The Human Photoshop

JEREMY POTVIN’s astonishing waist-to-shoulder ratio seems like a photo manipulation, but it’s real. Now the IFBB physique pro shares his advice on how you can create your own version of a Photoshop physique in time for summer.

- Jim Schmaltz

SOME PEOPLE SEE A photo of IFBB pro Jeremy Potvin, and their first comment is, “Right, pal. Show me a picture of him that’s not Photoshopped.” So dramatic is Potvin’s waist-to-shoulder ratio that his body seems like, well, fake news.

As fans of the IFBB Pro League physique division know, Potvin is for real. In an era when some bodybuilders are criticized for thick midsections and protruding bellies, Potvin displays the type of aesthetically stunning proportions that built the sport of bodybuilding in the Golden Age. As the growing popularity of the men’s physique and classic physique divisions prove, the Apollonian contours of the chiseled, tight midsection under flaring lats and cannonball delts are what most guys want to create for themselves. And this look becomes more desirable as summer kicks into high gear and bodies are on display at the beach and pool.

ARMY STRONG