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Message: [QUOTE="pj, post: 5289722, member: 2524"] Bodybuilding is harmful, weightlifting is not. Strength is good, bulk is bad -- bulk indicates muscle injury. The healthiest muscles are wiry, with a high ratio of strength to size. The heart is a muscle, and bulky muscles tend to be associated with cardiomegaly and a high risk of heart disease. In general endurance/cardio sports lead to longer lifespans than weightlifting/power sports. For example, [URL='https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23241272/']Survival of the fittest: retrospective cohort study of the longevity of Olympic medallists in the modern era - PubMed[/URL], "Medallists in endurance sports and mixed sports had a larger survival advantage over controls at 30 years (1.13, 1.09 to 1.17; 1.11, 1.09 to 1.13) than that of medallists in power sports (1.05, 1.01 to 1.08)." [/QUOTE]