Body builders after photos

PaulSavage said:Cant speak on the others but flex was jacked at last years olympia an yates has been consistently 250lb+ with abs since his retirement so the 'normal size guy' thing was a straight up lie.

slimsim said:
I agree too.
Bodybuilding (probably moreso than strongman or other iron sports) is very self indulgent as a hobby and it's only when you move on from it that you see just how selfish a "sport" it is.

slimsim said:
Yates has NOT consistently been 250lbs since he retired. He's certainly not let himself go but he ain't been that big.
Haven't both Flex Wheeler AND Tom Prince had kidney transplants? Sad state of affairs when 2 out of a line up of 6-7 have had major kidney problems. Oh, they've both got hereditary conditions.........probably.

walker said:
I'm going to have to agree with Savage as much as it pains me. I've watched a few interviews etc with Yates of late, one where he looks small but is 121kg on the scales and he says he never drops below around that weight 265lbs or so.

slimsim said:
Yates has NOT consistently been 250lbs since he retired. He's certainly not let himself go but he ain't been that big.
Haven't both Flex Wheeler AND Tom Prince had kidney transplants? Sad state of affairs when 2 out of a line up of 6-7 have had major kidney problems. Oh, they've both got hereditary conditions.........probably.

AaronJ said:I always find it odd when people speak about bodybuilders and strength athletes that we know through the online world in terms of the tragic passing of one of them, or how tragic it is that so many die young.

We live in a world of choice. Bodybuilders and strongmen choose to participate in the sport they partake in, and they choose to ingest their chosen quantity of drugs. It's no more tragic than a bullfighter getting gored. If you constantly take risks with your life, chances are it'll bite back one day.

The flipside applies as well. Why is bodybuilding any more selfish than premiership football? The wives/girlfriends etc. choose to spend their life with someone whose passion is moulding their body to a particular shape. If you didn't want to be involved in that - choose someone else to spend your life with.

People make choices. They're big boys (often bigger than most others). They know the potential consequences, and if they don't, they should make it their business to learn about it. I found it interesting that the wives of two high level strongmen who have died, then went on to marry their strongman friends. You'd think if it was such a selfish sport, the wives would vote with their feet and bugger off.

Robbo said:
You find it odd that people online who don't know said victim find it tragic? I find that odd to think that.
I think the selfish bit is referring to the crazy drug use as well. Selfish in terms of risking their health, which yes, is selfish, when it means your risking leaving the earth prematurely, only to leave family and friends devastated.

Robbo said:
You find it odd that people online who don't know said victim find it tragic? I find that odd to think that.
I think the selfish bit is referring to the crazy drug use as well. Selfish in terms of risking their health, which yes, is selfish, when it means your risking leaving the earth prematurely, only to leave family and friends devastated.