Quote Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY View Post
I am not taking the piss here because I am carrying a bit of timber

But how did Kirk Douglas, Charlton Heston and the rest get such good physiques in the past ?

I would assume by running , swimming , doing sit ups , press ups , basic weights etc

And by eating fresh fruit , vegetables , chicken , fish etc

Surely it's as simple as that , plus your genetics ?

Not only do all this diets seem complicated , they would drive me potty implementing them into daily life

I have all bran with a banana and blueberries for breakfast

A light lunch of ryvita , cottage cheese and tomato

And something like chicken or beef stew , including potatoes , carrots , swede and parsnips in the evening

Exercise is a bit of walking and press ups , squats and dumbells

What did the fitness freaks do when we didnt have all these gym machines , protein shakes and carb free diets ?

I saw a newsreel of vera Lynn with some soldiers at the end of the second world war , these guys were ripped !

Some of the original body builders ......which isnt my thing .....from the early seventies ......big blokes !
Simple answer, sludge. People's diet was a lot more healthy years ago, there wasn't all of this processed, fast food shite that we feast on these days, people had to buy fresh and prepare their meals. That's why weight issues have hit us over the past 30 years, crap food wasn't so readily available, there were hardly any take aways and they shut at a decent time. Booze was bought from the off license and the pub, none of this 24 cans for Ł12 nonsense.

In all, it was much more difficult to become overweight. Life was mute physical as well, for men women and kids who actually went out and played, got dirty and used their imagination. Parents didn't have the option of paying for their kids to play in an organised environment.

If it was difficult to get fat, then it was probably easier to stay in shape. When I was a kid everyone's mum was really slim, dad's didn't piss it up at home and we couldn't press a button on a phone in order to receive a KFC on a Monday at 10pm and people moved about more. I know people who think that walking to the local shops is exercise.