Why Prison Inmates Are So Muscular

[Zenos]

I noticed this while looking around on youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DOM_tMIXIo

[kylem1229]

Well I suppose, with not much to do, pushups and situps are very easy in cells. Especially since most prisons allow weightroom time.

[xChrisVx]

^ This.

In prison, what can you do??

Stare at the ceiling
Die slowly
Get ripped

I suppose its also to do with prison being such a tough place... If you appear weak, you'll be targeted by other inmates. I think the idea is, if you look tough, people will think you are tough... I may be wrong ...

[Zenos]

yeh and I also noted one guys replys about how it used to be come for some systems to suggest daily workouts or be based around them which is true.

[Fallen_Eagle]

I'm not sure if the environment directly evokes an anabolic reaction, but I do think that this alone doesn't explain the whole phenomenon. There's a number of factors that play an important role:
-They can lift
-They manage to meet their macros. It's fine if they eat a lot prison food (I imagine some inmates manage to get extra servings if they threaten others and steal their breakfast/lunch/dinner), because all that matters is macros/micros (so calories and vitamins/minerals respectively). You can eat a lot of things and gain/lose/maintain your body weight, just google IIFYM, it's pretty much science these days. If they get enough food, the diet bit's covered. I also read a study where someone explained that foods like canned mackerel (''Macks'') were used as currency among inmates in a certain prison.
-They have their connections. And with that I mean they know where to get supplements like whey and creatine, and even drugs like anabolic steroids. You can smuggle a lot of things into prison, we all know that's a fact.
-There's plenty of time to rest. What do prison inmates do? Nothing. Their bodies get a lot of rest. I'm sure they have plenty of time for naps and so on!

[Keats]

also don't forget the fact that steroids can and are easily smuggled into prison for an affordable price. Just look at Khali Muscle.

[ksdnfkfr]

My guess is that they were ripped beforehand.
They probably had a lifestyle that demanded it.

[Cygnus]

^ This.

In prison, what can you do??

Stare at the ceiling
Die slowly
Get ripped

I suppose its also to do with prison being such a tough place... If you appear weak, you'll be targeted by other inmates. I think the idea is, if you look tough, people will think you are tough... I may be wrong ...

That pretty much sums it up, if I were in prison for whatever reason I would exercise all day, since there isn't much else to do.

[Zenos]

I have a cousin that was in prison and got buff in there ,so I asked him about steroids and protein supps in prison and he nearly died laughing.
Before he was released from prison he had been transferred to 4 different ones and said there where no steroids and no supps being smuggled in.

Oh and he and been in for 6 years so he'd have had time to find this stuff out.

[badthoughts]

You guys are hardcore.

http://i39.tinypic.com/2m79own.jpg


Lift, eat, rest. <--- that's a secret formula, so don't go telling everyone.