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'Egyptian Popeye' boasts the world's biggest arms
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November 29, 2012, Thursday
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DON'T tell Popeye. It turns out you don't need to eat your spinach to get the world's biggest arms.
Massachusetts bodybuilder Moustafa Ismail eats three kilograms of protein, 4.1 kg of carbohydrates and drinks 11.3 liters of water each day to help maintain upper arms that measure 79 centimeters - as big as a small man's waist.
Skeptics say there must also be steroids or some other artificial means behind Ismail's beyond-bulging biceps and triceps, and Guinness World Records is waffling on whether to recognize him.
But he insists they are all-natural, the result of a punishing workout regimen he started after a guest at his uncle's wedding in his native Egypt mocked his overweight frame.
"They call me Popeye, the Egyptian Popeye," Ismail, 24, said while working out in the Boston suburb of Milford. But unlike the cartoon character, "I like chicken, beef, anything but spinach."
Generous amounts of poultry, seafood and shakes provide the protein he needs to fuel daily two-hour workouts in which he lifts as much as 272 kilograms. He also takes mineral and vitamin supplements.
When Guinness decided to recognize him as having the largest upper arm muscles on Earth, critics accused him of using steroids.
He lost a night of sleep but then decided the criticism "is motivation for me - it's not something that's gonna put me down."
Massachusetts bodybuilder Moustafa Ismail eats three kilograms of protein, 4.1 kg of carbohydrates and drinks 11.3 liters of water each day to help maintain upper arms that measure 79 centimeters - as big as a small man's waist.
Skeptics say there must also be steroids or some other artificial means behind Ismail's beyond-bulging biceps and triceps, and Guinness World Records is waffling on whether to recognize him.
But he insists they are all-natural, the result of a punishing workout regimen he started after a guest at his uncle's wedding in his native Egypt mocked his overweight frame.
"They call me Popeye, the Egyptian Popeye," Ismail, 24, said while working out in the Boston suburb of Milford. But unlike the cartoon character, "I like chicken, beef, anything but spinach."
Generous amounts of poultry, seafood and shakes provide the protein he needs to fuel daily two-hour workouts in which he lifts as much as 272 kilograms. He also takes mineral and vitamin supplements.
When Guinness decided to recognize him as having the largest upper arm muscles on Earth, critics accused him of using steroids.
He lost a night of sleep but then decided the criticism "is motivation for me - it's not something that's gonna put me down."
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