r/BeAmazed • u/Aschebescher • Sep 02 '26
Sports German cyclist Robert Förstemann's thighs
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u/Prudent-Aspect5085 Sep 02 '26
The thigh is the limit.
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u/rousieboy Sep 03 '26
Quadzilla
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u/WolfCola4 Sep 03 '26
The Quadfather
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u/Strict-Brick-5274 Sep 03 '26
The Quadasaurus
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u/Federal_Phase_652 Sep 03 '26
Trenything is possible anavar give up
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u/unlmtdLoL Sep 03 '26
The only thing Lance Armstrong did wrong was get caught. It is still prevalent in the sport.
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u/Darth_Draper Sep 02 '26
You pulling my leg?
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u/Academic-Dealer5389 Sep 02 '26
He's got a leg up on us
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u/TrumpsFaceAnus Sep 03 '26
He should put his foot down about this.
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u/Current-Lobster-5063 Sep 03 '26
Who toed him that joke?
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u/Meerkat_Mayhem_ Sep 03 '26
Quad damnnit
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u/RustedRelics Sep 03 '26
No kneed for such language!
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u/agumelen Sep 03 '26
Thigh think he will win every race.
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u/Nerfo2 Sep 02 '26
Believe it or not, those thighs do have a limit. Also, making toast is harder than you'd think.
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u/silv3rbull8 Sep 02 '26
Finding pants to fit must be difficult
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u/TheOneMary Sep 03 '26
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u/cats_vl33rmuis Sep 03 '26
Yeah, some people see problems, but this guy just sees solutions.
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u/Tramonto83 Sep 03 '26
I have pretty big legs and either my pants are tight or the waist is huge and I look like a plant in a pot
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u/Kick_Natherina Sep 03 '26
I have to say as a dude who has pretty large legs from my love of squatting and torturing myself on leg days… yeah, it’s hard as shit to find pants that fit with even normally large legs. I can only buy athletic fit, and even those are slightly tight.
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u/xX8Havok8Xx Sep 03 '26
Cut off the legs of bell bottom jeans, turn them upside down and reattach
That or call me hammer and get his trousers guy
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u/Stunning_Juice9238 Sep 02 '26 edited Sep 03 '26
To be fair, to crank that gear over takes some major torque. Those folks are legit strapped into those bikes for absolute power output. While I’m sure he has dedicated himself beyond most anyone would, I’m sure he loves some afternoon juice as well.
Edit - damn this blew up. Honestly to those who are saying ‘why juice! He’s natural blah blah. In the day and age we live in of misinformation - just open Facebook or watch most news channels, they BLATENLY lie to your face. My comment, shouldn’t be your concern. It’s one thing to post your opinion responding to the whole thread, another thing to MAKE the thread the blatent lie.
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u/PreviouslyOnBible Sep 02 '26
Oh, he's definitely cranking the gear
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u/scormegatron Sep 03 '26
Juiced to the gills
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u/gl_Frustum Sep 03 '26
He has myostatin-related muscle hypertrophy, a genetic disorder (MSTN gene) rarely found in humans, but common in certain animal breeds i.e. belgian blue cattle. Natural hgh supply 👀
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u/mekwall Sep 03 '26
The Belgian Blue comparison is interesting, but there's an important caveat with Förstemann specifically.
He has said that he believes he has a congenital problem with myostatin, which normally acts as a brake on muscle growth. However, he has also said that he never actually had this genetically tested. I can't find any published genetic testing showing that he carries an MSTN mutation.
So saying "he has myostatin-related muscle hypertrophy caused by an MSTN mutation" is stronger than the available evidence supports. It's more accurate to say that Förstemann and others have attributed his unusually easy muscle growth to possible myostatin dysfunction.
Belgian Blues are different in that their MSTN mutation is very well established. They have a loss-of-function mutation in the myostatin gene that was heavily selected for through breeding, producing the famous "double-muscled" phenotype.
And neither case is really "natural HGH." HGH promotes growth, while myostatin limits muscle development. Myostatin deficiency is more like removing the brake than pushing harder on the accelerator.
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u/gl_Frustum Sep 03 '26
You're right, i'm german and remember an interview with him about that. Should have read up on it. So it's muscle growth is not inhibited as intended rather than actively promoted.
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u/A_the_Buttercup Sep 03 '26
Yeah, wouldn't a myostatin disorder affect more than just one muscle group?
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u/Temporary_Event8451 Sep 03 '26
Folks want to be socially accepted while doing something that isn't.
More news at six.
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u/willcastforfood Sep 03 '26
Well yea but also professional cyclists thighs typically don’t look like that, this guys just on roids
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u/Nearly_Pointless Sep 03 '26
I raced with a guy who was 150 pounds at 6’. His legs weren’t notable in terms of visual size or even definition. However that man was absolutely astonishing on the bike. He could hold a pace that would wear people out for hours. His biggest asset was his aerobic system, it muscle mass.
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u/silv3rbull8 Sep 03 '26
Look at the marathon runners.. they do not have bulk but their cardio systems are superhuman
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u/jaxxxtraw Sep 03 '26
Dude just set a new record under 2 hours. That's like my old man sprint for 26 miles. Unreal.
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u/flythebike Sep 03 '26
He was a track rider. Very short distance, single gear, sprinter.
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u/willcastforfood Sep 03 '26
I know.. his nickname is quadzilla. He’s on steroids
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u/KitchenFullOfCake Sep 03 '26
Heh, not looking like other professional cyclists would usually imply the opposite.
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u/geT_raineD Sep 03 '26
Idk why the comments are all accusing him of roids. This guy is called „Quadzilla“. Medical experts suspect he may have a rare genetic variation related to a myostatin deficiency, which allows for naturally unregulated muscle growth.
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u/Aromatic_Bar2263 Sep 03 '26
You mean the guy on roids has a cool nickname too? And an excuse he could easily prove but doesn’t?!
Holy cow
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u/wglenburnie Sep 03 '26
Since it is such a demanding sport many PEDs are first introduced in cycling. During the Tour de France these guys will burn 7000 to 8000 calories a day.
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u/TheJuiceIsL00se Sep 03 '26
Who hasn’t taken a break from water to sip some juice?
Wait, what are you talking about?
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u/clycoman Sep 03 '26
He did a challenge to see how hard he had to pedal to power a toaster: https://youtu.be/S4O5voOCqAQ
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u/Anothermindlessanon Sep 02 '26
His bulge looks ok, so... No, it is not gay because I am....a woman.
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u/borkborkibork Sep 02 '26
It's blackened, so you can't tell, which is wicked smart.
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u/oreheheally Sep 03 '26
Its like a giant tampon shape. That can't help aerodynamics or weight. I regret zooming
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u/Le_mehawk Sep 03 '26
False rumor, drugs can make you Impotent, but the "fact" that they make your penis smaller is false...
The reason for this rumor is mostly from people comparing a bluge of body builders with the legs, and mentally compare it to a normal human... but most body builder legs are simply 2-3x the size of normal legs, so it's mostly the size of the legs that makes the bulge look small in comparison.
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u/CostcoFosco Sep 03 '26
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u/llamacornsarereal Sep 03 '26
Im curious what this is from?
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u/OurKhakiOverlord Sep 03 '26
The triplets of Belleville
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u/michi03 Sep 03 '26
Wow that’s a throwback! I saw that movie a looong time ago and remember laughing at how super fat Americans were drawn
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u/UrDeAdPuPpYbOnEr Sep 03 '26
Yes! It’s crazy that no one seems to know about this movie! Or his other one. They’re both masterpieces.
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u/Chomp_On_This Sep 02 '26
Don’t skip arm day
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u/here4mischief Sep 03 '26
I once read a high level cyclist saying he only trained arms. Meant he could pull against the handlebars better.
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u/AppTB Sep 02 '26
You sure it’s not Thighland and not Germany?
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u/RegnarukDeez Sep 02 '26
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u/Fuzzylojak Sep 02 '26
He cannot wear jeans, won't fit! Poor guy...
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u/TheOneMary Sep 03 '26
wrote in another comment - he has his own jeans line with a brand for athletes
https://aesparel.com/blogs/jeans/jeans-fuer-dicke-oberschenkel2
u/Kayge Sep 03 '26
I remember when I was a teen, my country's cyclist had thighs the same size as my waist.
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u/Gibbo1988 Sep 02 '26
Cycling is a filthy sport
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u/Trevski Sep 02 '26
Definitely has been. Track cycling isn’t as tightly controlled but road cycling (for obvious reasons) have “biological passports” to detect epo and blood doping, and midnight surprise testing during the Tour de France this year. So whatever they’re taking now must be some next gen shit
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u/Hypn00tic_iiz Sep 02 '26
Tree trunks
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u/Sir_Earl_Jeffries Sep 03 '26
Reminds me of an article about “hockey butt”, and how hockey players usually have personal tailors who will make them bespoke jeans for their massive thighs and asses. Poor guy. My aunties can sympathize.
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u/CO-G-monkey Sep 02 '26
Skipping calf day.
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u/Throwaway178402 Sep 03 '26
Right? Looks like average/slightly above average calves and then absolute beast mode massive bodybuilder thighs.
More hormone receptors in the thighs maybe?
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u/Daddychellz Sep 03 '26
I’d find myself staring at this guys legs if I ran into him at any social gathering and that bothers me
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u/Imam_jax Sep 02 '26 edited Sep 03 '26
No that's just steroids (36 years old guy here,been cycling since age of 10,still have no car because of driving phobia and my whole life i cycled to go everywhere needed and I say 100 percent it doesn't give you enormous thighs) ps: also read your disagreement comments below and to answering them i must say I don't say cyclists and athletes don't go through pain to gain big goals or my bike riding for life is supposed to give me this body, I'm saying after 26 years of bike riding at least should i at have big kinda muscly thighs or not? But it's not happening.also pretty sure this kinda physics is absolutely made by steroids. Not gonna be a bigot about this but pretty sure it's steroids
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u/CatsAreGods Sep 02 '26
There's cycling to go places, and then there are track sprinters at the top of their game. In the world.
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u/miraj31415 Sep 02 '26
Do you think the athlete just rides a bike?
Let us know when you do the same training program.
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u/Dismal_Computer5824 Sep 03 '26
No but the 300lb+ Bulgarian squats he does probably has something to do with that, or maybe the 5-600+ squats… yeah sometimes that gives big quads
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u/pandesoldynomite Sep 02 '26
Similar physique to Eric Heiden, 29” thigh circumference. They even have had the same training regimen of cycling and power squats.
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u/RugbyEdd Sep 02 '26
He better stash some of his money away for tailored trowsers or hope mens balloon pants come into fassion.
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u/MiMuM Sep 03 '26
Förstemann means the «first one to finish the race» in Norwegian… prolly this guy is constructed as a salmon Frankenstein in the arctic
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u/kat_Folland Sep 03 '26
🎶 "Those are the mightiest thighs I ever have seen (I mean!)"🎵
~A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
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u/DrJohnIT Sep 03 '26
Yeah, people keep trying to encourage me to bike to work. Why would I do that? I wouldn't be able to buy pants like this guy.
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