Bodybuilders Who Went Too Far and Paid for It

Published on June 19, 2016
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Andreas Munzer

One look at Andreas Munzer and you’d believe that he were pulled straight from the action cartoons we watched as kids. Munzer looked like a real life action figure throughout his short life before he ultimately died in 1996 at the age of 32. What could possibly kill a man who looked like he could break a car in half? Organ failure. Munzer had cut his body fat percentage down to almost nothing. Cutting down your BF% is common in bodybuilding as it allows you to show off each individual muscle, but there is a certain threshold that you never want to cross. This incredible man was later found to have several tumors located on his liver as well as an enlarged heart. Safe to say that years of supplement abuse and overtaxed body work ended up dooming the athlete.

Andreas Munzer

Andreas Munzer

Moustafa Ismail

For Egyptian bodybuilder Moustafa Ismail there is something to be proud of with his accomplishments. Moustafa is the current world record holder for largest biceps on the planet. Ismail’s biceps measure in at a ridiculous 31 inches and they look every bit their size in person. Ismail has come under fire for his alleged use of drugs like Synthol and many folks believe that Ismail is more akin to a freakshow than a serious bodybuilder. According to Ismail the reason for his bicep size is thanks to seven pounds of protein being ingested daily. There’s nothing healthy about anything in this situation.

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Moustafa Ismail

Moustafa Ismail