Arnold Schwarzenegger calls for a return to more aesthetically pleasing "healthier" bodybuilding!
Author: On Saturday, another death rocked the world of professional bodybuilding. At the age of 46, 2018 Mr. Olympia champion Shawn Roden died, apparently of a heart attack. Unfortunately, Roden was "just another in a long line."
Just a month earlier, bodybuilding legend Arnold Schwarzenegger pointed out the risks of the sport in response to the untimely death of another competitor - George Peterson. He was just 37 years old. During August, Czech professional bodybuilder Alena Hatvani also died at the age of 47.
In the past decade, the bodybuilding world has lost many competitors, many times more than other sports. Most American football players die at a much older age than bodybuilders, despite a multitude of problems. Even in MMA, compared to professional bodybuilding, premature death is rather the exception,
said Schwarzenegger, who dominated the Mr. Olympia competition seven times in his career.
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A return to aesthetics?
It should be noted that the sport has changed significantly since the 1970s, when the legendary Terminator rocked bodybuilding competitions. Just compare Schwarzenegger's form back then with the Mr. Olympia winner of 2020 and 2021 - Mamdouh Elssbiay, nicknamed Big Ramy, has a much bulkier physique.
Schwarzenegger and many other former bodybuilders are calling for a return to a more aesthetic form of bodybuilding and for the sport to become primarily about promoting a healthy lifestyle.
Experts say the most common cause of death among bodybuilders is heart failure due to steroid use. Petr Vaniš, a former Czech professional who has been a great fighter against doping in recent years, has personal experience with them.
I keep statistics. From this August to now I have recorded ten deaths of bodybuilders, which is unreal and something needs to be done about it. I myself have paid a huge price for doping. I had to have heart surgery and I'm post bypass,
Vanish told CNN Prima News.
Let's remember some of those who have left us prematurely:
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