Its sad that Kali and Rhoden had heart attack but statistically speaking it's not that unusual for people to have heart attacks. We all have a very different health history. It doesn't mean everyone who lifts weights is going to have a heart attack. So everyone needs to settle down before promoting we all go vegan and take up Yoga
34% greater mortality is a pretty big gap -
https://www.auajournals.org/doi/10.1016/j.juro.2016.02.336 .
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"The mean age within the study cohort was 47.5 years (range 25.0-81.7) and mean age during competitive years was 24.6 years (range 18-47). Of the 597 bodybuilders with mortality data, 58 (9.7%) were reported dead and 539 living. Only 40 deaths were expected in this population based on age-matched data, yielding a standardized mortality rate (95% confidence interval) of 1.34 (1.10-1.88) for these competitors, which is higher than in the general population. The mean age of death was 47.7 years (range 26.6-75.4), and no significant difference in mortality rates was observed above the age of 50 (Figure 1). "
"CONCLUSIONS: Mortality rates of bodybuilders within the cohort were 34% higher than those in an age-matched general U.S. male population. The cause of this increased mortality is currently unclear, but supports the possibility that the use of performance enhancing drugs and the unique competitive training (e.g. extreme weight changes) may contribute to deaths among younger professional bodybuilders. Current work is focused on determining cause of death by linkage to the National Death Index."
