The dark side of bodybuilding exposed.
The bodybuilding industry has always tried to put forward the concept of a healthy lifestyle, unfortunately there is a dark side that has recently been exposed.
In the past month, a number of deaths have made the headlines in the bodybuilding world.
The majority of deaths were female athletes competing on the pro and amateur circuit.
After the recent deaths of these athletes, a number of prominent people in the industry called out a number of coaches that include very high doses of PED’s, diuretics and extreme diets and training protocols to their athletes.
A huge war has started via social media with coaches allegedly threatening to take these the people accusing them of wrongdoing to court.
Putting aside the accusations, what has been revealed with all these arguments is the actual protocols that these female athletes are on.
Female athletes are now publishing the protocols that they are using.
Evolutionofbodybuilding.net has asked a number of bodybuilding champions and even doctors about these protocols and especially the high dosage of diuretics’.
After going through the protocols given to the athletes, there was a look of total shock on the athletes and doctors that reviewed them.
They could not believe that the female athletes were taking such high amount of PED’s and diuretics’.
Is it time for all bodybuilding and fitness federations to get involved? How many more deaths need to happen minutes before a competition takes place?
Many athletes have revealed that they have suffered serious health problems during their prep or after they have competed.
With more and more female athletes coming forward, a lot of questions have to be answered.
This will affect the way the sport of bodybuilding and fitness is viewed by the fans, media and sponsors.
There is not one sponsor that wants their product to be tarnished by this kind of controversy. If sponsors take a step back, show promoters will have a very difficult time to organize an event, which in return means less prize money for the pro athletes.
Back in the day, before the internet dominated the bodybuilding and fitness world, the subject of PED’s and diuretics’ was never talked about in the open. This was only discussed between a very few people.
Fast forward to 2021 and everybody is an expert. In fact the majority of people that are pushing the use of PED’s and diuretics’ have no medical qualifications.
Some athletes have alleged that the coaches are experimenting on their clients. This is a very dangerous situation.
The saying “Use and don’t abuse”, literally does not exist anymore. The risks some athletes are taking to earn their pro card is becoming very dangerous.
With everything being exposed, hopefully now, coaches will think twice before suggesting extreme protocols.
It is not all the coaches fault. Nobody is forcing the athlete to take these high protocols. The coach might suggest to take them, but the athlete is old enough to decide what is good or bad for their body.
Bodybuilding legend Shawn Ray has been very vocal about coaches throughout his career, and in the recent weeks, he has increased his campaign against careless coaches.
Shawn Ray has gone to the extent of labelling some coaches ‘Killers’ in a recent video he published on Digital Muscle’s Youtube page.
Shawn has seen a number of bodybuilders pass away due to heavy PED protocols and he will continue to campaign against dangerous coaches.
Evolutionofbodybuilding.net will continue to follow this story as it evolves.
