability is better than ever before. Food diversity is better than ever before. And if you're concerned about GMOs or some other scare, it's easier than ever before to know where your food came from and make the according choices.
Instead they had lead poisoning, malnutrition, probably working in a factory since they were 5 years old and 2 world wars to top it all off. Trust me man they werent doing much better
Their activity level was through the roof compared to today. Everything in life was hard work to make it happen - to just get groceries on the table. All these dudes were probably lean as hell since birth as many people were. Add 15-20lbs of good muscle and they look fantastic
This is true bodybuilding. This is supposed to be a lifestyle that enhances and prolongs your life, not one that prematurely ends it.
In fifth picture the guy looks looks familiar :D
Jesse’s grandfather
No matter what, even if you’re a lil bit big a cut up there’s always one fool who’s gonna think steroid use.
I don’t like that people ignore genetics. Not saying that they should be an excuse to not try, but damn just remember different strokes for different folks, and results will vary.
You see jacked guys like these every day in India doing hard labor and eating basic food, sometimes not even able to afford 3 meals a day
So having a good balance diet also myth?
@@ravenjorge2830 nah, if you want jacked like those guys without diet then just simply imitate their work per day....work extremely hard with basic meals only
can you share some accounts? photos? I somehow doubt they're THAT jacked. muscular, maybe, but not like the dudes in this video.
@@thebagelchief1140 they probably just look jacked because of low body fat.
@@thebagelchief1140 i believe jacked word not justifying their physique they are more into ripped and muscular rather than big frame. I would call jacked someone having boxer physique kinda look.
Majority of people forget that its also LARGLY due to genetics.
I tell people this all the time. When I was in my thirties, I ate right and worked out religiously . I got asked what juice I was on multiple times, and it really used to piss me off.
The easiest way to confirm if someone’s using steroids is if they’re bigger than you.
Not entirely true..
@@TrainWithBrendanit’s a joke.
I've lived it and done it. Lifetime drug-free is me!
The biggest question, Quality of food and ingredients they put in now a days are way extreme comparatively
Those pics make me question my masculinity. 😯
They had 12 times more testosterone than we do naturally in our time.
I love the photo of the guy with the curly mustache at the end 😊 Classic
Those indian bodybuilders are so good looking.
You never used steroid????
Food back then wasn’t junk and processed like today. That helped out a lot aside from their dedication.
Genetics were much better in that generation.
Old school had to use hard work for years, today it's how much your work can pay for enhancers.
Those were Indian body builders from the 30s, Roy and Ghosh? I don't remember but they published a book on barbell and dumbbell training.
I've tried arguing with people too many times to get them to see reason. It's literally an ego reflex like you described. Someone feels bad about the kind of shape that they're in they will never accept that it's possible to be better without money, pharmaceuticals, a trainer, tons of free time. It's a cope. You can't break through a cope because the person is shielding their fragile ego with it.
Genetics and predispositions play a huge role. TRT and steroids have their place by making these physiques more available to everyone else.
You gotta remember people were much shorter back then. Short people appear to have bigger muscles because of the relative size of their frame.
These bodybuilders except one person of them were from India and Bangladesh (Bangladesh was also a part of India that time)
India builders in the video are from Bengal, names in random order S Bose, Suhodh Mukherjee, Budla Bose, Sushil Chakraborty, Began Raj
It was common in old photos to have pictures touched up by hand. Look closer, most of those are altered
these guys trained very hard over a long period of time. Many were strongmen of their times. they look good.
You missed one pre steroids Indian bodybuilder Manohar Aich, he ate rice 4 times a day and hit the gym till 101, he lived for 104 yrs. People back then had less stress and cleaner food and lots of physical activity.
They are from akhadas , every indian village use to have these akhadas back then but now its rare to find them
I imagine back then being genetically gifted was more important than it is today, people who could never look like that naturally can now attain it
I appreciate natural approach to building
might PEDs level the playing field for other body types to compete? yeah those that have mesomorph physicality will get even bigger causing the usage of PEDsas a form of keeping up with the other physiques a way of keeping their advantage.
You can have a lot more mass as well natural.
The problem is maintaining a shredded natural physique. To be in competition shape at 200lbs for a few weeks or months a year is obtainable. But to be 200lbs shredded all year long is a different story.. 165lbs or under is more realistic for a natty to also be shredded.
This is just generally, there will always be exceptions, and this is for people under 6'1". At 6"5' 200lbs fits differently on the frame.
This confirms even stronger to me that some folks I see are 100 on gear. Lol. These pics show guys who are shredded & have crazy definition for sure, BUT they don’t have muscles abruptly bulging out of muscles & don’t look like the Hulk.
Wow, proud to see so many Indian bodybuilders from the past.
One thing I would think plays into that tho is the lifestyle back then , natural test levels would of been a lot hiring due to things like oestrogen , micro plastics etc etc that have reduced our natural test as a average male population over time
Testosterone was synthesized a few decades earlier than it became available for general use. Effevtively everyone before mid-1950s can be assumed clean.
I like all of your content and you’ve got loads of great info that’s helped me tremendously but It’s the physique at your age not the physique period that make people assume you’re on stuff.
How old were these guys in the old photos? I’m sure much younger.
Also have to consider natural test levels were multiples higher at that time
That physique is definitely attainable and even with better nutrition nowadays. I'd say physique bigger are also possible
Real men essence way back, pure, silent, mighty. 💪👑
That's my guy, Bishnu Charan Ghosh. LFG!
People put in 0 work and think the people who do are cheating
This is what a lean physique looks like. This is practical, efficient, and healthy. When you bulk past your bodies natural limit, you’re basically limiting how many years you want to live.
What they don’t mention is in the 1920s test levels were naturally about double what they are now
And the cool thing about these physiques are that you can maintain them even up in later years.
People simply say impossible or on roids to things they can't get or not bother to do hard work themselves
What’s the name of the book you’re using for pics/sources. Thank you. I used to have that book that had all of these guys in it when I was a kid.
this was also before chest/shoulder workouts was a thing they did a lot of legs and deadlifts back then
Roman sculptors and painters were creating works of art featuring incredible, superhuman physiques. Steroids CERTAINLY didn't exist back then but these artist were drawing thede images and inspirations from something that must have existed.
Those are true healthy fitness bodies. Dynamic Tension based on Sanchin is escential for it .