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I agree 100% - if we want to be healthy let's not do anything that requires excessive effort from our body and exploiting it - not to mention extremes like bodybuilding
blood pressure 135/90 and HR 85 will not be good for a guy who weighs 180lbs but for a guy who weighs 300lbs 10% bf and takes 4g gear these will be really good health parameters - you can't treat everything as just black or just white... everyone the case must be assessed individually
That BP may be ok from a bodybuilders perspective or thinking, however my nephews son is a starting lineman at Indiana University. He's 6'5 290 and extremely athletic. A complete freak of nature stud. His BP was 140/90 last season for awhile and they put him on a medical exemption and wouldn't let him play until both numbers dropped 10 points or better. With some medication and dietary adjustments they were able to get him down to an acceptable range in about 2 weeks. They told him moving forward if he plans on playing in the NFL his blood pressure being as close as it can to the 'normal' range would be crucial in him playing. I just text him a few minutes ago and he said the highest they want to see him before he gets flagged is 130/75 but preferably lower.