Will growing gene therapy in the future enhance the sport of bodybuilding?
Bodybuilder and coach Greg Doucette has shared many opinions within the fitness world over the years. Sports as a whole evolve and change overtime and do it in different ways. For bodybuilding, what could be next? Doucette believes there might be new gene therapies in the future that help the sport of bodybuilding and the competitors get even bigger.
During a recent appearance with Jay Cutler, Doucette was asked if there will ever be another physique like the great Ronnie Coleman. His answer was simple.
“I think in time we’ll see a physique way better than that. I think we’ll have gene therapy that can alter the genes.”
Coleman professional debut was in 1991 at the IFBB World Amateur Championships and his first win as a professional was at the 1995 Canada Pro Cup. Then after his first place win at the Canada Pro Cup, Coleman’s meteoric rise to fame could not be stopped. He currently holds the record for most wins of the Mr. Olympia title (8 times, tied with Lee Haney) and the most overall wins for any IFBB professional (26 wins).
Greg Doucette Talks Gene Therapy & It’s Impact on Bodybuilding
Gene therapy is used to help treat or prevent a disease or disorder. It can help build strength which leads to increased muscle mass. There are many methods that continue to pop up and Doucette believes that will continue in the future.
“I don’t think yet but I don’t think it’s far off. I think in 10 years we can see it. And then with the more and more drugs that are gonna be done and the sport just gonna keep evolving, I think people are going to keep getting bigger.”
Open Bodybuilding has become about size where competitors are tipping the scales near 300 pounds. Doucette believes that with new methods, those numbers could go even higher.
“Eventually, guys are gonna come out of nowhere and be 350.”
Ronnie Coleman has totaled 13 surgeries over the course of his life, dating back to injuries during high school. Much of his recovery and career was featured in his life story documentary titled “Ronnie Coleman The King“ which aired on Netflix and is currently available on Prime.
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