I think it is really going to happen this time and I CAN'T WAIT!!

If filming starts in January how buff can he honestly get in 2 and a half months?

@samuel Indeed. It's taken me over 2 years of weight training 5 days a week to get reasonably muscular, but then again I don't have the benefit of being able to spend countless hours in the gym every day, a personal trainer, or steroids to make gains very quickly.

@durendal Does time do anything? Like if you weight train 1 hour per day, 5 days a week, for 4 weeks, do you get the same results if you work out 5 hours a day for 4 days?

Hell may actually freeze over.

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@durendal Does time do anything? Like if you weight train 1 hour per day, 5 days a week, for 4 weeks, do you get the same results if you work out 5 hours a day for 4 days?

Finally. A time for me to flex some of my knowledge and avoid doing work. I'll try to keep this as concise as possible. The short answer to your question is: No. You absolutely will not get the same results if you train 5 hours a day for 4 days as you would 1 hour per day, 5 days a week. No one should be training 5 hours a day. 

Now lets get to the long answer: There is a huge diminishing return if you do anymore than 4-8 working sets per muscle group in a single session (a working set does not include any warm-up sets, for example, using a lighter weight or the barbell to warm-up before doing a bench press). If you're wanting to do more than 4-8 working sets for a muscle group in a week (which you absolutely need to if you want to see results faster/more consistently) you'd need to split that volume up over multiple different work out sessions throughout the week. This is why folks usually do different types of splits, some common workout splits are: Push Pull Legs (so 3 days working out, one day off, 3 on, etc.), Upper Lower, or 4 and 5 day splits. I'm currently using Push Pull Legs, but I'm considering rotating to a 5 day split with a push emphasis (what this means is that 3 days a week you do "push" exercises which are shoulders, chest and triceps and then I'd sprinkle some leg exercises in on 2 of my 3 push days).

If you use a "bro split" and blast 20 working sets of chest 1 day a week, every week you will gain noticeably less muscle. This is what is referred to as  "junk" volume. Basically, once you hit a given muscle group with 4-8 hard working sets, every subsequent set is going to be less and less effective the more you do and also lengthen your recovery time. Your chest is going to be so destroyed that most of the energy is going to be used to simply repair, rather than repair the muscle AND make it grow bigger. 

Now there are a variety of individuals that will do a couple of workouts in a day. There is really only two reasons to do this: 1. Split up any cardio from weight training 2. You're on steroids. For cardio to be the most effective and to ensure your muscles have the best recovery possible you should always be doing cardio in a separate work out session from weight training if possible. For regular people (like myself) this isn't possible or is very difficult to achieve. Therefore, you should only be doing cardio after a weight training session, never before (to ensure your best performance possible while lifting). The other reason many actors or professional bodybuilders do two workout sessions per day is because they're on steroids and they're able to recover incredibly quickly. Steroids really are like magic. Its absolutely insane how effective they are for some individuals and how fast you're able to gain muscle. 

In the case of Nicholas, he seems to have a fairly lean, decently muscular physique right now. If they aren't using CGI for the He-Man muscles and transformation I can guarantee that he's going to be absolutely juiced to the gills on gear (steroids). There is a good chance that Camila is also going to be using PED's of some kind as well if they want her to become a more muscular Teela. Alternatively, they could also use a fake muscle suit (which can look really realistic). The honest to god fact is: if you're an action hero movie star in modern day Hollywood, you're on steroids. That is the only possible way they're able to achieve these amazing transformations in such short periods of time. There's not enough chicken and broccoli in the world to fuel those bodies in such a short time frames

Like @durendal said it takes an incredible amount of consistency and time to build muscle naturally. You can achieve amazing results this way, but you're looking at YEARS of dedication to achieve your natural potential. All the while being fully dialed in on your training, nutrition and sleep. If Nicholas wanted to be He-Man big naturally, he'd be looking at 2-5 years of hard training depending on his genetics and other factors (current physique, coaching, nutrition, etc.)

Currently, I'm about a month into Year 3 of training and hitting my first proper cut, though its more like Year 2 because while my training was consistent during my first year, my nutrition left much to be desired and many gains were left on the table. All that being said, it is a process and its a hell of a lot of fun once you get into it. This comment ended up being longer than I originally anticipated and you probably got more than you bargained for with your post so hopefully this is helpful. If you have any other questions I'd be happy to answer. 

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@durendal Does time do anything? Like if you weight train 1 hour per day, 5 days a week, for 4 weeks, do you get the same results if you work out 5 hours a day for 4 days?

Finally. A time for me to flex some of my knowledge and avoid doing work. I'll try to keep this as concise as possible. The short answer to your question is: No. You absolutely will not get the same results if you train 5 hours a day for 4 days as you would 1 hour per day, 5 days a week. No one should be training 5 hours a day. 

Now lets get to the long answer: There is a huge diminishing return if you do anymore than 4-8 working sets per muscle group in a single session (a working set does not include any warm-up sets, for example, using a lighter weight or the barbell to warm-up before doing a bench press). If you're wanting to do more than 4-8 working sets for a muscle group in a week (which you absolutely need to if you want to see results faster/more consistently) you'd need to split that volume up over multiple different work out sessions throughout the week. This is why folks usually do different types of splits, some common workout splits are: Push Pull Legs (so 3 days working out, one day off, 3 on, etc.), Upper Lower, or 4 and 5 day splits. I'm currently using Push Pull Legs, but I'm considering rotating to a 5 day split with a push emphasis (what this means is that 3 days a week you do "push" exercises which are shoulders, chest and triceps and then I'd sprinkle some leg exercises in on 2 of my 3 push days).

If you use a "bro split" and blast 20 working sets of chest 1 day a week, every week you will gain noticeably less muscle. This is what is referred to as  "junk" volume. Basically, once you hit a given muscle group with 4-8 hard working sets, every subsequent set is going to be less and less effective the more you do and also lengthen your recovery time. Your chest is going to be so destroyed that most of the energy is going to be used to simply repair, rather than repair the muscle AND make it grow bigger. 

Now there are a variety of individuals that will do a couple of workouts in a day. There is really only two reasons to do this: 1. Split up any cardio from weight training 2. You're on steroids. For cardio to be the most effective and to ensure your muscles have the best recovery possible you should always be doing cardio in a separate work out session from weight training if possible. For regular people (like myself) this isn't possible or is very difficult to achieve. Therefore, you should only be doing cardio after a weight training session, never before (to ensure your best performance possible while lifting). The other reason many actors or professional bodybuilders do two workout sessions per day is because they're on steroids and they're able to recover incredibly quickly. Steroids really are like magic. Its absolutely insane how effective they are for some individuals and how fast you're able to gain muscle. 

In the case of Nicholas, he seems to have a fairly lean, decently muscular physique right now. If they aren't using CGI for the He-Man muscles and transformation I can guarantee that he's going to be absolutely juiced to the gills on gear (steroids). There is a good chance that Camila is also going to be using PED's of some kind as well if they want her to become a more muscular Teela. Alternatively, they could also use a fake muscle suit (which can look really realistic). The honest to god fact is: if you're an action hero movie star in modern day Hollywood, you're on steroids. That is the only possible way they're able to achieve these amazing transformations in such short periods of time. There's not enough chicken and broccoli in the world to fuel those bodies in such a short time frames

Like @durendal said it takes an incredible amount of consistency and time to build muscle naturally. You can achieve amazing results this way, but you're looking at YEARS of dedication to achieve your natural potential. All the while being fully dialed in on your training, nutrition and sleep. If Nicholas wanted to be He-Man big naturally, he'd be looking at 2-5 years of hard training depending on his genetics and other factors (current physique, coaching, nutrition, etc.)

Currently, I'm about a month into Year 3 of training and hitting my first proper cut, though its more like Year 2 because while my training was consistent during my first year, my nutrition left much to be desired and many gains were left on the table. All that being said, it is a process and its a hell of a lot of fun once you get into it. This comment ended up being longer than I originally anticipated and you probably got more than you bargained for with your post so hopefully this is helpful. If you have any other questions I'd be happy to answer. 

 

Thanks for the reply. People used to stereotype muscle guys as kind of dumb but I can see there is a science to it. Too much for me hah.