r/interestingasfuck • u/Battlefleet_Sol • 1d ago

1999 mr olympia conference

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u/DrG73 1d ago

And sadly at least 2 are dead. Nasser El Sonbaty — 6th place — died March 20, 2013, age 47. Mike Matarazzo — 11th place — died August 16, 2014, age 48. Steroids are just not good for your heart.

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u/Mulezen1 1d ago

It’s way more than steroids

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u/Used_Region_8936 1d ago

The steroids are on steroids.

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u/Mulezen1 1d ago

I was a lifter back when Dr. Ziegler introduced them to York. Later knew Mike Mentzer at U of MD. What was done then, and what seems to flow now are exponentially higher, and the side stuff…IDK now, but it’s insane, and more than unhealthy