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Sport Specific Training Discussion => Bodybuilding => Topic started by: adarqui on May 07, 2016, 09:03:58 pm

Title: Study: Professional Bodybuilders have 34% higher Death Rate
Post by: adarqui on May 07, 2016, 09:03:58 pm

eek

https://medium.com/@anthonyroberts/study-professional-bodybuilders-have-34-higher-death-rate-afa86a49786c#.im10ro9tm

Title: Re: Study: Professional Bodybuilders have 34% higher Death Rate
Post by: FP on May 08, 2016, 12:55:39 am

Yikes. You think this has to do with strain on joints or what? I feel like bodybuilding should make individuals more fit, which should reduce deaths from cardiovascular problems.

Title: Re: Study: Professional Bodybuilders have 34% higher Death Rate
Post by: AGC on May 08, 2016, 02:17:41 am

The authors link it to PEDs and extreme body weight fluctuations.

http://www.aua2016.org/abstracts/abstractprint.cfm?id=MP47-17