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Dave Bautista says he's gained 20 pounds of muscle to play Kratos

Commenters question feasibility of rapid muscle gain

A reddit commenter pushed back on the reported transformation, arguing that gaining 20 pounds of pure muscle in a short span is physically implausible even with performance-enhancing drugs, suggesting most of the gain is water or fat.

“physically is not possible to put 20 lbs of muscle in that short amount of time even on gear. maybe a 10-12 month period but at his age he probably put on 5-10 lbs and rest is water/fat.”

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Reported in the same hours no headline names this development itself — these 2 claims were published in its stretch

  1. first by MovieWeb, 10d ago · also USA Today, SlashFilm, Screen Rant? placeholder

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  2. first by Yahoo, 10d ago · also GameSpot, IGN

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