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[Shane Nokes]

Lamp0, on 28 November 2012 - 15:21, said:

That is just not naturally possible, not at all. 80Ibs of muscle is HUGE amount. You wouldn't get that in 5 years of hardcore workouts & nutrition.

Bale also didn't look like he was on steriods. More reastically he probably gained 8–10Ibs of muscle.




Damn, I don't remeber that at all. Though I haven't read it since the 90's.

Actually it is possible. He filmed 'The Machinist' while weighing 120lbs after a weight loss of 63lbs for the role.

He had 5 months after filming finished at that 120lbs to get up to the 220lb weight required for Batman Begins.

You don't have to take my word for it:

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Christian Bale's physique in this Batman revamp may not be the most spectacular on the list, but consider this — six months before playing the caped crusader, Bale weighed 120 pounds. Taking a page out of Robert De Niro's playbook, the Welsh actor had dropped over 60 pounds (mostly through a steady diet of coffee and apples) for his role as an emaciated insomniac in the psychological thriller The Machinist. When he landed the lead in Batman Begins, Bale only had half a year to get in shape. Wasting no time, Bale started a high protein diet while utilizing heavy core training, plyometrics and resistance training. By the time cameras were ready to roll, Bale had packed on 100 solid pounds. Ironically, director Christopher Nolan felt Bale had gotten too bulky and ordered him to drop 20 pounds.

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Due to his part in The Machinist (aka The Machinist), Christian Bale was vastly underweight (about 120 pounds on his 6 foot+ frame) when he was under consideration for the part. After being cast, he was told to become as "big as you could be" by Christopher Nolan. Bale underwent a dietary and exercise regimen and ending up weighing about 220 pounds

[fixxxer2013]

Lord Method Man, on 28 November 2012 - 14:09, said:

Why can't they just leave well enough alone?

leave what alone? did you think they would stop making batman films after the nolan ones?

Rappy, on 28 November 2012 - 14:07, said:

I agree

meh... give him a chance rappy, they were going to reboot batman anyways. you said the same about chris evans as captain and id say that turned out pretty good.

[Rappy]

smooth3006, on 28 November 2012 - 15:51, said:

meh... give him a chance rappy, they were going to reboot batman anyways. you said the same about chris evans as captain and id say that turned out pretty good.

I love how you pick my comment out, past track record with the Cap I wouldn't say it turned out well from my pov weakest part of the avengers but yeah Box Office wise yeah it did turn out well

I don't see a Justice League movie ever happening and if it does it won't be done how it should really be done...DC are so behind Marvel in terms of Superhero movies

[fixxxer2013]

Rappy, on 28 November 2012 - 15:57, said:

I love how you pick my comment out, past track record with the Cap I wouldn't say it turned out well from my pov weakest part of the avengers but yeah Box Office wise yeah it did turn out well

I don't see a Justice League movie ever happening and if it does it won't be done how it should really be done...DC are so behind Marvel in terms of Superhero movies

i don't think any justice movie will top the avengers tbh. heck im not even excited about the superman reboot as of yet and im about the biggest man of steel fan out there. DC has alot of catching up to do.

[Lamp0]

Shane Nokes, on 28 November 2012 - 15:39, said:

Actually it is possible. He filmed 'The Machinist' while weighing 120lbs after a weight loss of 63lbs for the role.

He had 5 months after filming finished at that 120lbs to get up to the 220lb weight required for Batman Begins.

You don't have to take my word for it:

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It doesn say anything about gaining 80Ibs of muscle. Even it did it's still nonsense. It can't happen; it's biologically impossible without steriods.... even then, I don't know how possible it would be without severe health implications.

[Pupik]

By the end of the last batman movie, I would of guessed they would go for Batman Beyond type of thing. And he fits perfectly for the part.

[Shane Nokes]

Lamp0, on 28 November 2012 - 18:20, said:

It doesn say anything about gaining 80Ibs of muscle. Even it did it's still nonsense. It can't happen; it's biologically impossible without steriods.... even then, I don't know how possible it would be without severe health implications.

*sighs*

Ok you know better than everyone. Where'd you study for your degree in nutrition?

[perochan]

i think it is pretty impossible to gain 100lb in 5 months and even if this is true it has to have some kind of external factors like drugs or something.

[Rappy]

Pupik, on 28 November 2012 - 18:30, said:

By the end of the last batman movie, I would of guessed they would go for Batman Beyond type of thing. And he fits perfectly for the part.

I agree, I would like another movie by maybe an upcoming director giving it a go in the same universe

[Shane Nokes]

/Facepalm

Ok...so Christian Bale, his trainers, the crews of The Machinist & Batman Begins, and reality itself are all liars.

[Lamp0]

Shane Nokes, on 28 November 2012 - 19:32, said:

*sighs*

Ok you know better than everyone. Where'd you study for your degree in nutrition?

There is no need to start acting like a child.

[mastermate]

The whole weight/muscle mass gain interested me so after a tiny bit of Google I found this:

http://www.t-nation....out_bulking&cr=

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Under the best possible circumstances (perfect diet, training, supplementation, and recovery strategies) the average male body can manufacture between 0.25 and 0.5 pounds of dry muscle tissue per week. That is the amount your natural body chemistry will allow you to build. So we're talking about around one or two pounds per month. It may not sound like much, but that can add up to twelve to twenty pounds over one year of training.

[Shane Nokes]

Lamp0, on 28 November 2012 - 21:12, said:

There is no need to start acting like a child.

I wasn't. I asked where you studied, as I was curious. The reason being I actually do have a bit of a medical background.

[Shane Nokes]

mastermate, on 28 November 2012 - 21:37, said:

The whole weight/muscle mass gain interested me so after a tiny bit of Google I found this:

http://www.t-nation....out_bulking&cr=

Ok, then explain how Christian Bale managed it if it's as impossible as all of you claim...

Can any of you deny that he weighed 120lbs at the end of filming The Machinist?
Can any of you deny that 6 months later that he was a very fit, lean, muscled 210lbs after final training?

If you cannot do either of those things...then clearly it's not impossible. So then I ask you to explain what sort of magic is involved

[AngelGraves13]

Bale isn't just a man...he's more than a man. He's Batman. End of story.