Bodybuilder Tyler Cooke has fiercely denied claims that his jaw-dropping photos of his physique are fake, and insisted his ‘near impossible’ body is the result of hard work alone.
The 21-year-old Tyler Cooke, from Liverpool, spoke out after ‘Generation Iron’ asked the question if his body is ‘all natural or photoshopped?’
But Tyler has hit back at critics by sharing more photos and video, telling on the social media that his body is simply down to “hard work”.
“I’m not photoshopped!”
Tyler says genetics also probably has something to do with it as well, but he hasn’t missed a trip to the gym in five years.
Tyler, who started bodybuilding at just 15, told the Liverpool Echo:
“It really is just a lot of hard work – I like to bodybuild and so I do it.
“I have not missed a meal or a trip to the gym in the last five years and I work out properly.
“Sure there is an element of genetics to it, I can’t deny that – but I have worked hard and it has paid off.”
Tyler also says that his diet plays a big role in maintaining his huge frame, his average meal consists of ten eggs and 400g of white rice, or four jacket potatoes and 400g of chicken.
Tyler’s body is award-winning, bagging second place in Britain’s national bodybuilding championship and a string of regional titles.
He added:
“In the off-season when I am trying to build mass I eat about 5,000 calories a day.
Training from a young age, Tyler is now a full-time coach at a local gym and can lift 400lbs in a squat.
He said that while he enjoys bodybuilding his real passion is helping people get and keep fit.
“I’m up at 6 am to help people in classes and I love it.
“I don’t want people to look at me and think fitness is this impossible thing.
“Everyone can get fit and look after themselves and I want to support as many people as possible to do that.
“Looking after yourself is something that is really easy to fall by the wayside – people are busy with work and kids.
“But they’ll thank you for looking after yourself and you’ll enjoy life more. So just take it one step at a time and find something you like doing and keep at it.
“Remember, not everyone has to be a bodybuilder.”
Tyler’s message about his transformation
“Left – 16 years old, 141 lbs. Right – 21 years old, 231lbs.
The picture on the left, I’ve never posted until now. I remember working at Holland and Barret, id been training for 5 months, and got this pic after work, it made me wanna quit.
It made me wonder why I bothered spending my few evening hours I had heading to the gym in my work uniform.
And if I’m honest, I don’t know why I carried on. It makes no sense even now. I’m not religious, but I knew there was just something in this for me, and still now, when I have doubts, I keep pushing, because there is something in this, just like there was 5 years ago.
In 5 years I’ve learnt, read, became a coach, competed, made friends, and built some f***ing muscle.
I laugh at people who blame genetics…especially for size, I’ve came from a tiny frame, with no signs of being what I am now..its so easy to give up, thats why only the committed unleash whats inside.
I’m telling you now there is lads out there that would have been better than Phil Heath, or Arnold, but given up before they knew what was there. Genetics aren’t revealed in 6 months, 12…or even 3 years, try 5, then tell me you cant grow.
Now I’m doing my bit helping lads go from.the left, to their best version of themselves.
I also love looking at the mole on my left shoulder, its stayed in the same place while my delts have grown haha”
https://www.instagram.com/p/BTCkzi0lxsR/
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Justin Newswanger dude is 21 and looks 35… “Natty”
More like 45 ?? Probably sweats out “juice”
5 years of steroids!
Your point is?
That every skinny guy starting steroids is not considered to be a natural bodybuilder. And no photoshop is necessary. It’s fake anyway.
Petros Michael the fact that so many people use steroids must keep you up at night.
Jacob Courtney the truth is just the opposite. This is the reason i sleep like an angel. I have chosen the hard way/old school road. Everyone has the right to chose. Is a completely different journey.
The average juiced up guy and the average natty lift just as hard as one another. The juiced up guy just gets different results. The natty way isn’t the “hard” way. It’s just a different way.
21 yearsM
Synthol comes to mind
Yeah – proportionately you get bigger muscles the more roids you supply your body with — Age 16 – 21 proves that … Well done !!!
Comletely photoshopped
He has the genetics so doubt it being photoshopped but being natural that is another discussion.
Nothing crazy outstanding and very practical really. He has great arm size and legs. His chest is weak but not bad. Its very likely that he is not NATURAL but I don’t see where he is claiming that he just says he works hard as most people do with nice physiques that use steroids. To give all credit to genetics. In part but not all. I see no synthol use here though. All in all good job mate.
Absolutely 100% not natural. But credit where it’s due. Guy is swole
It’s his legs I think look photoshopped the most the outer sweeps are out of alignment. But u think his legs are “great” ?
You still have to do the work we can steroids
Steroids are just an aid. Hard work is everything
Credit is always due with bodybuilding, it’s incredible the level of work and discipline needed. Problem however is that using steroids (even using in small amounts) will effect other body systems that people aren’t ware of. What do you think happens with the heart muscle for example when you take the biceps or pecs beyond it’s natural size? of course, it follows suit, especially with the cardio when ‘cutting’, it hypertrophies, subsequently it loses it’s elasticity. You’ve just shortened your life span and put yourself at risk of cardiac arrest without warning.
Steroids are not an “aid”
Steroids are an aid… pull a dude off the streets, Give him a gram a test and watch his physique do nothing impressive.
Take a dude that works his off in the gym, eats like clockwork and give him 500mg of test and watch the magic
Brett Imperial spot on Bro, even trt dose at 200-300mg diet and fitness at clockwork can do magic
I started trt 2 years ago, first year lived “normal” did nothing. Next year got my diet on and back on the gym and bam!! Lol
Craig Watler and?
James Allen an aid like wings are an aid to flying!
Brett Imperial studies show a guy off the street will make gains with gear, even if he doesn’t lift!
Brett Imperial why would a young guy need TRT?
Lewis Martin regarding your example that steroids enlarge the heart, this is true. However, every athlete who has ever done something that makes the heart beat fast has an enlarged heart. Period. To blindly say that steroids cause early death and heart failure is a myth until proven right. The issue I have with you is you’re a physio and spitting out propaganda. You should known that no company has studied the long term effects of anabolic steroids in term there is no way of knowing the full ramifications of it. Further more literally hundred of thousands of people take steroids in the world and they aren’t all dying young or from cardiac arrest so it’s stupid to suggest that.
Scott Jacobsen I have a medical condition ??♂️
Heart enlargement isn’t the issue. It’s an enlarged left ventricle is what’s dangerous. Athletes heart is common and usually doesn’t cause any issues
Scott Jacobsen I don’t think they will make any gains with gear without training or at least eating decent. Positive nitrogen would be a benefit but with the lack of protein in the diet you wouldn’t see that. I would say the only gains they would see is raised testosterone levels which would be sex drive and red blood cell count lol
Scott, no he won’t, use of gear without training just aids in water retention and bloating, itching else.
IVictor El Toro Vasquez Don’t argue with me. It’s not my opinion. There have been multiple studies proving it.
Guy lifting on gear 9lbs muscle
Guy lifting no gear 1.7 lbs muscle
Guy not lifting on gear 4lbs muscle (more than the guy lifting)
My son doesn’t lift but he gained muscle during puberty (spike in testosterone)
Steroids aid in creating NEW blood supply (which takes around 6 weeks) by which you will then use to grow tissue. First 6 weeks is strength training, heavy lifting. 6 weeks after with new blood supply, plus diet and protein increase and other aids you will reduce the weight and switch to low weights, high reps to really tear down the muscle fibers, I mean literally destroying your muscle tissue so it can regrow using the new blood supply the steroids (depending on compounds used, some are meant for breast cancer, some were created for AIDS patients who lose muscle tissue) created. So with the right amount of rest and food provided your tissue will regenerate much stronger and bigger….this is the easiest way to explain how gear works, but we can def get technical and throw out names of receptors that most here can’t even pronounce.
Most injuries and damage caused by steroids is due to abuse. Average male creates 250mg of testosterone (for an example) but the average man taking steroids ignorantly assumes when he starts using 500mg a week and sees results that more is better….your body can only ingest and digest or process so much before problems start to show. There are no studies to show long term effects of steroid use due to the taboo factor and no one will ever come clean or step forward and say “?here, I’m a steroid user” therefore it’s all assumption. What steroids do cause….anger, mood swings, depression, testicular hypertrophy (balls shut down test production when you’re putting 1800mg into your body and that will cause ALL kinds of damage if you can’t get your body to kickstart production after a cycle.
Scott Jacobsen nobody is arguing, unless you are? Just response with my opinion to your opinion.
IVictor El Toro Vasquez HCG testicular atrophy is a thing of the past
I’m a strong believer in running HCG along with TRT.
IVictor El Toro Vasquez that was my point. It’s not my opinion. It’s results of a study, multiple studies.
Yes with TRT you should run 250iu daily IM not Sub-Q. If your running HCG As monotherapy 2000iu weekly is a good starting point.
Brett Imperial not for many that don’t know or just assume all they need is testosterone and nothing else, yeah, there rookies or newbies and not open to ask questions to anyone due to the secrecy or use.
Agree. Alot of newbies knowledge extends as far as they latest article they have read
I run hcg 1week a month on TRT 500iu 3x a week
Thats good. Most docs don’t like giving that much HCG, the amount I previously stated do to excess estrogen production and desensitization of LH receptors so probably why you do 500iu for 1 week a month. I like it. Very practical and on the safe side for sure
Without hcg you also lose the feedback loop that controls cholesterol in the blood. Hence why trt and gear has been linked to elevated ldl levels
Brett Imperial is your HCG doc prescribed just wondering I was on TRT but came off of it but didnt run the HCG with it. I also hear it helps keep sperm count high while in TRT have u heard this as well
Where is the shadow on his left, left leg ,left core but no left arm
Only squats 400?? Did I read that right??
Skips leg day every time around!
Tyler also says that his diet plays a big role in maintaining his huge frame, his average meal consists of ten eggs and 400g of white rice, or four jacket potatoes and 400g of chicken.
sounds retarded.
So do you
James Allen you sure told me. :))
Sounds super unhealthy, people that eat like that will probably die by the age of 50
Taylor Mifsud its also without logic to eat 100g prot on one meal.
this clown also states he eats 5k cals per bulking day. guess he eats like 3 meals.
Yeah I used to eat a shit ton of protein back in the day before I really knew what I was doing. But to be considered healthy and not over consuming you should have .5 – 1.2 g of protein per bodyweight a day
People who eat fast food everyday Do die at 50. Pretty sure large amounts of calories needed to sustain muscle like that from chicken and rice/veggies is okay
Okay this I agree with, his diet sounds mental ?
He maybe the next Rich Piana
Definitely a steroid junkie! !
All your sporting hero’s are on steroids.
But…… Can he fight
No photoshop just a lot of Roids
Who gives a shit
I’m sorry but this isn’t a good look. I don’t believe he has photo shopped anything, I think it is the physiological effects of taking steroids… the type/level of training and genetics will determine how you end up looking, once you plough in lots of calories and stacks of steroids you become ‘unnatural looking’, as pictured. Also, he will likely struggle with renal damage and possible failure from going through Rhabdomyolysis after he stops taking steroids/training.
Isn’t rhabdomyolysis where skeletal muscle breaks down and ends up in the kidneys causing the kidneys to struggle? I was diagnosed with this and frank hemmeratia (possibly spelt wrong) when I was trying for a marathon years ago and over done it on a run one night?
Wtf u talking about ? So u think Phil heath doesn’t take steroids so that’s why he looks like that ? And it’s only cos he trains really hard ? . Don’t take me wrong but any pro works really hard but they all take steroids. This guy looks looks more like he ether Photoshop or he frequently use synthol
Steriods for losers
That is right yes
That’s a lot of bullshit in one post.
Rhabdo is EXTREMELY RARE in bodybuilding- actually can’t even recall a single case. However it’s very common in marathon running and crossfit where the drugs are much less prevalent.
Tomas Suescun Phil heath works hard, but so do a lot of guys who don’t use drugs and don’t get big. That’s the difference.
Brett Imperial less prevalent in crossfire? Have you seen the women competing? Sure the guys are pretty average looking, but the chicks are obvi on gear!
Brett – that is single example of what can possibly happen from stopping after longer term use. The more acute issues are more concerning. Such are hypertrophy of cardiac muscle resulting in a loss of elasticity – causing a much greater chance of cardiac arrest. At the end of the day steroids create an window to build upon a natural generation of muscle tissue, the body can cope with only a certain amount before systems have problems. That’s id a random even occurs like PE’s, arrests etc.
Talks shit behind picture less profile
Kay.
This is a look only a few MEN like…so why would want to look like this unless you want attention from guys… bodybuilding is homo-eroticism at this level
William Leslie Smith is your assertion that women don’t like a guy like that?
Rhabdo doesn’t occur from discontinuing steroids. It occurs from extreme cases of overuse and muscular exertion.
What do you think steroids compel and enable you to do, Bryce?
Women into fitness like guys like that, women into cheeseburgers like guys into cheeseburgers ?.
Brett Imperial there are plenty of overweight women who love buff guys, but to your point. Sometimes a fit spouse can make an inactive person feel bad
He doesnt look photoshopped. He just has over developed chest and shoulders.
Some people are just that way. Even in his before pic, he had slightly bigger shoulders and chest.
Gayest haircut ever.
says the guy who hasn’t had one in 5 years ?
I had a trim like a year ago, tyvm.
Of all the things you could’ve gone for, you went for the haircut..
Why mislead people and kids who might follow him on social media by not talking about the drugs. No judging here but to the newbie it sounds like all you have to do is eat and train to become like him, never mind 90 lbs of muscle in 5 years, it just can’t happen. You need to tell people everything for them to understand exactly what it takes therefore they can decide for themselves if they want to do it or not.
When you talk about the drugs, these newbie kids will seek out the drugs to obtain the physique. Let them learn how to eat and train their asses of FIRST. Then when they discover the drugs they already have what it takes to actually get some benefits out of them.
Brett Imperial I agree
Nick Kalaidopoulos I never disclose my trade secrets to young people. I tell them they have to learn to be disciplined and how to work hard. If you don’t want to look like the 95% you have to do shit they don’t do.
Looks like shit. Lol I’ll never understand why people want to be that big. Nothing wrong with being big, strong and muscular.. But there is a such thing as too much and this is an example of it. #Steroids they can kill be careful.
Looking good bro
Roids at its best… He look funny looking…
I think someone has small man syndrome ??
Yea that too but he just Dont look right
Who would think he’s photoshopped? Nothing impressive about it. Looks like he got some bad batches of steroids.
That’s not normal !!! You lifting heavy no doubt , but with roids !!!
Must keep you up at night.
Insane?
Personally not a fan of the steroid look. Much prefer and admire a natural body builder. To say that all BBers use roids is completely untrue and to deny the physiological impact of their use is just denial of the inevitable.
Lol he want to stop skipping leg day
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I think you forgot to mention human growth hormone ??
Brett Imperial this dude is selling gear not commenting about the guy ?
Gains are oil
Lol.wtf at 16 yo he was jacked
Ah, yes. Like these bums have the monopoly of hard work and only this make them look like freaks.
He can squat 400?!
Me too and he’s got 40lbs on me lol
Ryan Beard keep at it bro and one day you can look like that too!?
Mike Dibble he looks like dogshit, lol his gear has him Un proportionate
The only thing i like about the steroid look is big round shoulders. I could never achieve that with my genetics.
If you could never achieve round shoulders ‘With your genetics’ you won’t do it with steroids either.
Lots of little ignorant men commenting on this.
thats like legit johnny bravo
These guys are taking way too much gear way too young. They don’t realize they are shortening their lives.
Not that great
All I read is a load of ignorant small minded people commenting on something they know nothing about if you done you’re research you’d see he had one hell of an amazing bnbf title holder of natural bodybuilding. Which is tested .and whether he has moved on to use anabolic is his business and no others.really is it .And I can honestly say he’s not photo shopped nor does he skip leg day and he has amazing genetics if you don’t have genetics on you’re side doesn’t matter how much juice you use you’ll never get that big ….. genetics nutrition all play a role aswell as juice .he’s a quite reserved lad as he trains in the same gym as me .And I bet half of you lot on here smoke take recreational drugs drink alcohol do coke ecstasy etc .oh bit someone doe s juice somebody call the dignity police you all need to pull you’re heads out you’re asses
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Those people doing drugs like coke probably aren’t sitting there lying to people about being clean though…quite a big difference
The people who smoke (and can’t handle it) or are just lazy, and only train 3-4x a week and don’t see much change, they cannot imagine the kind of dedication and mental fortitude this man has. He looks a little disproportionate and at that size, any underdeveloped aspects, scream in a photo. Works harder than probably on this page and is more in tune with his body than we can possibly again. Regardless whether he’s had a little help, he’s a person deserving of respect, especially if you belong to a group like this.
Justin Richardson just oiled up instead
I think its less photoshop more using shading/airbrushing to enhance what’s there. Tons of guys do it on instagram
I mean he could just post a video which there seem to be none of on his page if he wants to prove it’s not photoshop
Well his nipples are literally pointing straight down and that’s a huge sign of being not natural
Well I can see why people think Photoshop is in play. Those abs seem a little weird but get if he’s not using Photoshop then good for him
Kid looks great
Thats what i call adobe gainzz bro on a day leee baby pleeeze
Imam syntholed
Everyone saying “oh yeah just steroids..”
Well no, it’s not just steroids, it’s a tonne of discipline in the gym and the kitchen. It takes a lot of mind set to grow that kind of muscle over a 5 year period for anyone, let lone someone so young where muscle maturity hasn’t set in yet.
But his downside will always be abnormal muscle shape and growth. This comes from using GH at a young age, before the bodies natural levels have peaked and begun to subside, therefore causing the irregular muscle shape and variations. This is the part that cannot be undone. But the rest of it it’s literally fucking hard work.
So what if he uses steroids (in my opinion he started juice way too early relative to his natural body growth, and more so growth hormone), it’s his choice, it’s not affecting anyone else.
For those who say “oh why not talk about all those drugs? It’s not natural, telling kids this is fake and lying..”. Well, no. You can take all the drugs you want, if you don’t put in the effort to grow, it ain’t gonna happen. He doesn’t need to talk about every little detail, just the obvious parts that require the time and the sacrifice, the hard work!
Is it photoshopped? No.
Does he work hard? Yes.
Does he use PEDs? Yes.
Does the article focus on drugs or fake photos? Fake photos.
Do we need to talk about PEDs in a negative manner, or any manner at all then in this case? No.
PEDS help you recover quicker than you normally would. He took a short cut which reduced the time and sacrifice needed. Weak mind set from the beginning.
Philip Ji fuaarrkk
David Shehan Senathirajah still sleep in the same room with Daniel Ashan Senathirajah?
Philip Ji is this what you do now? #keyboard warrior hahaha
???
Hmm.. if you exert the same energy and effort needed, you’ll go further, but the point was it’s not just a magic pill and more importantly the article wasn’t actually about that was what I was getting at.
hahhahahahahhahahahaha
Roids don’t cheat live longer
Or! Less down time means you have more time to put in the hard yards
I see what you did there
Come on its all natural..
Natural needles
Leave him to it it’s up to him if he used roids or not no one else I like the look but am 37 and after 17 Years of roid use there is a price to pay there is no denying that glad I left it behind now but still suffer the side effects years on there no free lunch with roid use if i could go Back i would never have done it bit to late for that now, the bottom line is it’s his choice so don’t hate on him it’s his right to choose if or not he does what he does