It is utterly appalling the levels to which some people will sink. The above left is an original photo of me, just after one of our Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu training sessions. (And it’s even a bad photo; I’m actually a bit more muscular than that.) The image on the right, however, which I’ve heard is being circulated and sold on the male photography sites on the Internet, is a Photoshop manipulated creation made by one of my very own training partners — Augusto!

I’ll give it to him, it’s a pretty darn good imitation, but then again, it’s well known that Augusto is an expert at Photoshop image manipulation. But this time amigo, you’ve been caught out! So let this embarrassing moment serve as a lesson that that there are no shortcuts to the discipline, hard work and hours of gym time that I put in to achieve this look.

La foto superior izquierda en una foto original mia, justo después de uno de nuestros entrenamientos de Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (e incluso es una foto ‘mala’; actualmente estoy mas musculado). La imagen de la derecha, que segun lo que he escuchado está siendo difundida y vendida en las páginas de fotografía de internet, es una manipulación de Photoshop creada por uno de mis compañeros de entrenamiento, Augusto!

Se la daré, es una muy buena imitación, pero otra vez, es por todos conocido que Augusto es un experto en manipulación de imagenes digitales. Pero esta vez amigo, has sido cazado! Asi que te sirva este momento embarazoso como lección de que no existen atajos para la disciplina sino trabajo duro y horas de gimnasio que he usado para alcanzar esta imagen.

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