43. Aggressively Shredded

43. Aggressively Shredded

This one is almost a case of 'too much' - we want him to calm down a little! As you can tell from the image on the left, this gentleman is something of a cricket fan. If you know anything about cricket, then you'll know that going to watch cricket matches - which can last for days - involve sitting in the stands under a baking hot sun, drinking a lot of beer to keep yourself cool. Beer contains calories. Calories lead to weight gain. He doesn't look bad, but he's not in peak physical condition either.

Contrast that with the ultra-shredded torso you see on the right-hand side. We think it's fair to say that he's probably cut back on the drinking, and found a personal trainer who has no mercy whatsoever! He looks like he could run through a brick wall, and there isn't an ounce of fat on him anywhere. In fact, he looks terrifying!

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Did You Know...

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Chefs made their way into celebrity land a while ago. But how many celebrities that weren’t trained as professional cooks are actually whizzes in the kitchen? Here are several that come to mind.

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Actress Julia Roberts is confident about her cooking skills. “I’m quite a good cook,” she told E! News. “I’m like a closet home ec teacher…I can really cook anything.” Roberts has said she often cooks fish for herself and her kids. And speaking of her three children, “They think that I’m a good cook,” Roberts told People. “They actually told me that I should open a restaurant.” She also relishes cooking for the holidays, particularly shredded Brussel sprouts. Roberts hasn’t published a cookbook, but we did find recipes attributed to her for peach crisp and banana hemp muffins. Or you can make the same summer salad the actress supposedly eats.

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Chrissy Teigen started off as a supermodel. Then her love of cooking filtered into her professional life too. At this point, she’s created recipes for a limited Blue Apron release and also just launched her own home and cooking line at Target named “Cravings,” after the two cookbooks she’s released. Teigen describes cooking as “a time of peace” for herself. So maybe peace out to her tuna melt sandwich or the fried chicken wings that are a favorite of her husband, John Legend.

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Lady Gaga, whose real name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, comes from a cooking Italian family. Her father started his own restaurant in New York and also published a cookbook. And apparently, Lady Gaga has inherited the family’s cooking genes. Her Instagram account occasionally features photos of her culinary activities. Sure, sometimes it’s topless cooking. But other times it’s more poignant like in the post she shared about her bringing food to the family of her dear friend who passed away. Want to try a Gaga/Germanotta family favorite? Check out her recipe for whole wheat pasta with a sweet fennel sauce.

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