"It's not worth dying for this sport," Ronnie Coleman discusses the problems in bodybuilding

Many young competitors have left the bodybuilding scene in recent times. There is speculation over their deaths and how their deaths could have been prevented. However, very often the word doping is mentioned in this topic, which by all accounts is probably responsible for the deaths of most of these bodybuilders. And it was in a recent interview that Ronnie Coleman spoke publicly about the fact that it is not worth it for someone to die for the sport.

He then also gave one example from his competitive career where he was also near death in 2001, but decided he didn't want to die for bodybuilding so he cancelled his show and went to the hospital.

"I don't know what a lot of these people are dying of, they don't often say, and a lot of things are rumours too. I think if these people did their blood work the right way and stayed above all the values and made sure they were always 100% healthy, I don't think they would have any problems.

When you start dying this sport is not worth dying for. Not at all. I remember 2001, I'll never forget it like it was yesterday. I woke up in the morning in Olympia and I felt terrible. I was totally dehydrated, you know, you have to be a little dehydrated to get on the podium. But that morning I felt terrible, I felt really bad. I got to the point where I felt like I was kind of dying. It scared the hell out of me. I called my nutritionist and said hey, man, I feel terrible. Forget this show, I'm going to the hospital. I'm not gonna die for this sport. I'm going to the hospital."

You can watch the full interview in the video below.