It seems like the average person looks at any well-crafted physique and automatically assumes it’s steroids. Considering how much a physique relies on diet and exercise, I generally take the tact such a look is possible with extreme discipline. I think the average person lacks that level of discipline and dedication, thus the immediate assumption of steroids.

I’ve had these discussions with various athletic types, even a few mma fighters, who tell me they work out and diet properly, etc, and they generally stand on that experience over my own perceptions, so there is that. Still, I can’t divorce the notion that there’s a difference between the sort of dieting and workout regimens required to achieve Jinder’s look than it takes for one of these guys to lose a decision fight at the local casino.

I’d say there’s a difference when your full time job partly entails maintaining an incredibly well sculpted appearance and hitting the gym for an hour or two after leaving the 9-to-5, particularly when you factor in his natural size. In fact I’d say most people could achieve results in any field beyond even lofty expectations were they afforded (or created) the time luxury to focus squarely on a particular goal, so I don’t see how this would be any different.

Of course there are supplements and what have you, but when I look at Jinder’s build he’s actually quite lean and proportionate, just shredded beyond belief. I imagine the appearance we see is somewhat enhanced. I imagine he could do a quick workout or cardio a few minutes before screen time, maybe a little baby oil or what have you to make the look pop a little extra. Obviously we can’t say he’s *not* on the juice and he’s certainly hit an extreme level.

I’m posing the devil’s advocate question here because it seems the immediate response from pretty much everyone is always “juice!” with a body like his, and I can’t imagine everyone being right every time out. So my question then is, if it’s not necessarily probable, is it still reasonably possible?