During the end of the 80s, a new rising star started his journey into bodybuilding and went by the name of Dennis Newman. Although for him, this was not his very first sport because he was in the sports arena since he was a teenager, and decided to become a surfer. After starting to weight-train for surfing, the legend liked the art of bodybuilding and took over the industry. Dennis was achieving every height in the 90s both in surfing and bodybuilding but unfortunately, he had leukemia which was a huge setback.?

Recently, the iconic bodybuilder, Dennis Newman appeared on ‘The Menace’ podcast. During this podcast, Dennis ‘Inhuman; Newman, explained his rollercoaster ride in the bodybuilding career. Mr. USA also spoke about defeating cancer and making a comeback, and why he left bodybuilding like Dorian Yates.

Newman fell out of love with bodybuilding

After retirement, most iconic bodybuilders remained connected to the world and continued getting updated on the latest news. However, Mr. USA is one of the few bodybuilders like Dorian Yates, who abstained from the industry after retirement. Milos Sarcev seemed very shocked that Newman did not want to associate with the world anymore. He started the conversation by saying, ?You?re the second guy Dorian Yates being one who doesn?t follow bodybuilding at all.? Then, Sarcev asked the reason why. First Newman revealed that he was sick of all the people dying.

Then Newman answered, ?I looked at it in a different way. Before I was a bodybuilding, I was a surfer. I surfed and it was almost like, it was one like one with the ocean and, then like the bodybuilding was more of the artistic things and then it was fun with like, the camaraderie. Once it got into the Dorian scene and stuff, and it got out of my, my cup of tea, I guess.?

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Maybe by the ?Dorian Yates scene,? he meant how the IFBB pro had chronic injuries and retired after the 1997 Mr. Olympia. Dorian had taken bodybuilding to a whole new level with his HIT? training but injuries forced him to quit.? Dennis Newman not only had one reason for leaving bodybuilding but also his health reasons such as having leukemia and a heart attack, which might have taken a toll on him.

Newman had a heart attack and revealed the story

In the ‘Muscle and Fitness podcast, Newman opened up about his heart attack?and confessed, ?I had a heart attack on April 1st.? They immediately rushed the bodybuilding champion to the hospital in Canada at 10 pm in the night.?

He was aware of his ailment and said, ?I told my wife, ?Call the ambulance, I?m having a heart attack, ?? Newman reached the hospital and this journey led Dave Palumbo to request all bodybuilders above 40 to get a cardiac CT done to find any blockages.

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There are a few bodybuilders who left the scene due to health problems or other aspects but fans would be happy to know that their icon Dennis Newman might have left bodybuilding but he continues to train and is healthy from all ailments.