Do Bodybuilders Live Longer?
San Diego—Bodybuilders Have a Mortality Rate 34% Higher Than That of the Age-Matched U. S. Male Population, According to a Study Presented at the American...
SAN DIEGO—Bodybuilders have a mortality rate 34% higher than that of the age-matched U.S. male population, according to a study presented at the American Urological Association's 2016 annual meeting. ... The mean age of death was 47.7 years (range 26.6 – 75.4 years).
What is the life expectancy of a bodybuilder?
All of the bodybuilders in this list are from the “pre-steroid era”. So these 'old timers' lived an average of 81 years without exogenous hormones. I'm curious how long today's steroid abusing bodybuilders will last. Best you can do is slow down degenerative aging changes and look and feel good as you get older.
Do muscular people die earlier?
The researchers, led by Dr. Kate Duchowny, concluded that people with lower levels of muscle strength are 50 percent more likely to die earlier than individuals who are stronger than a baseline measurement of grip strength.
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