0 Comments | Western Morning News, The, May 22, 2009
Tim Shaw is a brave man. There can’t be many guys who would expose themselves so wholly to the cameras in the name of journalism. The very average thirty-something married father of two has set himself the task of exploring the lengths some men will go to in the pursuit of physical perfection, and in doing so he placed his own pretty ordinary body under the spotlight.
In this third of four programmes, five-pints-a-night and zero exercise Tim was focusing on his hairy, slightly flabby, but by no means fat, belly and finding out how to achieve the elusive smooth, toned six-pack abs paraded by the underwear models.
If you thought vanity and cosmetic enhancement was a female domain, think again. With so much finely honed and perfectly groomed male flesh on public display – from David Beckham in his Y-fronts to Daniel Craig’s super-sculpted Bond – men are apparently feeling the pressure to look great.
Game Tim – who was apparently employing penis-enlargement techniques on last week’s show – put himself in a male line-up of different types of tummies, from skinny and hairless to beer- filled and hirsute, to be assessed by a group of giggly hyper-critical women. Their remarks were less than complimentary.
So Tim met a bunch of scary extreme weight-trainers, who made him pick up lorry tyres and trucks, to get some tips on toning those abs and found out what Men’s Health magazine looks for in a cover model.
Then he boosted his diet by guzzling hideous powdered protein drinks, gagged on raw eggs and gave himself painful muscle cramps with an electronic toning belt. And his belly did start shrinking. What was most interesting was his mental health
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