Mike Mattarazzo

Delo · 02-08-2005, 05:25 PM

Some crazy ****... Triple bi-pass Heart Surgery in Dec and no Health Insurance to cover him..

Article in new flex...

Development04 · 02-08-2005, 10:13 PM

Yea i just read that in the new flex too, it said that two of his main arteries where totally shut down and the third was 90% blocked. thats some serious ****, that would make me stay away from Roids if anything.

bobsy · 02-09-2005, 10:07 AM

Drugs may have had a part in it, but you cant blame it all on drugs, not all health problems that happen to pros are because of that. For years Mike was eating 5 pounds of red meat a day, he had high coloestrol, theres alot of other reasons that may contribute.

bobsy

LatsMakeTheMan · 02-09-2005, 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by bobsy

Drugs may have had a part in it, but you cant blame it all on drugs, not all health problems that happen to pros are because of that. For years Mike was eating 5 pounds of red meat a day, he had high coloestrol, theres alot of other reasons that may contribute.

bobsy

Hey.....let's not go badmouthing red meat

Delo · 02-09-2005, 01:35 PM

Another thing crazy is He is taking donations to help pay his bills... I'm sure some of his friends may help him out

pwrhouss · 02-09-2005, 10:56 PM

Nobody said steroids was the only reason just one of the main reason in this case. According to an interview with Mike, he was genetically predispositioned to high cholesterol. He was taking lipitor and other chol-lowering medications before his bypass surgery.

Most pro BB's know that steroids basically can drop your good cholesterol to zero causing a very dangerous situation. Eating tons of red meat while juicing with bad cholesterol genes is a recipe for disaster. Mike probably knew this but with an indestructible mentality towards lifting, eating, etc, it was too late. Mike acknowledged this in his interview.

Just goes to show if you are going to juice, know what the crap you are doing. Ain't nobody invincible.

*ShaGGs* · 02-10-2005, 07:11 AM

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Originally Posted by LatsMakeTheMan

Hey.....let's not go badmouthing red meat

yeah some people eat red meat 3times a day and it gives them the strength to survive numerous heart attacks

bobsy · 02-10-2005, 08:59 AM

I used to eat red meat 3 times a day a couple of years ago, now im mostly eating chicken, red meat once a day, maybe twice on a workout day but, 90% of the time now its chicken. Bodybuilding is supposed to be about health, Id hate to admit it, but it is turning into an unhealthy obsession. I like watching freaks like Marcus, Ronnie, or Paco. But how healthy are these guys? When Ronnie was on Jay Leno, it was a sad day for bodybuilding, there was the reprentative of the sport, #1 in the world, and sitting down he out of breath, gasping for air.

bobsy

GoLeafsGo · 02-10-2005, 12:26 PM

When was Coleman on Leno?

bobsy · 02-10-2005, 12:29 PM

He was right either the 2000 or 2001 Olympia, I think.

By the way I see your Screen Name, you from T Dot? Me to.
what gym you go to.

bobsy

The Paper Route · 02-10-2005, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Delo

Some crazy ****... Triple bi-pass Heart Surgery in Dec and no Health Insurance to cover him..

Article in new flex...

WTF no health insurance why ?

Delo · 02-10-2005, 02:06 PM

Good Question.. Health insurance is expensive but come on dude you have to have it

notadog · 06-26-2005, 11:22 PM

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Originally Posted by pwrhouss

Nobody said steroids was the only reason just one of the main reason in this case. According to an interview with Mike, he was genetically predispositioned to high cholesterol. He was taking lipitor and other chol-lowering medications before his bypass surgery.

Most pro BB's know that steroids basically can drop your good cholesterol to zero causing a very dangerous situation. Eating tons of red meat while juicing with bad cholesterol genes is a recipe for disaster. Mike probably knew this but with an indestructible mentality towards lifting, eating, etc, it was too late. Mike acknowledged this in his interview.

Just goes to show if you are going to juice, know what the crap you are doing. Ain't nobody invincible.

dont forget high BP will cause arteriosclerosis, stenosis narrowing and thickening of the arteries.
atherosclerosis is from ldl, LPa.
lean red meat has only a few grams more fat than chicken so dont get to worked up

notadog · 06-26-2005, 11:27 PM

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Originally Posted by The Paper Route

WTF no health insurance why ?

didnt have a conventional job

Mortis · 06-27-2005, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by GoLeafsGo

When was Coleman on Leno?

Friday last.

The videos are posted in other threads

BTW, pick up this month's copy of FLEX to read a great article on Mike: Mike Matarazzo looks ahead

Great stuff, totally DEBUNKS the myth that steroids are only secondary in pro bodybuilding. His dad did not have a disposition to heart problems, Mike narrows it down exclusively to his unhealthy bodybuilding lifestyle. "I knew I was killing myself every time I was preparing for a show in my hotel room, taking all those chemicals." "If I could, I'd turn back time and just go back to being a truck driver - it wasn't worth it if it costs me my health."

Mighty Mikey G · 06-27-2005, 03:11 PM

Did his family have a history of heart problems or not? Some people say he didn't and then Branch Warren in MD said he did.

The drugs didn't help and neither did 5-7lbs of red meat per day for many years.

Mortis · 06-27-2005, 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Mighty Mikey G

Did his family have a history of heart problems or not? Some people say he didn't and then Branch Warren in MD said he did.

The drugs didn't help and neither did 5-7lbs of red meat per day for many years.

How the hell would Branch know about Mike Matarazzo's family history?

Mike has stated no one in his family has had health problems related to the heart, and neither did he until he started eating buckets of KFC and round steak by the crate in the mid-90s, not to mention shooting sust and deca like every other week.

I saw a video of him at the Arnold Classic in Feb 2004, where he was talking about how healthy he is and how he's coming back to bodybuilding in a big way. 9 months later he was on a hospital bed with 15 IVs in his chest. Think about it.

7thSense · 08-28-2005, 05:28 AM

Hopefully Mike is getting better now. I ran into him in Sacramento, think he runs a gym there, a few years back at fry's electronics. He's very down to earth , I acted a little like a starstruck little twat. But he was cool, told me he was still competing and when I left he said "good to see you" Nice guy.

BB is 4 life :) · 08-28-2005, 05:53 AM

You have to remember that the article was printed in FLEX.

You never know what they will do to be seen as a friend to the youth of america in the light of the new crack down on the worst drug in the world and the biggest problem america is facing right now .......steriods

LMFAO.

If you had massive medical bills and someone turned to you and said " if you say this we will pay your medical bills" im pretty sure you would agree to saying anything, FLEX has always been seen to be 'anti-doping', printing such an article would undoubtably shed a good light on them. Helping them be seen as a governing body being against juice and 'protecting' the youth of america

I dont know what to believe myself.

I dont believe for a second that they are the cause for needing triple by-pass surgery, it will more than likely be a mixture of :- the large consumption of red meat for years and years (raising cholesterol levels), the juice (lowering HDL levels), the heavy training he did (which has been proven to cause hardening of the arteries) and the chance their is a genetic trate making him more suseptable to such problems........all these together spell a bad time ahead.

I dont really care what caused it myself, i just hope he gets better.