Brad Pitt in Fight Club

[Sarutobi]

Greetings all. I am much too lazy to search through the hundreds of posts dealing with training to find this, so I thought I'd start a new one.
I am a textbook definiton of a hard-gainer, but I'm fine with this. My fitness role models have been people like Bruce Lee, Brad Pitt, and gurus like Jack LaLanne. My goal is to look like Brad Pitt did in "Fight Club" (before the oil and lights-for-shadows were used, of course). I was wondering if anyone out there had any info to the workout he did to get into that kind of shape.
I am doing a Density Program right now, and once I finish this next cycle I'm going to start doing 8 sets of 8 and cardio. With proper diet, should I just keep to this path or do something different to get into that kind of shape?
I'm 22 years old, 142 pounds, 5-11% bodyfat. Thanks!

Sarutobi

 

[ihateschoolmt]

My goal is to look like Brad Pitt did in "Fight Club"

I didn't see fight club, are you trying to gain or loose weight?

 

[Stu]

8 sets of 8

is that per body part or per exercise

whats your diet like?

 

[Sarutobi]

I trying to get more muscle definition, so I guess I'm trying to lose weight. I don't know- I think if I get my bodyfat down any lower (on a permanent basis, that is), it might be a bit unhealthy. You should definitely see "Fight Club". The movie is pretty out there, but still awesome!

 

[Sarutobi]

8 sets of 8 is an excellent workout program designed to increase muscular definition. It was invented by one of Arnold's first personal traininers when he came to the US (Vince something). What you do is you take a weight that you can only do 8 reps max with. For the sake of easy math, let's just say 100 pounds. You then take that weight and divide in by 50% or 40%, so let's just say 50 pounds. You then do one one set of 8, rest 10-30 seconds (depending on your conditioning), then do another set of 8, rest 10-30 seconds, etc. Continue until you do 8 reps. If you finish the 7th and 8th set, increase the weight because you're supposed to. Do this for every body part (the magazine actually had 3 different exercises per body part, done with 8 sets of 8!). The burn is incredible!
My diet is not very exact, like "I eat this amount of that every day". I eat a lot of rice, chicken, turkey, broccoli, fish, noodles, apples, and I drink lots of water and tea (genmai, green, and iced sweet tea with lemon). I have a natural liking for lean meats, but I do enjoy the occasional steak (hmm... Texas Roadhouse is sounding mighty fine right now ). Like I said, I don't measure what I eat and drink, I just eat until I'm full.

 

[LW83]

lol

It's all about diet buddy. ALL of it.

 

[PreMier]

I wish I was as HUGE as Brad Pitt in fight club

 

[P-funk]

need to get your diet down.

also, 5-11% is a pretty broad range of BF% you are claiming. Ever have it tested?

 

[P-funk]

I wish I was as HUGE as Brad Pitt in fight club

hahahaha...yeah, if I were that huge I don't know what I would do.........probably model underware.

 

[LAM]

hahahaha...yeah, if I were that huge I don't know what I would do.........

I'd shoot myself. I'd have to lose about 60 lbs of LBM !

 

[huesoloco]

Brad Pitt is definately to small for me. He only benches 220.

 

[VipeR]

only 220??

some people would kill for that

 

[Sarutobi]

lol! Thanks for all the replies! If it's all in the diet, then I'll search around the nutrition section and find some stuff out. I have had my body-fat percentage tested. It was tested by my "Dimensions of Well Being" professor. He said that it was a broad range because the scale may read more later in the day, like after you eat. It seemed pretty broad to me too, but I took his word for it. I was happy to hear just 5%! On a side note, I don't want to be big like Brad Pitt. I want to be big like... Orlando Bloom. j/k!

 

[joesmooth20]

www.musclegaintips.com it's kinda spendy but I have heard very good things about this
program

 

[LAM]

www.musclegaintips.com

 

[joesmooth20]

what? is there something I haven't heard???? must be

 

[LW83]

only 220??

some people would kill for that

at like 140lbs to boot! tHAT'S NOTHING TO BE ASHAMED OF!

 

[Little Wing]

he had some muscle then n it's nice to see guys shooting for this look not just
hhhhhhhhhuuuuuuuuuuugggggggggggeeeeeee all the time. i think the guys with the more realistic goals are going to be the happiest in the long run.

 

[Little Wing]

if i could bench 220 i'd be hhhhhhuuuuuuuuuugggggggeeeee

 

[musclepump]

Problem is just because something worked for Pitt, doesn't mean it will work for any of us.

 

[maniclion]

Isn't Fight Club the movie where he said "Self-improvement is masturbation. Now self-destruction..."

 

[P-funk]

yes

 

[Sarutobi]

It is true that what worked for Pitt won't necessarily work for me, but if I can find out what he did (and it looks like I won't be able to get any specifics), perhaps I can find the basis of the workout and modify it to fit my needs. The exact line that Pitt uses is "Self-improvement is masturbation... and self-destruction". As for the big thing, I'm not looking to get big. I'm also a martial artist (well, a combat artist, not the one's prancing about in flashy uniforms and winning trophies and doing flips and all that), so being big won't necessarily be good for me. I just want to be fit and keep it throughout my life, like Jack LaLanne.

 

[P-funk]

from the looks of it I would say he ate very little and lifted very heavy pink dumbells.

 

[Brolly]

whats it matter if he benches 220.. that means nothing, size of the person and how strong they are have a fairly weak corelation

 

[Navyguy808]

from the looks of it I would say he ate very little and lifted very heavy pink dumbells.

 

[pumpthatiron]

from the looks of it I would say he ate very little and lifted very heavy pink dumbells.

 

[Little Wing]

well sometimes "the looks of it" could be decieving. like you could see someones avatar and the pose could make you think it's an old man or that kid with downs sydrome that had the show.... but oops it's not. a lot of avatars make you think someones a really hot chick but oops it's mino which then becomes really confusing till you realize she's a really hot chick... or....

 

[DamnHardGainer]

I agree. Pitt had a nice physique in Fight Club. After that in Snatch he gave up a some size but still had a nice lean form. I'd say he was his biggest in Troy. He's not a big guy, an ecto for sure, but when he works out the mass looks good on the smaller frame. IMO, it's a perfectly respectable physique and most women will agree with that. I can't even watch Troy with a woman without dragging her tongue off the floor.

 

[Stu]

I agree. Pitt had a nice physique in Fight Club. After that in Snatch he gave up a some size but still had a nice lean form. I'd say he was his biggest in Troy. He's not a big guy, an ecto for sure, but when he works out the mass looks good on the smaller frame. IMO, it's a perfectly respectable physique and most women will agree with that. I can't even watch Troy with a woman without dragging her tongue off the floor.

how do you know hes an ectomorph? like most people that claim to be hard gainers he probably just doesnt eat correctly