Serious bodybuilding has to be insane and reckless. Lifting super heavy weights, putting down endless amounts of food, all the PEDs, etc.
The average American non-bodybuilder is just as insane and reckless. They eat a garbage diet, are chronically dehydrated, the majority are overweight or obese, chronically high blood sugar leading to diabetes, uncontrolled high blood pressure, 0 physical exercise, etc. Look at the explosion in colon cancer rates for people under 40. And if a doctor tells them their health is in serious jeopardy they ask for a pill so they can continue living that way for a few extra years. At least bodybuilders put in work to make changes even with drugs involved.
I'm really tired of the morality police on this shit, particularly on a board called Professional Muscle. Everyone knows there are risks and if you don't then you get what you deserve. Look at Jamie Foxx - he's been hospitalized for almost three weeks due to a stroke caused by high blood pressure. He has untold millions and millions of dollars but wouldn't spend less than a dollar per day to control his high blood pressure - a typical average American. And he may end up with lifelong complications due to it.
We only hear the stories of guys who had bad outcomes - mostly because they love to remind everyone like a few regulars here - and never the ones who live this life for years and have no issues. When
@concreteguy had his intestinal issues he was given full body scans and his heart, liver, kidneys, etc., were all perfectly healthy - and he was pushing grams, orals, insulin, and more in his 50s.
@Swiper has had his issues but to my knowledge they're all due to injuries, nothing with organs or internal health. I've pushed the limits more than most here and I too have no issues - it's a struggle to get my heartrate into the 130s when doing cardio. I have a friend at the gym who's been on for over 25 years. The only time he had an issue is when he decided to go off cold turkey for a bit - he got a blood clot. He went to the hospital, got put on blood thinners for life, went back on, and has had no problems since.
@pins is in his 60s and still going using PEDs.
@1bigun11 is another one in his 60s still pushing it.
Yes, some people will be more prone to bad outcomes than others, but that's the random chance that is life. There are equally as many who won't have any issues.