Lee Priest spoke against obesity being considered a disability or disease.
The obesity problem in America has been around for quite some time now and is only getting worse. It is something that has been discussed at length by many and bodybuilding veteran Lee Priest became the latest. The former great on stage weighed in on this issue and stated why he does not believe that obesity should be called a disease.
Priest became known for his incredible physique at a young age. He boasted insane size and symmetry that led to success in bodybuilding. Priest impressed many all-time greats from the time he entered the sport because of his physique. Now, he continues to train and keep his body in great shape.
At his peak, Priest admitted that he did not eat an extremely clean diet but trained at a high level each day. Because of this, he accomplished his goals. If he were to stop, Priest believes he would be able to reach the level of obesity.
“If you stop training and don’t do any cardio and if I just kept eating like I’m eating, putting the weight on wouldn’t stop because you’re not burning off what you’re eating so you’ll just get fatter and fatter.”
Priest continued to discuss obesity and does not believe that it should be categorized as a disease or disability.
Lee Priest: “How Is It A Disease?”
At times, obesity can be constituted as a disease but Lee Priest does not believe this should be the case.
“How is that a disease? Putting food in your f*cking mouth is not a disease.
Stop doing it. It’s quite east. Don’t put as much in there. I reckon the percentage of people that have a thyroid problem, they might take certain medications that make them puffy but really, I’d say that 95% are just lazy c*nts who don’t exercise or change diets.”
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Lee Priest began discussing how obesity begins. Genetics play a role in it but he believes that it is also desire and want to change. Without training and cardio, Priest claims that it would not be difficult to gain weight and this become the norm.
“After a while, you don’t care I guess. What feels like crap becomes feeling normal after awhile and then when you get really fat, you’re like f*ck it, I don’t care anymore. Let’s see how fat I can get. That can be an accomplishment.
I always trained but I ate crappy but I’m not aiming to get obese. If I was, I wouldn’t train.”
Lee Priest continues to speak on many areas around fitness and bodybuilding. He possessed one of the most unique physiques in the sport while competing and now continues to have one of the most unique voices there is.
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