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Nice rack, pal. Hoist the barbells, tailor those T-shirts and drop and give me 20. For today's man, it's perfect pecs -- or bust. 'The man's obtainable calling card is the chest,' said Gregory Joujon-Roche, owner of Holistic Fitness in Los Angeles, who trained Brad Pitt for the movie 'Troy.' 'We're the roosters. Chest you can get. A six-pack stomach takes work. It's a guy's muscle.' Male cleavage is all the rage. Not a bloated bodybuilder's bosom, necessarily, but a chiseled sheath of armored flesh that raises eyebrows and not laughter during the barechested days of summer. The army of greased-up, golden pecs is perhaps 'Troy's' most notable achievement. The landscape and swordplay in the top-grossing film merely set the shirtless scene. Hordes of reviewers -- apparently unmoved by the epic plot -- peppered their assessment as much on the cast-iron knockers as the action or cinematography: 'If this film doesn't get guys to the gym, nothing will,' The Modesto Bee. '. . . Pitt is rippled (even his hair looks muscular), yet also seems right,' The San Diego Union-Tribune. ' . . . the god he worships would seem to be Nautilus the Machine instead of Zeus the All-Powerful,' The Washington Post. The 40-year-old Pitt achieved the look through hours of weightlifting and sword training to portray the warrior Achilles. Speaking of ancient Greece, Narcissus and Adonis have nothing on today's peccrazy consumers. Those desperate to escape the confines of their size 'S' T-shirt aren't just pounding the bench press. They're doling out thousands for pec implants, which allow the chicken-chested -- or obsessively vain and insecure -- to nab a few fake inches on their upper torso. According to the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, more than 1,700 men had silicone sacs voluntarily shoved into their chests last year, a 158 percent increase from 2002.
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