Were ancient gladiators /fit/? Also, is Crixus natty?

>>36649517
Yeah, but not lean and cut. They had some fat in addition to their bulk. You'll want it when you take a blow to the gut.

Also, Manu Bennett is natty. Manlet, but natty monster.

>>36649517
No and no.

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pleb show desu

>>36649517
A cursory Web search would have yielded your answers. Bottom line:

> yes they were strong
> they ate mostly vegetarian poverty diets
> they had very high body fat both to insulate from blows as well as to create more spectacular wounds (bleeding adipose tissue is relatively easy to heal from but is quite the spectacle)

basically, imagine Zydrunas Savickas. Actually, given the vegetarian diet, imagine Patrik Baboumian.

>>36649536
Also, ignore this faggot to a degree.

The good ones were. But I doubt they cared about aesthetics. Probably more concerned with not dying than gains

>>36649579
>Pleb show
>Posts Game of Thrones gif.

>>36649517
Gladiators were so fit that rich Roman women would pay to fuck them. It was a lucrative sideline in the gladiator biz.

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to be fair, warriors a not necessary aesthetic

they are fit but enough to do their job. They are not Olympic level athletes because they are not athletes

check this Navy Seals

>>36651142
But athletes, not warriors, is exactly what gladiators were.

so wheres crixus' dick pic?

no homo of course

>>36649571

came here basically to post this

>>36651155

Right, but there were athletes whose sport was actual combat. If anything, they may have fought more regularly than a typical infantryman today.

>>36651303
Just like professional athletes in modern combat sports, who are more fit than most modern soldiers.