A BODYBUILDER has died aged 28 after a flesh-eating bacterial infection his family say was triggered by risky muscle-gain products. Kevin Notario Nunes, an ex state-level bodybuilding champion,

2021 was a tragic year for the bodybuilding world. Over two dozen professional athletes died suddenly in a 12-month period, making headlines the world over. The youngest was 27 years old. Today, a wealth of research suggests that elite athletes tend to ...

Sudden cardiac death is responsible for an unusually high proportion of deaths in male bodybuilders, researchers reported today in the European Heart Journal. Further, professional bodybuilders are five times more likely to fall dead from cardiac arrest than amateurs, results show.

Professional male bodybuilders face more than five times the risk of sudden cardiac death compared to amateur athletes. Cardiac abnormalities and anabolic substance abuse were commonly found in autopsies of deceased bodybuilders. Experts urge cultural ...