Where do bodybuilders go?

By Anil Bakari

Bodybuilding is an amazing sport. It turns men into ‘ogre-like’ creatures, with huge muscles that can make them lift a loaded trailer without effort. The recipe is well known. In urban areas, you sweat it out in the gym. Lift 250kg weights and you end up resembling Mr Universe. In the village, it takes lifting two tins filled with concrete, most of the time not proportional, to get be the perfect muscled up body.

With their body sizes, musclemen are perhaps the most lucky and sought-after men.

To begin with, they are every woman’s dream. Most women fantasise about marrying strong men (body builders) who can lift them from the ground or carry them for hours without dropping a sweat. Sadly, not many men can do this, which is why a majority of brides get disappointed on their wedding day when their pot-bellied men cannot carry them for that perfect photo.

Some of the men who try the feat collapse under the weight of their well fed new wives. Guys, this can be a cause for divorce; after all, she has signed the certificate thus entitled to half of your wealth. But just a thought, how do the musclemen end up in their late lives. Do they still keep their six packs and huge biceps? I have never seen an elderly man with muscles as huge as those of Fredrick Sudhe, the new Mr Mombasa Body Building champion. What happens during life after bodybuilding?