From what I saw in "Shannon's" story my guess is that his muscularity comes from a few things...
Not related to a raw diet:
1.) He lifted weights, and played football in the past
2.) He ate a ton of food, and a lot of protein in the past
Because of this he built a really great muscle base under his fat, even though he says he was overweight.
When you develop that type of muscularity, especially if you have good genetics to back it up, those muscles don't just disappear overnight.
This concept is commonly referred to as "muscle memory."
When Shannon begin weight lifting, and eating a lower calorie diet, his body started kicking into gear.
It started to retain or even build back his muscle mass at a level that would not be possible without his previous training and muscular development due to his past high calorie, high protein diet.
I would contend that this type of muscularity would not have been possible, if he had not built it up in the past.
In fact, I would bet that if he keeps up his current diet, he'll gradually loose muscle over time.
My guess is that those pictures were taken at his "prime."
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