z16)10 Bodybuilders That Went Too Far

 Today We Will Talk about 10 Bodybuilders That Went Too Far

Bodybuilding is rich in history and still popular today. The biggest difference between then and now is the level of competitiveness. Trying to gain any advantage is necessary in order to compete in the current bodybuilding environment, leading many to explore alternative approaches such as hormone supplements, steroids or excessive diuretics. Sometimes this exploration leads to major issues including death. Here are bodybuilders that went too far trying to create, in their minds, the perfect body.

Oli Cooney is a tragic bodybuilding case and although he didn’t make this list is worth mentioning. Starting at the age of 16, Cooney started openly taking steroids and despite warnings by doctors he was dead by the age of 20. If the doctors' warnings weren’t enough, the heart attacks (2) and strokes (3) really should have put a damper on his workout plan.

In 1972 Steve Michalik was named Mr. America and in 1975 he won the title of Mr. Universe. These victories came at a price, the price of extensive steroid use that would cause liver, heart and kidney issues, eventually leading to his death at the age of 63.

It’s time to flex our minds and see who the truly shocking bodybuilders that went too far are. Keep in mind these are exceptions and I guess also a potential tale of caution to those just entering this sport. We’ve got death, murder and an exploding bicep. You read that correctly, we’ve got an exploding bicep, folks! You may never want to go to the gym again. Here are 10 bodybuilders that went too far.

1: Chad Brothers

So I think by now we’ve established that bodybuilders and steroids are a dangerous combination that can lead to disaster. What happens when the “roid rage” occurs in public? Meet Chad Brothers, a bodybuilder with one of the most famous meltdowns of all time. It all went down in a New York Gold’s Gym in 2011.

2: Anthony D’Arezzo

A lot of bodybuilders focus on the look and not so much the health aspects of bodybuilding. Not all, but some mind you. Anthony D’Arezzo is an example of this. After college, D’Arezzo trained to the point where he could bench press 535 pounds, leading to a 1992 first place finish at the American Bench Press Championships. He had a series of injuries over the next few years. Not long after (2002) he was diagnosed with a heart condition and ordered to stop bodybuilding. Doctors specifically told him to stop training and not use steroids.

3: Curt Hennig

Lots of bodybuilders have tried to break into wrestling which makes sense given they have the body and all. However, there is a lot more to wrestling than just looking good. Curt Hennig, broke through the pro wrestling circuit. He was nicknamed, “The Hawk”, but had a short career, one that took such a sharp downward turn he ended up in wrestling inside high school gyms for a handful of people.

4: Lyle Alzado

Football players are often muscular and cut, but Lyle Alzado, a defensive lineman for the Raiders (also the Broncos and Browns, but probably most famous for his twilight years with the Raiders) was built like a God, a bodybuilding God. Alzado was more of a football player than bodybuilder, but is definitely one of the bigger names and one that has admitted to using steroids during his career. Alzado died of brain cancer at the age of 43.

5: Aziz “Zyzz” Shavershian

This one is mysterious because we don’t know what really went wrong. We know something went awry because young people don’t drop dead (as was the case with Shavershian), but those answers have been kept secret. Originally from Moscow, Shavershian and his family moved to Australia where he took up bodybuilding. However, he didn’t just “bulk up”; instead, he focused on creating a muscular, sexy body. It worked as he started receiving national attention as a YouTube star with a large group beginning to follow.

6: Mohammed “Momo” Benaziza

A soccer player when he was young, Mohammed Benaziza started to work out and train his body, eventually entering and winning a bodybuilding event in Spain. He continued to enter events and even won The Night of Champions in 1990, given his dominance he was given the name Killer of Giants. In 1992 Benaziza was part of the Mr. Olympia championships where he finished in fifth place. It was shortly after this competition he was found dead in his hotel room.

7: Greg Plitt

So this one has nothing to do with drugs (well, not noted anyhow) and nothing to do with stress on the heart (well, not directly anyway). Greg Plitt, a West Point graduate and Ranger started his career in Los Angeles as a personal trainer. He even created a workout program named MFT 28 that would be featured on the website bodybuilding.com. Plitt made the covers of fitness magazines such as Men’s Health, Muscle & Fitness and American Health & Fitness. He even did some commercials for Old Spice Body Wash, Old Navy and Under Armour, leading to a spot on the reality television show Work Out.

8: Gary Himing

Bodybuilders push their bodies to the limit, in many cases further than the body is designed to be pushed. Even when drugs or steroids aren’t involved, a bodybuilder’s training puts stress on the heart and other organs. Their diet is also extreme, often high on protein and low in other nutrients the body may be craving. Gary Himing had the worst fate a bodybuilder can have, he died on stage. While competing in an event in Victoria, he collapsed right on stage after his set. What was just as shocking was that after his body was removed, the show went on! In hindsight I’m pretty sure that wasn’t the best decision.

9: Sally McNeil

What happens when two Marines fall in love, get into bodybuilding together and take steroids? Obviously one of them is going to kill the other, it’s the really the only way this goes down. In the case of Sally McNeil, she not only murdered her husband, she had a long history of violence presumably linked to her post-Marine bodybuilding career and use of steroids. For McNeil, it was the fueled jealously that got the best of her. First, she ferociously beat down a woman because she believed she was having sex with her husband. The problem with being married to a bodybuilder is their strength, right? McNeil dropped a 70 pound weight on her husband. This is not something most husbands need to worry about. Finally, in 1996 she unloaded a shotgun into the chest of her husband. McNeil is still in prison and still believes it was her husband who was at fault and the one with rage caused by steroids.

10: Bertil Fox

You don’t just shoot up human growth hormone and get big right away, nor do you just go insane right away. Bertil Fox is an example of the latter, what happens to your state of mind taking human growth hormone over a period of time. Fox was known for his great muscle-bound body, winning titles in both the United States and England before retiring to St. Kitts where he planned to start his own business, a gym with his wife.In 1997 Fox lost it and committed multiple murders. He went into a shop owned by his mother-in-law and shot her and then also shot and killed his wife. Fox was found guilty and sent to prison for life. Fox claimed self-defense, but most expect it was his inner rage that had been built up (and been suppressed) over the years, the intensity of suppressed rage aided by human growth hormone.

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