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  • Egyptian Body builder Moustafa Ismail poses during his daily workout at World Gym in Milford, Mass. Ismail has been given the title of world's biggest arms, biceps and triceps, by the Guinness Book of World Records. Photos by Stephan Savoia / Associated Press <a href=Read story" title="'Egyptian Popeye' has 31-inch upper arms" class="cmGalleryThumbImage" />
  • Massachusetts bodybuilder Moustafa Ismail eats seven pounds of protein, nine pounds of carbohydrates and three gallons of water each day to help maintain upper arms that measure 31 inches around — as big as a small man's waist. <a href=Read story" title="'Egyptian Popeye' has 31-inch upper arms" class="cmGalleryThumbImage" />
  • Moustafa Ismail grimaces during his daily workout at World Gym in Milford, Mass. Skeptics say there must also be steroids or some other artificial means behind Ismail's beyond-bulging biceps and triceps, and Guinness World Records is waffling on whether to recognize him. <a href=Read story" title="'Egyptian Popeye' has 31-inch upper arms" class="cmGalleryThumbImage" />
  • Egyptian Body builder Moustafa Ismail insists his arms are all-natural, the result of a punishing workout regimen he started after a guest at his uncle's wedding in his native Egypt mocked his overweight frame.<a href=Read story" title="'Egyptian Popeye' has 31-inch upper arms" class="cmGalleryThumbImage" />
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  • Generous amounts of poultry, seafood and shakes provide the protein he needs to fuel daily two-hour workouts in which he lifts as much as 600 pounds. He also takes mineral and vitamin supplements and drinks plenty of water to flush out his system. <a href=Read story" title="'Egyptian Popeye' has 31-inch upper arms" class="cmGalleryThumbImage" />
  • The rest of Ismail's body is average, so it's a challenge finding shirts that fit his arms without making him look like a little kid playing dress-up. <a href=Read story" title="'Egyptian Popeye' has 31-inch upper arms" class="cmGalleryThumbImage" />
  • Body builder Moustafa Ismail eats lunch at his favorite Mexican restaurant after his daily workout. Ismail started building his muscles in his Egyptian hometown of Alexandria before moving to the United States in 2007 and settling in Franklin, southwest of Boston.. <a href=Read story" title="'Egyptian Popeye' has 31-inch upper arms" class="cmGalleryThumbImage" />
  • Ismail went to Tokyo to appear in a Fuji TV documentary program in which independent doctors collected blood samples and X-rayed his muscles. They found nothing abnormal, he said. <a href=Read story" title="'Egyptian Popeye' has 31-inch upper arms" class="cmGalleryThumbImage" />
  • Guinness recently removed references to Ismail from its website. Spokeswoman Sara Wilcox said in October that Guinness was conducting research with medical specialists and reviewing Ismail's category. <a href=Read story" title="'Egyptian Popeye' has 31-inch upper arms" class="cmGalleryThumbImage" />
 

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