The Human Photoshop

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

- Jim Schmaltz

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JEREMY POTVIN

BIRTH DATE: July 21, 1989

HEIGHT: 5'6"

WEIGHT: 155 lbs (contest); 185 lbs (off-season)

RESIDENCE: Dallas, TX CAREER

HIGHLIGHTS: 2017 Physique Olympia, 5th; 2016 Physique Olympia, 3rd

INSTAGRAM: @jeremypotvin_

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 hat 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

Potvin’s journey to pro bodybuilder is one of those unlikely success stories that begins with a skinny, shy teenager. Potvin weighed only 116 pounds (at a height of 5'6") when he graduated high school. Afterward, he joined the Army, following in the footsteps of his father, who is career military. After surviving boot camp, Potvin was deployed to Iraq. He began weight training—not to build muscle but as a coping mechanism. While stationed in Iraq for a year, he served in 183 missions, including some major operations.