superhero workouts

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putting those muscles to good use.

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The Legend of the CW Hunks

At five bells, the Hunks’ perfectly shaped heads bow in devotion. Biceps flexed in unison.

At six bells, the consuming of the holy protein. The Hunks genuflect to the divine executives deciding their fates. Extending a favor, a paycheck, an opportunity of greatness afforded by basic cable. Promising internet fandom, Entertainment Weekly quarter page. A spot on TMZ being a dick in a club parking lot. It is all almost within their reach.

At seven til 15 bells, they train with dedication and GQ focus. The shining equipment are tools to their transcendence. “Genericness above all else!” they chant. The Hunks’ Commandments the key to heaven’s gate. The Holy Reps. The Worthy Abs. Observance of Leg Day. “No penance no ascendance,” they grunt, glistening with perspiration. The body is the temple, and worship Tumblr will. Let the viewer not tax themselves with personality or facial asymmetry. The extra reps could be all that saves them from being cast out into the dark, camera-less void.   [source]

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"...when I can manipulate my own body weight, that is the true test of strength."

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"sex is everywhere, and it provides the CW with one way to stand out from the crowd." [source]

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"the desire for military and bodily expansion meet at the very juncture where the goals of the state and the goals of a profitable multinational corporation overlap: consumption and building the body."

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"A fat Superman would never fly. A pudgy Spiderman can't swing. And an actor who can't get jacked on deadline doesn't have a shot at being a leading man in today's Hollywood."

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"Our readers want the concept that this body is natural," said Sarah Toland, senior health editor for Men's Journal. "A body that is inspired by nature, rather than machine." The male silhouette landing on magazine covers and action flicks is tall, lean, agile and fit.

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"much has been written about how porn is poised to go mainstream. Well, guess what? It already has. Sporno-sport that acknowledges and exploits the voyeuristic, usually homoerotic, thrill that fit male bodies throwing themselves against other fit male bodies can generate is already the acceptable, ruddy-cheeked outdoor-broadcasting face of porn."

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What are the odds that someone could get through a regimen like this cleanly? Zero percent.  [source]

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...the workout, as the contradictory synthesis of work and leisure, may well represent the most highly evolved commodity form yet to appear in late twentieth-century consumer capitalism.

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Men's Health covers with actors who have played superheroes.

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punching bag, essential workout equipment.

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"The most fun I've ever had doing something active? I probably can't mention here ...but my son was the result of it."

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Over the next hour, [Amell] pushes himself through a workout so grueling it would discourage anyone from becoming a superhero or an actor. Hanging leg lifts. Overhead squats. Dead lifts. Side-plank push-ups. Medicine-ball push-ups. Front rollout with barbell. Rowing machine. Running. More. And again. By the end, he looks shelled and pale. Asked if he feels ready to go to the set and beat up some bad guys, Amell says, "Actually, I feel like I have to barf."

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"a new breed of onscreen talent is closing the gap between actors and real-life superheroes"

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The Sexiest Man Alive of this moment is reliably white, straight, mid-30s, handsome to women, relatable to men, ideally suitable for both your grandmother’s coffee table and your niece’s Tumblr, mired in no known scandals, famous enough to have starred in a blockbuster film or high-rated television show in the past year, but desperate enough to agree to subject himself to a revealing shirtless pictorial and embarrassing psycho-sexual interview in People’s pages.

a look back at the logics behind People's Sexiest Man Alive.

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The TRUE Star Of Arrow Returns This Week: The Salmon Ladder

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We all know who strategically placed those lights ;) Everyone everywhere thanks you for your work.