Madonna’s biceps have been on every blog, newspaper and magazine in the last day or so. I’ve been hiding under a rock, plotting and not writing about this sh*t… so rather than just post up the picture, the above is a labelled image explaining the anatomy of Madonna’s biceps and her upper-body composition.
The Daily Mail a.k.a. The Daily Fail are always the first to publish these stories. They should just make little fail babies with the National Enquirer and have done with it. How would the world ever go on, if one of them were to shut down.
The Fail posted the image of Madonna’s biceps and people were speculating whether the singer had taken her fitness regime too far. The British newspaper spoke with body composition specialist Martin MacDonald who works at Loughborough University and asked him to breakdown Madonna’s arms/biceps/muscles/veins. Here is what the man whose last name is making me want a burger had to say…
Madonna’s muscles are not particularly oversized compared with, say, an Olympic athlete, but what is unusual is how toned and well-defined they are. If she wanted to perform athletically, there would be a problem, as she has slight malnourishment issues. But body builders just have to have muscles that show, and a body builder is exactly what Madonna is.
Her veins are the same as her muscles. They are not really oversized, but they look much bigger because she’s so skinny. Whether veins are prominent can often be genetic, but Madonna obviously uses her arms a lot, as they look especially lean.
She has a well-developed cardio-vascular system, which includes not only her heart and lungs but her veins and arteries, too. Surprisingly, her chest doesn’t look gaunt. Sometimes, on people with low body fat, you can see the bones. If she’s eating a low-sugar, low-carb, no-oil macrobiotic diet, she is keeping her general body fat level very low.
In reality, not many people could look like this even if they wanted to, as most people can’t afford to spend two hours a day exercising or to employ a personal trainer. Depending how you view it, she’s either committed or obsessed. (via the Daily Mail)
I would say exercise is the lesser of many of the evils of Hollywood. At least she has her health and she works out at all. I’ll go with committed. With stars younger than her dropping left, right and centre, it’s no wonder she wants to feel her best.
