Max Body Dev Very few weightlifters in the history of the sport looked like he does or close to it. Each generation has a few elite weightlifters who look lean and muscular. But for every jacked one there is you'll find 10 who look more like Ilyin or Nurudinov. Sure, the others are amazing lifters, but they have very ordinary physiques and wouldn't even strike you as people who train seriously if you crossed them in the streets. Nurudino For a sport where people are lifting 400+ pounds over their heads, you sure don't see that many really jacked guys. Most of them wouldn't stand out in a regular gym. If most of the elite lifters, who hoist 400-500 pounds overhead, don't look super jacked, how will the guy who can barely lift 225 look? If the guys who spent years building up the strength to handle 450 pounds overhead don't look much above average, what makes you think you'll look like superman if you work up to handling 275 .