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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: Coach is Back! on December 04, 2011, 03:18:17 PM
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His name was Steve Kappra. We trained together for the Excalibur when I did it in 07'. This really sucks. If you look at some of the comp pics I posted from the line up. He's in there. Damn!!
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Died of an appearant heart attack probably from diuretics....sucks.
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Fuckk...
this just went down??
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:-X
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woah, details? ???
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Last night.
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His name was Steve Kappra. We trained together for the Excalibur when I did it in 07'. This really sucks. If you look at some of the comp pics I posted from the line up. He's in there. Damn!!
Yea, heard from Special Ed and Block on MW but strange that MD and RX have been silent on it...especially since Louis Uridiel competed in the Excaliber.
RIP
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It is strange. This should be out there.
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Wow, this is really sad news...
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I mean, dying of an heart attack after abusing diuretics and steroids for a plastic trophy.
Inconceivably sad indeed.
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Sad,sorry to hear this.
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How old was he?
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How old was he?
He was 52. married, kids, wealthy and just a flat out nice person. Steve is the one on the left of me.
(http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e196/Intenseone/DSCN0332.jpg)
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Wow, this is really sad news...
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I mean, dying of an heart attack after abusing diuretics and steroids for a plastic trophy.
Inconceivably sad indeed.
Your way off base bro....not cool. I mean it's the Excalibur....I'm almost certain they keep a 'sword' too ... ::) ::) ::) ::) ::)
Jeez chasing the dream when you have it all.... he died for u bitches.
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Steve is second to the left next to Castleberry.
(http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e196/Intenseone/IMG_1027_MSVTWQMCML.jpg)
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seems to happen every year. sad.
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Is it just me or have bb'ers been droppin' like flies this year ???? Wtf ???
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Is it just me or have bb'ers been droppin' like flies this year ???? Wtf ???
Yeah, didn't a couple arab dudes die recently too :-\
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PIP
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Is it just me or have bb'ers been droppin' like flies this year ???? Wtf ???
My best friend since grammar school died a few weeks after we did this years Masters Nationals...he was 52 also,and also had a heart attack.
Fucked up shit this year all around as far as people dying goes.
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I think you asshole are jumping to conclusions.
Bodybuilding is healthy and if anythign prolongs life. Imagine if he didn't compete, he probably would have died 20 years ago. If anything the Excalibur extended his life.
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He was 52. married, kids, wealthy and just a flat out nice person. Steve is the one on the left of me.
(http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e196/Intenseone/DSCN0332.jpg)
Not trying to be a prick, but to me your above statement is what is truly sad. Risking all of that for a trophy? C'mon. :-\
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Steve is second to the left next to Castleberry.
(http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e196/Intenseone/IMG_1027_MSVTWQMCML.jpg)
hahaha epic "i post pictures of myself to get some attention pretending to care about someone else death". What a christian you make.
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My best friend since grammar school died a few weeks after we did this years Masters Nationals...he was 52 also,and also had a heart attack.
Fucked up shit this year all around as far as people dying goes.
hahahaha...and decades of steroids use has nothing to do with it right?
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hahahaha...and decades of steroids use has nothing to do with it right?
haha.....real funny asshole.
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Get over it dude. Some people wanted to know who he was. Its not like haven't posted these a millions times before.
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que the dickheads....everytime somebody dies (from whatever cause) the fuckchops come out to insult the dead......real classy ::)
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Funny that only guys in their 50s and on steroids are sad about this "event".
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Here's the real question....does "uberman" or oliolioxenfree even train? I'm mean they probably "workout" with like a Zumba class or something but do they actually train?
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First, you dont know exactly what caused his death...
second, you could say the same of just about any sport and the risks associated with participating in them...I'm quite sure more guys died playing football this year, then BB...
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My friend was a great guy,good husband and father of two.......always went out of his way to help out anyone that he could.
Uberman,do you train,if so,got any titles/trophies,got a wife,job,kids,if so,I hope when you die someday that no one laughs about it,your wife and kids probably wouldn`t like it too much if they heard about it.
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Funny that only guys in their 50s and on steroids are sad about this "event".
lol jesus christ your an asshole, and a very, very mean man. but you are right about everything
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First, you dont know exactly what caused his death...
second, you could say the same of just about any sport and the risks associated with participating in them...I'm quite sure more guys died playing football this year, then BB...
You're right, nobody knows at this time, but most people are thinking diuretics, there is a reason for that. Bob, you know that diuretics are indirectly promoted in this sport - that dry look everyone loves. Didn't you go to the hospital once, almost DYING for this sport?
That is a real problem, how come nobody thinks so? That in order to peak properly you have to use drugs that can almost kill you. Singerman almost died, he's not even a pro or top bodybuilder. You almost died. Dillet almost died. Or is it OK since you all got saved at the last minute?
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You're right, nobody knows at this time, but most people are thinking diuretics, there is a reason for that. Bob, you know that diuretics are indirectly promoted in this sport - that dry look everyone loves. Didn't you go to the hospital once, almost DYING for this sport?
That is a real problem, how come nobody thinks so? That in order to peak properly you have to use drugs that can almost kill you. Singerman almost died, he's not even a pro or top bodybuilder. You almost died. Dillet almost died. Or is it OK since you all got saved at the last minute?
here are some stats for you:
In 2006, with an estimated 1.8 million participants in organized football, the survey reported a relatively high 16 indirect deaths but only one fatality directly attributable to football play (a high school running back who suffered a fatal spinal injury when tackled).[5][6]
A 1994 Ball State University survey found that "players in the 1980s suffered serious injuries and underwent operations at twice the rate of those who played in the 1950s or earlier".[7]
A 2000 University of North Carolina study found that in the period between 1977 and 1998, each year on average 13 athletes had suffered catastrophic injuries (primarily permanent paralysis) through direct result of participation in football; it also found that between 1977 and 1998 "200 football players received a permanent cervical cord injury, and 66 sustained a permanent cerebral injury".[8]
An estimated 40,000 concussions are suffered every year among high school players.[9]
Theyre sports...we all take risks, in many different ways. Sometimes, people get hurt, injured, or die....people play/ participate of their own free will...no one tells them what to do and not do...especially a grown man in his 50's.
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The fuck are you talking about. You re just feeling some sympathy for this guy cause you re in your 50s just like him. Doesnt mean he was uterly retarded to use drugs in order to compete for plastic trophies, especially while having a family. In fact, it shows he was a complete moron, that's the only thing that event proves. Natural selection at its finest.
Next.
He died weeks after the contest asshole.
How can you take pleasure in another mans death,especially one you don`t even know anything about or the circumstances surrounding his death.
All I can say is,that you`re lucky you`re out of range for a slap to the head.
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My friend was a great guy,good husband and father of two.......always went out of his way to help out anyone that he could.
Uberman,do you train,if so,got any titles/trophies,got a wife,job,kids,if so,I hope when you die someday that no one laughs about it,your wife and kids probably wouldn`t like it too much if they heard about it.
Sorry wes, but ubertwat dies, I admit, I will smile a little bit. :)
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Fact: If they banned - and tested strictly for - diuretics, there would be fewer BBing deaths each year.
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Fact: If frogs had wings, they wouldn't hit their ass every time they jumped.
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Sorry wes, but ubertwat dies, I admit, I will smile a little bit. :)
After reading his drivel in this thread,I think I just might also!! ;D
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Steve Kappra was on life support last night. Not sure about if he died or not.
All of this occurred before prejudging started, which was 10am. The contest was not postponed or delayed.
According to his friends, Steve fell down, they performed CPR on this, the ambulance came and took him away. His friend, Jerry Gutierrez, who also also going to compete in the contest, left to the hospital with Steve.
No one at the contest knew anything because there was not much to report. Except that the ambulance came and took away Steve.
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Fact: If they banned - and tested strictly for - diuretics, there would be fewer BBing deaths each year.
andf how exactly will you get the dry tuneled look? lol with anti estrogen? lol diuretics is part of the cult,, fellas use it and will always use it ,, need to be carful and not abuse it as simple as that ,, you cant just expect your lowe back to be rock hard and dry with out them ,, even on them many fuck up and dont get dry because they dotn know how to work them in ,,
we can all go back to look like bil pearl on stage and steve reeves and that will be perect i gues,, problem is EVERYONE need to do it and this wil be going steps backwords,, you wont be dry as simple as that ,, you may be conditioned low bodyfat btu you wont YOU WONT be dry
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yeah, that quality of physique would drop as well, you'd have more rippled guys playing basketball on playgrounds.
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The fuck are you talking about. You re just feeling some sympathy for this guy cause you re in your 50s just like him and spent most of your life being as insecure as him. What's your problem, you re on roids too? hrt? Feeling a bit scared?
Doesnt mean he wasnt uterly retarded to use drugs in order to compete for plastic trophies at such an advanced age, especially while having a family. In fact, it shows he was a complete moron, that's the only thing this little story proves. Natural selection at its finest, he did his choices. Just because he died doesnt mean he was a "great guy". Dying doesnt make you a great guy automatically. In fact, we die the way we lived. The utter stupidity of his death speaks volume about who he truly was.
Next.
He was a great guy,not because he died,just because he was.
You didn`t fucking even know anything about him, and still don`t,you`re just using your "psychobabble" bullshit once again trying to anylise things as if you really fucking had a clue as to what you`re talking about.
As far as me being scared,not one bit.............and being an ignorant loser is your schtick,not mine.
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by the way im talking abotu DRY SLICED ,, not hard! dry sandy dry and sliced ,, this take more than just hormones,,you can get bery far in the driness department as natural ...but when it come to hormonized bodybuild you have to use duretics with the size they come with ,, they dont play with 165lb they come larger and cary thickness and water in between muscle and skin that has to go away and dureitc is part of it
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He was a great guy,not because he died,just because he was.
You didn`t fucking even know anything about him, and still don`t,you`re just using your "psychobabble" bullshit once again trying to anylise things as if you really fucking had a clue as to what you`re talking about.
As far as me being scared,not one bit.............and being an ignorant loser is your schtick,not mine.
He was a "great guy" sure...if you say so... who died... of steroid use, while having a family, knowing he was potentially shortening his life span, but considered it was "worth it" one more time, just like he considered it was worth it for years. Seriously, you re getting autistic there dude. Whats preventing you from admiting the truth. When you pretend to care about others you dont take steroids with the risk of shortening your life span, just to impress a crowd of men posing on a stage in a thong flexing your little water muscles.
He played, he lost. Just like that moron in the other thread who sucker punched too many losers and got shot by a bigger loser than himself at some point.
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Dandelion is a great duiretic before a show.
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Praising it? It was done in mockery, you tool. ::)
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Very sad. My thoughts go out to his family and loved ones. RIP
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Uberman throwing out brutal truth. We all make our choices and everyone of us will take our last breath oneday. Be the best you can be with what god gave you...thats good enough. 8)
This "Hallmark" moment sent from "Warhorse"
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Praising it? It was done in mockery, you tool. ::)
^THIS^
Fucking idiot actually thinks we pasted it because we thought it was relevant or something!! LOL ;D
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Uberman throwing out brutal truth. We all make our choices and everyone of us will take our last breath oneday. Be the best you can be with what god gave you...thats good enough. 8)
This "Hallmark" moment sent from "Warhorse"
His version of the "brutal truth" and in a very disrespectful way.
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Dear "uberman" steroids don't kill you, you dumb sonofabitch.
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First, you dont know exactly what caused his death...
second, you could say the same of just about any sport and the risks associated with participating in them...I'm quite sure more guys died playing football this year, then BB...
Probably so, but the NFL reported it ;) I like how my previous post just disappeared HAHAHAHAHA
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Hundreds of thousands of people take steroids, so you can debate it over and over again. Until his family and friends who were at the show give us more information, stop speculating. All we know is that a good man passed away.
People in their 50s die from heart attacks every day, unfortunately.
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here are some stats for you:
In 2006, with an estimated 1.8 million participants in organized football, the survey reported a relatively high 16 indirect deaths but only one fatality directly attributable to football play (a high school running back who suffered a fatal spinal injury when tackled).[5][6]
A 1994 Ball State University survey found that "players in the 1980s suffered serious injuries and underwent operations at twice the rate of those who played in the 1950s or earlier".[7]
A 2000 University of North Carolina study found that in the period between 1977 and 1998, each year on average 13 athletes had suffered catastrophic injuries (primarily permanent paralysis) through direct result of participation in football; it also found that between 1977 and 1998 "200 football players received a permanent cervical cord injury, and 66 sustained a permanent cerebral injury".[8]
An estimated 40,000 concussions are suffered every year among high school players.[9]
Theyre sports...we all take risks, in many different ways. Sometimes, people get hurt, injured, or die....people play/ participate of their own free will...no one tells them what to do and not do...especially a grown man in his 50's.
The difference is that in skydiving, bungee jumping, football, etc the risks and dangers are well known - people go out of their way to educate people on how to avoid them. They don't lie and deny that they dont exist, they try to increase safety through equipment and education. That does NOT happen in bodybuilding. The alchemy of diuretic use is a secret, it's kept in the shadows, and as a result people get hurt or die. You cannot deny that.
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Steroids don't kill you. Hope this helps.
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The difference is that in skydiving, bungee jumping, football, etc the risks and dangers are well known - people go out of their way to educate people on how to avoid them. They don't lie and deny that they dont exist, they try to increase safety through equipment and education. That does NOT happen in bodybuilding. The alchemy of diuretic use is a secret, it's kept in the shadows, and as a result people get hurt or die. You cannot deny that.
Very good post !!
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shit happens
but RIP
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There are many things which might have contributed to his death. What I think is important to remember is that it is better to do what you love to do, even if it kills you, then it is to never do anything at all. Everyone dies sooner or later.
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Hundreds of thousands of people take steroids, so you can debate it over and over again. Until his family and friends who were at the show give us more information, stop speculating. All we know is that a good man passed away.
People in their 50s die from heart attacks every day, unfortunately.
yes but steroids dont help...
anyway.. RIP
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andf how exactly will you get the dry tuneled look? lol with anti estrogen? lol diuretics is part of the cult,, fellas use it and will always use it ,, need to be carful and not abuse it as simple as that ,, you cant just expect your lowe back to be rock hard and dry with out them ,, even on them many fuck up and dont get dry because they dotn know how to work them in ,,
we can all go back to look like bil pearl on stage and steve reeves and that will be perect i gues,, problem is EVERYONE need to do it and this wil be going steps backwords,, you wont be dry as simple as that ,, you may be conditioned low bodyfat btu you wont YOU WONT be dry
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At least no one will abuse slin if there is no diuretics.
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(http://contests.ironmanmagazine.com/~photos/742/Men/061202MP0330.jpg)
(http://contests.ironmanmagazine.com/~photos/658/Men/IMG_7716.jpg)
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I use to train at Met-Rx gym and Steve did personal training there, he was always a friendly guy. RIP.
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Guy looked a bit like Boyer Coe, but with hair...
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andf how exactly will you get the dry tuneled look? lol with anti estrogen? lol diuretics is part of the cult,, fellas use it and will always use it ,, need to be carful and not abuse it as simple as that ,, you cant just expect your lowe back to be rock hard and dry with out them ,, even on them many fuck up and dont get dry because they dotn know how to work them in ,,
we can all go back to look like bil pearl on stage and steve reeves and that will be perect i gues,, problem is EVERYONE need to do it and this wil be going steps backwords,, you wont be dry as simple as that ,, you may be conditioned low bodyfat btu you wont YOU WONT be dry
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No, it's not taking a step backwards. Taking a step backwards is whats been happening for the past 20 years. More drugs, less training and less dieting, the polar opposite of what it used to be.
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No, it's not taking a step backwards. Taking a step backwards is whats been happening for the past 20 years. More drugs, less training and less dieting, the polar opposite of what it used to be.
X2 !
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No, it's not taking a step backwards. Taking a step backwards is whats been happening for the past 20 years. More drugs, less training and less dieting, the polar opposite of what it used to be.
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Funny that only guys in their 50s and on steroids are sad about this "event".
your half right. i'm 55 never touched a steroid in my life.
drugs did not kill the man. he died from having a passion.
I rectum you don't get that though (http://www.freejunknstuff.com/fork.gif)
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Is this the first guy to ever die on stage? A lot have died before the contest in getting prepped, but ON STAGE???
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why would people inject themselves with a needle risking alone all the shit that can go wrong if you dont inject properly that alone is enough risk to take. let alone inject a substance
takes a real smart guy to do that IMO
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Good thing most folks don't enjoy driving head-on into opposing traffic then....
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Dear "uberman" steroids don't kill you, you dumb sonofabitch.
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they overstress the heart, make for bad lipid profile. just be a normal person and youll find life is pretty decent without the stuff
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ALCOHOL AND CIGS KILL MORE PEOPLE YEAR ON YEAR THAN ANY OTHER DRUG AND YET PRETTY MUCH EVERYONE DOES ONE OR THE OTHER!!!
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R.I.P Steve
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R.I.P. Steve -
I was at the NPC Excalibur taking pics, and before prejudging ever started, we heard of a competitor falling down outside of the building, and people rushing to take care of him. Talking to friends a few days later, the ambulance came quick, and rushed him away, all before the contest began. We didn't know if he was ok or not. Sadly, not.
There will be a Moment of Silence for Steve at the next contest at the Culver City Veterans Auditorium, which will be held on April 14th. I cannot recall that someone passing away before a contest here in Southern California ever.
From his friends, we do know that Steve loved bodybuilding and that he will be missed.
I will be there in April at the 2012 NPC Amateur Grand Prix.
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A moment of silence is nice but what will be done going forward to better minimize the risk of having this happen again? Nearly every competitor on stage is dehydrated and the difference between being healthy on stage and being near death is a razor thin margin. Several years ago I had nearly the same outcome as Steve. After the prejudging of another show, I started cramping, having abdominal bloating, slurred speech and fuzzy vision. I knew I was too dehydrated and could not get down water fast enough. Knowing what was going on a family member rushed me to an urgent care where I got I.V. fluids.
As I was being rushed in an ambulance to the emergency room the paramedic told me that had I come in even an hour later that I would have suffered total internal organ failure and died. Like anyone who steps on stage we each take accountability for what we have choosen to do to get in this sort of condition this however does not exonerate those who run the shows from taking precaution and consideration for the competitors. If the NPC mandates the presense of an EMT on site at shows then the promoter of this show has accountability for what happened. The cost of an EMT could be easily afforded considering the massive number of people who pay to compete at shows like this.
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woah! you mean, almost every youth sports event has EMT's on hand yet the events in which the "hardest training athletes in the world" dont? I think youth football might run about $300/year give or take. One contest +npc card ~ $250?
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R.I.P. Steve -
I was at the NPC Excalibur taking pics, and before prejudging ever started, we heard of a competitor falling down outside of the building, and people rushing to take care of him. Talking to friends a few days later, the ambulance came quick, and rushed him away, all before the contest began. We didn't know if he was ok or not. Sadly, not.
There will be a Moment of Silence for Steve at the next contest at the Culver City Veterans Auditorium, which will be held on April 14th. I cannot recall that someone passing away before a contest here in Southern California ever.
From his friends, we do know that Steve loved bodybuilding and that he will be missed.
I will be there in April at the 2012 NPC Amateur Grand Prix.
Yet some people here was making fun about his death. :-\
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woah! you mean, almost every youth sports event has EMT's on hand yet the events in which the "hardest training athletes in the world" dont? I think youth football might run about $300/year give or take. One contest +npc card ~ $250?
Pretty sure all public events have to have EMT's there by law. Should be there in the guidelines when they pull permits for the event.
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A father of my friend died at 54, was cycling (BYCYCLES, not gear) very often, jogged, generally lived a /healhty lifestyle/. During one of his rides - *bam* - lights out... PLENTY of people die at even youngers ages, have a sudden cradiac arrest/etc, and they haven't touched any "gear" in their life. Not an excuse to risk ones health, but a piece of shit like Uberfag probably just preaches "I just want to arrive to the grave with as less risk involved as possible.." kind of credo, and it's nothing to look up to. I'm sure he'll suffer a heart attack out of that acumulated negativity and self grief he has.
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Bob may confirm this but I'm almost positive that there was an ambulance and crew on stand-by in the Orleans Arena parking lot, but I am not aware if it was specifically present for the Olympia event , but it would appear somewhat logical if the venue rental contracts did require that some form of med crew be on site during all sporting events in order to limit that venue's liability.
To the best of my limited knowledge that requirement is presently enforced in Las Vegas.
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A father of my friend died at 54, was cycling (BYCYCLES, not gear) very often, jogged, generally lived a /healhty lifestyle/. During one of his rides - *bam* - lights out... PLENTY of people die at even youngers ages, have a sudden cradiac arrest/etc, and they haven't touched any "gear" in their life. Not an excuse to risk ones health, but a piece of shit like Uberfag probably just preaches "I just want to arrive to the grave with as less risk involved as possible.." kind of credo, and it's nothing to look up to. I'm sure he'll suffer a heart attack out of that acumulated negativity and self grief he has.
Very good post. I suspect you are right that very negative people shorten their lives some because of their negativity. It must be stressful to live ones life like that. Stress equals poor health or so the experts say.
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maybe competitors should bring their own EMTs to shows.