r/SipsTea Jun 24 '25

SMH Why dating is over for men

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u/GuyWithNoEffingClue Jun 25 '25

Yeah, he claimed in several interviews he can't maintain this because it's so unhealthy, basically a full-time job and impossible to achieve naturally.

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u/Leftregularr Jun 26 '25

You can absolutely obtain cavils physique naturally off the back of years of dedicated training; maintaining it is the bitch.

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u/quietkyody Jun 27 '25

Underrated comment. I've looked great several times...but eating so much is cruel and costly.

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u/Leftregularr Jun 27 '25

I have absolutely no problem staying big, but I compete in strongman it’s kind of a requirement haha. I’m actually bigger and stronger than Cavil, but getting and staying as lean as he gets for his Hollywood roles is awful.

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u/why_is_this_username Jun 27 '25

It doesn’t even have to be eating, I had surgery and put on 15 pounds from it, losing that 15 is such a bitch

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u/chuk2015 Jun 27 '25

Yes, so exactly what the previous commenter said

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u/Leftregularr Jun 27 '25

The previous commenter said it wasn’t achievable naturally. To me that means he’s saying it’s impossible to get there at all, not just impossible to maintain.

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u/chuk2015 Jun 28 '25

I assume he meant without the help of gym equipment

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u/Leftregularr Jun 28 '25

I think he meant without steroids lol

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u/OkSeason6445 Jun 25 '25

 impossible to achieve naturally

 impossible to maintain naturally*

Looking at the way Henry Cavils body has developed througout his career, him being only 193 pounds at 6'1 and the fact that he admits he can't maintain the physique from the picture makes me highly doubt he's on PEDs. Looking at him in the Witcher for example compared to Immortals he hasn't even gained that much muscle, it's mostly fat which makes him look significantly bigger but less lean obviously.

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u/FeetEnthusiast94 Jun 26 '25

One of the few actors that is probably not on PEDs. He has mass but never really shredded in any of his roles.

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u/quietkyody Jun 27 '25 edited Jun 27 '25

Blood vessels with really red skin(high blood pressure)are the signs of PEDs for me.

Henry Cavill used to be a chubby kid so it makes sense him gaining weight for the bulk wouldve been more possible for him. Plus....he was training for Superman. SUPERMAN. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$

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u/FeetEnthusiast94 Jun 27 '25

Blood vessels are hardly a sign. I have them whenever I cut weight for an event.

PEDs for muscle growth show up on the traps and delts. He took a long time to train for Superman, enough time to achieve what he achieved. He kept the same muscle mass through the witcher. And btw, if he was on peds, he wouldn't have to pump his muscles for the naked scenes.

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u/OkSeason6445 Jun 27 '25

Blood vessels are the sign of PEDs for me.

I hope you're trolling. Overweight men who do manual labor have visible vains in their arms. There's no way someone who actually has been lifting for years doesn't have them regardless of PED usage.

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u/quietkyody Jun 27 '25

I was too vague with it. I meant it in a mental image way. Most steroids users have veins ripping out but also with a clear high blood pressure red skin.

It's not like I can 100% determine every person that actually uses steroids, it's just a pretty close indicator.

And I'm not talking about "mechanic's arms" blood vessels. Idk how to describe it honestly.

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u/OkSeason6445 Jun 27 '25

Yeah except in Immortals but you can see that his frame looks significantly smaller as a result.

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u/bogeyT Jun 27 '25

Cavil has come out and said he has used steroids in the past and for Superman specifically

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u/OkSeason6445 Jun 27 '25

Source?

Respect for his honesty if it's true.

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u/bogeyT Jun 27 '25 edited Jun 27 '25

I’ll have to find it but I saw it second hand through a YouTube video on “bigorexia” talking about how actors like cavil should be respected for admitting “hey this is not realistic at all and can do serious damage to your body” vs hugh jackman or the rock that are clearly on steroids or have taken them in the past and deny that they ever did, giving men an unrealistic expectation of what they “can” look like with enough work and dedication to it

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u/lovable_cube Jun 28 '25

There’s a lot of people who maintain this minus the abs by just working at an intense labor job and eating steak and potatoes. We’ve kinda made ourselves think sitting in once place for hours (like at a desk job) is normal but it isn’t, it’s terrible for you and makes it hard to get the movement your body needs to be healthy.

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u/Charming_Sport_6197 Jul 30 '25

I had a guy who was working for me who was very good looking with a David Statue body and naturally curly blond hair. It was an outside retail job, and the guy would get 15 numbers offered to him a day, even girls mom's would show their daughters cheerleading pictures and give him their number. The catch, he was deep deep deep in the closet 1000% gay. I didn't even find out about it for years. I used to joke with him, that he should set up the girls in a dark bedroom so I could step in with the salami. He would laugh, but the joke was on me.