Bodybuilders and digestive problems

[The Keto Kid]

Why is it that all these pro bodybuilders have digestive problems,  obviously they eat large amounts of food,  but is it the artificial sweeteners, the oral steroids, supplements,  and most importantly why do they always seem to get stomach bugs days leading up to the show?

[Coach is Back!]

Last year I had what I would call severe digestive problems. After I won the Cal I wanted to take a year off to gain size for my pro qualifier. During most of that year I stayed on a light off-season cycle but increased my food intake to about 7-8 meals a day. Once I hit around the 255 (I’m 5’6) mark I started getting cronic hiccups sometimes to the point where I would almost throw up. Once I started taking quality probiotics, reduced my food intake and dropped 12-15lbs it started to slow down. In addition, I had also had chronic apnea. 

So, for me at least, it was the large amounts of food.

[TheAnimal]

As far as stomach bugs before shows. From my experience, as you cut back on/manipulate water consumption in the days leading up to the show this affects digestion. There just isn't enough fluids to digest properly. This can show up in various ways - distended guts, water over abdomen, being uncomfortable etc particularly considering many like to carb up before the show. For me I allowed about 600mls on the day before the show and didn't go crazy with carb loading. The best thing was to become strategic with this limited water consumption and I would show up looking dry. Also some diuretics can affect digestion in my experience to the point where I found simply using dandelion root was effective without stomach issues.

[ThisisOverload]

It's all the food.

We aren't made to eat that much food.

When i was big into powerlifting i was eating 5-6k cals a day and it was miserable.

Orals can upset the stomach too, but i believe it's just the quantity and frequency of being full all the time.

[Automation]

Messing with hormones, 8 meals a day, ridiculous amounts of protein, it truly is a retarded endeavour. Still, entertaining to watch these slow-mo car crashes. Especially when participants of this “sport” somehow think that none of this will be detrimental to them in the long run because “blood work came back fine”.

Newsflash: fucking with your system in this fashion will reduce your lifespan.

Still, we all have our delusions.

[Jakobslander]

Why is it that all these pro bodybuilders have digestive problems,  obviously they eat large amounts of food,  but is it the artificial sweeteners, the oral steroids, supplements,  and most importantly why do they always seem to get stomach bugs days leading up to the show?

I heard a pretty good explanation from a survivalist the other day. He said that out bodies, including internal organs, are used to the no-food-for-days of paleolithic times and that the modern diet is the reason for our health issues. Makes sense to me. I think the body, especially the digestive system, needs a break once in a while. Fasting helps with this. Either this or drastically restrict your diet once a week. This 2,000 calorie per day bullshit story is killing people.   

[bhank]

You kind of answered your own question large amounts of food and oral supplements are taxing on the digestive system. Ababolics can also weaken the immune system add in dieting and dehydration and you are setting your self up for stomach bugs and other minor bacterial and viral infections

[falco]

Mike François claimed that he inherited his Crohn's disease from both his parents, and that he got the most severe stage and earlier because of his overeating.

[Body-Buildah]

Nothing against folks who do it, but the whole "gotta get my food in" crap is embarrassing.
You dont need to stuff yourself like a belly-stretching whale to gain muscle. If you are natty, you will gain fat, stretch your gut, lose your fitness.
500 calories over maintenance is more than enough to grow. (Slowly).

Even drugged trainers, same thing, only you will grow more fake-muscles quicker as they fill like water balloons.
Get off all the poison/gear, you will deflate. Drugs are temporary, water-filling fakeness.

The over-eating, the Tupperware at holidays, the Noobs who hire "coaches" and jump on gear to come in 3rd out of 3 at the "Genova Classic", its comical, hysterical really. And real embarrassing.

Build your body from inside/out, especially older folks (Bhanks). Clean, healthy organs, clean, healthy (not overdone) diet.

[bhank]

Nothing against folks who do it, but the whole "gotta get my food in" crap is embarrassing.
You dont need to stuff yourself like a belly-stretching whale to gain muscle. If you are natty, you will gain fat, stretch your gut, lose your fitness.
500 calories over maintenance is more than enough to grow. (Slowly).

Even drugged trainers, same thing, only you will grow more fake-muscles quicker as they fill like water balloons.
Get off all the poison/gear, you will deflate. Drugs are temporary, water-filling fakeness.

The over-eating, the Tupperware at holidays, the Noobs who hire "coaches" and jump on gear to come in 3rd out of 3 at the "Genova Classic", its comical, hysterical really. And real embarrassing.

Build your body from inside/out, especially older folks (Bhanks). Clean, healthy organs, clean, healthy (not overdone) diet.

500 calories lol I burn that walking to the fridge for a snack. There is no such thing as fake muscles. You need food and water to grow. If you don't look like a bloated pig by the end of the day you didn't grow that day. If you train like I do you can not eat enough.

[bhank]

Mike François claimed that he inherited his Crohn's disease from both his parents, and that he got the most severe stage and earlier because of his overeating.

Yes while Chrohns may be hereditary eating disorders can certainly trigger it. However recent research has suggested that Chrohns may in fact be a hormonal disease

[Body-Buildah]

500 calories lol I burn that walking to the fridge for a snack. There is no such thing as fake muscles. You need food and water to grow. If you don't look like a bloated pig by the end of the day you didn't grow that day. If you train like I do you can not eat enough.

No, they are fake. Dusty lost 75 lbs in a month. Tissue did not rot away, water merely drained from his body.
Drug muscles are fake muscles.

[bhank]

No, they are fake. Dusty lost 75 lbs in a month. Tissue did not rot away, water merely drained from his body.
Drug muscles are fake muscles.

Again no such thing as fake muscles unless you are a POS shooting SEO. Muscle is 75% water you need to be hydrated to be full. But this idea that bodybuilders are just 200lb men with 75lbs of water is nonsense. Here is a pic of me from 8-9 years ago notice almost the exact same thing you see now. I am not just full of water with fake muscles. I am fucking dry and lean. I also again do not use any underground drugs.  While anabolics can make people hold more water they also cause more protein synthesis and nitrogen retention and actual muscle growth. Ronnie Coleman was not 300lbs of fake muscle. He was 300lbs of muscle. If someone crashes their hormone levels and has massive amounts of cortisol stops training and eating tissue can in fact rot away. Just look at people post surgery they have a ton of atrophy very quickly.

I wasn't even bulking this is a pic from when I was kitesurfing daily and barely bodybuilding but I was 35 not 43

[Body-Buildah]

Dusty is a 220 pound man, with 75 pounds of water, hence, he was back to 220 very easily after 70 pounds of water exited the fake muscles.

Off gear, you'd be 200 Im guessing since you don't over-do the gear. You only do 25 lbs worth. (For the fake muscle bloat).

[bhank]

Dusty is a 220 pound man, with 75 pounds of water, hence, he was back to 220 very easily after 70 pounds of water exited the fake muscles.

Off gear, you'd be 200 Im guessing since you don't over-do the gear. You only do 25 lbs worth. (For the fake muscle bloat).

Who the fuck is Dusty for 1? And again that is simply not how it works. When you add 10 pounds of bloat then drop the water you are left with 2 more pounds of solid tissue. You then add another 10lbs of bloat and then dry out with yet another 2lbs of solid tissue. You absolutely use the bloat to gain solid tissue. But to imply that being bloated is fake muscle is nonsense. You are absolutely stronger holding more fluid. Your joints hurt less holding more fluid. You can train harder holding more fluid. All these things allow you to grow. You can't just be super dry and shredded and growing you need to have some estrogen to grow. Estrogen will make you hold water. Sodium will make you hold water. If you are trying to train holding water helps. Also if you were actually training you would know the amount of fluid retention you have can change dramatically throughout the day. Morning and night you can look like 2 different people. But to think you just go on and add 25lbs of bloat is nonsense I am not bloated in the am I am shredded and dry every morning I wake up thirsty

But pretending people have fake muscles is just haterade

[bhank]

I have been waiting for southern shores pizza to open at 11. just ordered a large sausage and pepporoni pizza an order of wings and a large turkey sub with extra meat why because Beefcake motherfuckers Beefcake

[Straw Man]

Last year I had what I would call severe digestive problems. After I won the Cal I wanted to take a year off to gain size for my pro qualifier. During most of that year I stayed on a light off-season cycle but increased my food intake to about 7-8 meals a day. Once I hit around the 255 (I’m 5’6) mark I started getting cronic hiccups sometimes to the point where I would almost throw up. Once I started taking quality probiotics, reduced my food intake and dropped 12-15lbs it started to slow down. In addition, I had also had chronic apnea. 

So, for me at least, it was the large amounts of food.

Lee Labrada is semi dwarf like you at 5'6" and he didn't need to blow himself up to a 255lb beach ball

At your age and your health issues that's just so very stupid

You must have a terrible "coach"

[Body-Buildah]

Who the fuck is Dusty for 1? And again that is simply not how it works. When you add 10 pounds of bloat then drop the water you are left with 2 more pounds of solid tissue. You then add another 10lbs of bloat and then dry out with yet another 2lbs of solid tissue. You absolutely use the bloat to gain solid tissue. But to imply that being bloated is fake muscle is nonsense. You are absolutely stronger holding more fluid. Your joints hurt less holding more fluid. You can train harder holding more fluid. All these things allow you to grow. You can't just be super dry and shredded and growing you need to have some estrogen to grow. Estrogen will make you hold water. Sodium will make you hold water. If you are trying to train holding water helps. Also if you were actually training you would know the amount of fluid retention you have can change dramatically throughout the day. Morning and night you can look like 2 different people. But to think you just go on and add 25lbs of bloat is nonsense I am not bloated in the am I am shredded and dry every morning I wake up thirsty

But pretending people have fake muscles is just haterade

I dont hate, folks can do what they like. Even if it is for fake (water-filled) muscles.

[bhank]

I dont hate, folks can do what they like. Even if it is for fake (water-filled) muscles.

All muscles are full of water you fucking moron muscles are 70% water. you are clearly small under 25 FFMI and making excuses everyone who looks better than you is on steroids and has fake muscles full of water I guarantee I am drier than you

[Coach is Back!]

Lee Labrada is semi dwarf like you at 5'6" and he didn't need to blow himself up to a 255lb beach ball

At your age and your health issues that's just so very stupid

You must have a terrible "coach"

Times are different. 30 years ago you could get away being a smaller bodybuilder. Not so much today even in Masters classes and I carry too much to drop down to Classic

[bhank]

I am at the point where I kind of need proof  body-buildah even lifts because I am having serious doubts when he says anyone over 25 FFMI is on steroids that means he is under 25 which means he doesn’t even lift

[Body-Buildah]

I am at the point where I kind of need proof  body-buildah even lifts because I am having serious doubts when he says anyone over 25 FFMI is on steroids that means he is under 25 which means he doesn’t even lift

Lift??  Why, this is a political forum??  I have no idea on the FFMI stuff, I just posted a silly article.
Ease up on the Tenbaloney, BP is rising, hairline is shedding...

[bhank]

Lift??  Why, this is a political forum??  I have no idea on the FFMI stuff, I just posted a silly article.
Ease up on the Tenbaloney, BP is rising, hairline is shedding...

How can you not know what FFMI is yet want to talk about Tren as if you know stuff? Learn the basics 101 first. Also my BP is in the ideal range not an issue at all it is literally 117/76 right now. You know the ideal range maybe you don't know everything

[oldtimer1]

How can you not know what FFMI is yet want to talk about Tren as if you know stuff? Learn the basics 101 first. Also my BP is in the ideal range not an issue at all it is literally 117/76 right now. You know the ideal range maybe you don't know everything

The most important muscle is your heart and if that's your resting heart rate you have a weak heart.  The more you do cardio the stronger your heart gets and slower your resting heart rate is. Most elite endurance athletes have a resting heart rate under 50 because their heart is so strong.  In a standard VO2 1.5 mile run what can you do? I bet chubby soccer moms can out run you if your resting heart rate is over 100. Having a big gas tank is important for health and survival.

[Body-Buildah]

How can you not know what FFMI is yet want to talk about Tren as if you know stuff? Learn the basics 101 first. Also my BP is in the ideal range not an issue at all it is literally 117/76 right now. You know the ideal range maybe you don't know everything

BP looking decent. Heart rate is high.

Just busting on ya Brian, most here know what FFMI is, its all basic stuff.
Ive been doing this as long as you've been alive so I know a couple of things.
(Again, its very easy/basic, unlike what todays IG "Guru" crowd wants folks to think, like its some sort of rocket-science).

You got a good physique, ive said it many times here. I get the outbursts, your heart rate is high, excitability...