Originally Posted by
pgjackson
You remind me of my old workout partner in the Marines. One of those guys who was naturally lean and muscular no matter what they ate. This guy could eat Popeyes fried chicken three times a day and still look like Apollo Creed. He and I lifted the same weight, had about the same cardio, but he was just always ripped. There are freaks like that out there that blow up the whole bell curve. You are correct, there are no cookie cutter solutions. Just lots of trial and error to see what works.
Nothing "natural" about it in my case. I do absurd amounts of cardio to be able to do this. Even so, if I ate Popeyes three times a day, I'm sure I'd get fat. But there's definitely guys like that, it really seems weird when you see it.