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Sure, a lot of us like to work out and look our best, but when is enough truly enough?
How far is too far?
From exploding biceps and murder, to self-derived death, here are 10 bodybuilders who just took
it too far.
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10.
Moustafa Ismail If you can't get there naturally, screw it,
just cheat.
That seems to be the standard practice for each and every one of the individuals on our
list, and Moustafa Ismail is no different.
Synthol, a synthetic and legal oil is leading to a vast amount of unnatural deformities
that some would call bodybuilders.
Ismail was given the 2012 Guinness World Record for his 31-inch biceps, which is about as
big around as the average male's waistline.
Ismail claims that he has never cheated or used injections of any sort.
9.
Joanna Clare Thomas Joanna Clare Thomas is a professional, British,
female bodybuilder and is known as the youngest female to win the IFBB pro card, which she
did at the young age of 21.
Another tale of steroid usage, Joanna had a documentary called "Supersize She" release
in 2005.
The documentary tells the grueling and taxing training program that she followed in order
to qualify for Miss Olympia.
Included in such programs was the use of steroids which she used to enhance her physique and
muscle mass.
8.
Andreas Munzer One of the greatest threats to a bodybuilder
is something known as water weight.
Making your muscles bulge definition in the just the right way requires you to have very
little liquid in your system.
Many competitors turn to diuretics to give them the final push they need to take the
stage with a muscular pop.
This can be dangerous!
Legendary Austrian bodybuilder, Andreas Munzer- known for having the worlds lowest body fat
percentage - faced such a danger when he was rushed to hospital in 1996 after he had complained
about stomach pains.
Andreas would die almost immediately on the operating table, where it was discovered that
he had shrunken testicles, tumors all over his liver, and a heart twice the size as it
should be, all due to chemical abuse of steroids and diuretics.
7.
Natalia Trukhina 27 year old Russian powerlifter, Natalia Trukhina,
has already done more than most others are capable of in their entire careers - as she
set multiple bench press and arm lifting world records and earned several championship titles.
Known as the Russian-Amazon, and for good reason - this woman can make the physique
of most men seem to be nothing more than a mere frame of wire.
Natalia has always been more than honest about her use of anabolic steroids - saying she
is able to perform well and can stay in great shape without doping.
6.
Gregg Valentino In the world of competitive bodybuilding,
most athletes do everything they can to gain an edge.
Synthol, which we mentioned earlier, is a synthetic oil that is directly injected into
the muscle tissue to give it an inflated look.
Known as the man with the largest arms, Gregg Valentino was one such athlete.
Sadly, all of those injections had taken their toll upon Valentino and his body, developing
a hematoma in his right arm which would begin leaking puss.
Trying to drain the fluid himself with a syringe, Valentino's bicep would explode in a bloody
mess, forcing a trip to the hospital.
5.
Denise Rutkowski Becoming the 1993 runner-up of the Miss Olympia
contest, Denise Rutkowski would take a severe downhill fall later in life.
From beauty to hulk and then to Roman Polanski and Elijah Wood's love child, her transformation
is due to - you guessed it - steroid and drug usage.
It seems as if her 2nd place spot in the competition never truly settled well with her, as she
continued to try and grow in mass and muscle - that is before the steroids did what they
so often do.
Now sporting sunken eye sockets, and a full-fledged goatee, she is nothing more than a whisper
of her former self.
4.
Bertil Fox Easily one of the scariest parts of human
growth hormones are the effects they can have on the brain.
These effects are capable of going unnoticed for many years - such as the case with former
IFBB bodybuilder, Bertil Fox.
Famous for his incredible muscle density and winner of multiple titles throughout England
and the United States, he would eventually semi-retire, and open a gym with his wife...
until a horrible day in 1997 when he walked into the dress shop that his mother-in-law
owned and shot both his wife and mother-in-law dead.
He would claim it was all in self-defense, but ultimately wound up serving life in prison.
3.
Andreas (Heidi) Krieger In 1979, at age 14, Heidi was sent to a school
for athletes in East Germany.
In 1981, her coach began adding strange "blue pills" to her daily vitamins, claiming they
would help her perform better.
She would go to win her first gold medal in women's shot put at the European Athletics
Championships, with an impressive winning shot of 21.10 meters, or about 70 feet.
She would continue to compete until 1991, where at the age of 26 she would remove herself
from competitions due to the doping substances she had taken.
Ultimately, in 1998, Heidi would undergo a sex change and would henceforth be called
Andreas.
2.
Gordon Kimbrough As discussed, anabolic steroids can cause
astounding changes to your mind and body.
American bodybuilder, Gordon Kimbrough, is a perfect example of both scenarios.
Gordon was described by both friends and family as a shy and gentle man - that is before his
use of growth hormones.
Upon returning home one day, his then fiance, Kristy Ramsey, informed him that she had found
somebody else and wished to end their relationship.
Enraged by this, Gordon murdered her in their house in June of 1993.
Police would find Kimbrough at the murder scene attempting to inject a lethal amount
of Lysol into his neck.
Kimbrough would be sentenced to 27-years to life in prison for the first-degree murder
of Kristy. 1.
Candice Armstrong For female gym addict and professional bodybuilder
Candice Armstrong, muscle growth became more of an addiction than a way of life.
Suffering from what is known as body dysmorphia, Candice would routinely work out her upper
body for hours each day.
When fellow gym patrons would compliment her on her "great biceps", she refused to see
it that way, turning to steroids to help enhance her self-perceived flaws.
The end result is that we no longer have the beautiful blonde she once was, but instead
a broad-shouldered, facial-haired woman with no sex drive.
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