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man I got a headache trying to understand this:
Hello dear bodybuilding friends, you correctly read. It continues - however no longer actively on the match stage. Probably you long received, as the Olympia for me ran. I am disappointed naturally enormous and do not know also, why I was in such a manner badly platziert. Admitted, this was not my Best form. But at least one place in the Top 15 I would regard as appropriate. But I want to weight here not longer, but come directly to the actual core of my announcing.
I will say good-bye with immediate effect of the active bodybuilding haven. I already made this decision after the Arnold Classics. The bad olympia placement has to do therefore nothing with my decision, however encourages you me in my thoughts. I would like to come naturally also to an open and honest reason, because it was not to look in such a way, as if this is an insulted Trotzraktion. No, it is a well-thought-out decision.
You know me all as hard working Pro-athlete, which gave than 100% achievement in training ever more. Only so I could be established at all over 10 years at the absolute world point of the professional haven. Only by heaviest training units I could develop the muscle mass and the volume, for which I could win world-wide fans and bodybuilding friends for me over years. I repented that never, always thank I had mine fun and I my faithful catch my shank for it.
This absolute will to always give and always train at the limit everything, is me forwards approx.. 2 years (or longer *?!) become the calamity. Developed an incipient crack of the right chest muscle, which is unfortunately not to be repaired by an operation.
* I do not know until today, when this happened, since this no classical outline was, but an incipient crack, which went completely schwerzfrei and without wounds of. During the off Season and with inflated muscle was this to be never seen. All the more surprised was I then, as the match Diaet brought this fault to the appearance. _ if you picture the last 2 year pursue, will it the creep process pursue can, how/as itself the incipient crack ever more become larger
I continued nevertheless, because it is not my kind be given up and chest training invariably strong, intensively and pain-free be carried out there could. Thus I put down again 2006 a mad year, whereupon I am afterwards very proud, since it succeeded to me again despite this Handicaps to along-fight completely in front on the professional stage.
With the Arnold Classics me however the combat judges abgestrafft for the first time for this fault, by platzierten me unusually badly (admitted, I was at that time really not particularly good in form). But after that match also my resolution was certain that the Olympia would be last 2007 my. But since I did not want to stop with the bad placement of the Arnold Classics, put I mean whole strength again into the preparation to the Mr. olympia match. All thing continued to itself pull away my chest always and it lost watching at volumes.
Since I had not come in the reason ever given by amerikanschen combat judges a placement, but me each of my places always hard to fight for had and often even far under my actual achievement was platziert, was now clear it me that the fault with the chest would become my calamity. And in such a way it happened then that I was platziert in this year with the Olympia for the first time outside of the Top 15. That is naturally an emotional very painful experience, particularly since I do not think that a so negative placement was justified.
But completely independently of my chest Handycap I regard the current development of professional bodybuilding as the further reason to withdraw me from the active sport: On the match stage seems to be in the meantime increasingly more muscle hardness than muscle mass in demand. When I entered into the professional camp, one said to me at the recent age of 25 years that my match weight of 118 kg would be still too easy with 177cm, in order to be able to compete with the remaining sizes of the sport seriously. Fortunately it turned out as one of my talents to increase my muscle mass in the following years by further 15 kg which me one the most substantial Bodybuilder of all times did not only make, but for me also the call, the favour and the loyalty my catch my shank brought in.
In the meantime most professional LINE Ups (and so also the current olympia match) consists to a large extent of easier athletes, with which more to the muscle hardness than to the muscle mass importance is attached. Bodybuilding always means strength, mass and enormous proportions, which lie faraway from the achievements and extents of an amateur athlete for me. Now, where these elements seem to be apparently no more in this extent on the professional stages desired, the championships seem to me more like dehydrogenation matches instead of classical bodybuilding. This is a section, which I can serve independently of my chest Handycap neither nor would like.
The era of the substantial athletes seems gradual to the end happens. After the simultaneous resignation from Ronnie Coleman (and me) remains only for Jay Cutler as athlete in the category "over 125 kg". Bodybuilding seems to stand therefore now finally before since longer announced paging. I am now since 1997 in the professional business, far over 30 professional matches denied. I brought always mad achievements. I was nine times in consequence qualified for the Olympia, two professional matches won and second seats four times reserved. Most proudly am I however that I could win the hearts and Zusprueche of my fans with my kind.
Thus I thank all mean fans, that accompanied me over all the many years and always to me stood. Even if a match went beside it, my fans have me and friends always with aufmunternden words supports. But I would like to thank you from whole heart. Even if I am now no active Wettkampf-athlete more, I will not say good-bye nevertheless under any circumstances to bodybuilding. I will be further for the sport, I there will be further present and I also further for of you "mass monsters" will remain. I will have in the future even still more time and opportunities, me on you, my fans and friends to adjust and your enamels to answer and commentate questions and suggestions. For this will I from me culpably neglected "questions & Antworten" column on my Website again to re-activate.
So I would like to stand for you further with your way with my knowledge and Tipps to the side. And I will be pleased naturally also very, you further with championships to meet fairs or other causes. You know that I am to be always had for a fun; -) Thanks for the wonderful years * your Markus (* I am not lost to you)
