Nasser El Sonbaty dies at 47

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I think Nasser should have taken an Olympia. He was just phenomenal. Only 47. I'm 47.
 
i heard it was exhaustion from twin Asian hookers and a 7 foot blond that kilt him. Just kidding but that's how I want to go. Great bodybuilder. Sad to see him go so young, About 2 months ago I heard he was in Egypt visiting with family there. Rumor is he contracted malaria. Other sources say a kidney infection. Sad what ever way it happened. I think he had a lot more to say and i think all of it would have been provocative..
 
willi said:
I think Nasser should have taken an Olympia. He was just phenomenal. Only 47. I'm 47.
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It's frightening. I'm almost 51 and I've been watching powerlifters, bodybuilders, and wrestlers dying before me and they were all younger. I've been watching Nasser's career since I started training in 85.

R.I.P bro.
 
TheChosen1 said:
It's frightening. I'm almost 51 and I've been watching powerlifters, bodybuilders, and wrestlers dying before me and they were all younger. I've been watching Nasser's career since I started training in 85.

R.I.P bro.
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TC1,he's been around that long...really? when did he get his pro card? i followed alot of the old heads since the mid to late 80's and never remember seeing him nor his name.wasn't until i'd say the early 90's when Dorian was popular that i started seeing Nasser pop up in muscle rags.i think i still have an issue with Nasser and Jean Pierre Fux training together.that was one dude i really liked...Fux.after his squatting mishap he never fully recovered but i'm suprised to hear that Nasser was around since then and well known.

i wish i still had my old collection of muscle rags.the amount of people that've come and gone,retired,disappeared or died along with the supplement industry is astounding.thanks for bringing this up...always good to know something new/old...roc.
 
Old school Bad Ass. RIP makes me think anbout my own mortality as all the BBers are flopping in the 40's hell that 7yrs from now for me. I guess if your scared got to church eh? Any cause of death?
 
The word is he had kidney and heart damage. His heart was bad enough that he could not be placed on a heart recipient list. This came from a family member or close friends I can't recall which. You might be able to google search. Thre was an article on MD I think. Los. ts of stories out there that he was an extreme abuser. Chris Aceto in a radio show shared one experience where Chris thought he was pulling his leg about the amount he was using like it was almost impossible to take that much. Other rumors he used 10 grams of test a week at times. Regardless he was one of the all time greats and really enjoyable to hear and read his rants. A very intelligent guy. Very witty.

It is getting a little scarey with all the deaths in the upper levels of this sport. As we get older the life style starts to really drag on the body. You see a lot of the guys over 40 huffing and puffing in the gym. I think three is a lot of heart enlargement when there is extreme abuse over decades without a break. The funny thing is it reverses once off the drugs but if on long enough irreversible damage occurs. So we get caught in a catch 22 where in order to keep growing we want to stay on and keep blasting away all the while jeopardizing the heart and kidneys. But if we come off we lose 90% of it. Some guys seem to tolerate extreme abuse very well. Others run into problems. And there is no knowing which one you are up front. one of my previous training partners is on 4+ grams a week most of the year. He is 55 years old and healthy ass. a horse. Another guy I knew years ago did less than a gram a week for about a year and needed kidney dialysis. This was back in early 80s.
 
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