Get him to the Greek

What is ideal?

As a male, you will constantly hear women swoon at the sight of Ryan Gosling, Chris Hemsworth and Hugh Jackman, shirtless and athletically muscular on and off screen.

Whether they admit to it or not most females love them dick hips and abs, along with some broad shoulders and a strengthy look that gives them a sense of protection. Just as much as most men like a good shape, booty boobs and waist on a female. It's genetics combined with popular culture and media.

So where does this ideal come from?

Perhaps it stems back to ancient times. Perhaps it comes from the Greeks.

They have always been known for athletics (Olympics) and art and Philosophy, so it seems endearing that when many statues were dug up and found from ancient Greek times, someone noticed that the bodies were very specific in their design. So specific that a formula based on the measurements and ratios was developed. One of the main men of this ideal and the formulation was one Eugen Sandow. Sandow is often considered the father of modern body building, although looking back on his physique today you would never think it.

Sandow and Phil Heath, then and now for BB.

So over the next few blog posts I will show what you need to do to measure up to this Grecian Goal.

What to measure, how to measure it and where to from there...