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3 days agoI know this is a funny jab at BMI, which is an extremely flawed way of determining anything, but actually the risks of being a competitive bodybuilder with single digit body fat percentage are remarkably similar to being morbidly obese. Being natty certainly makes it safer but being jacked and being healthy aren’t the same thing. The people you see on stage at bodybuilding comps are a short step away from needing admittance to hospital.
Yep. To paraphrase the wise words of Casually Explained:
Adrenaline junkies like skydivers often say something like “I love it so much I’d die for my sport”. In contrast, with bodybuilding dying is the sport.