80-YO Bodybuilding Veteran, Who Once Suffered a Career-Threatening Injury, Poses a Crucial Question: “What Part Did You Play?”

Taking responsibility and accountability rather than blaming others are rare traits and are hard to find in someone nowadays. However, the 80-year-old bodybuilding veteran Frank Zane gives an alternative perspective on taking responsibility for one’s actions. Despite, once suffering a career-threatening injury, Zane has continued to motivate people with his outstanding physique and knowledge. Recently, he took to Instagram to share an old picture of himself that showcased his muscular back and biceps. However, it was his thought-provoking caption that actually captured people’s attention.

The 3x Mr. Olympia champion often shares beautiful insights about bodybuilding and life. However, his latest post has been grabbing a lot of attention, and it talks about one of the most crucial aspects of life. 

Zane’s eye-opening advice on accountability of injuries

In his Instagram post, Frank Zane urged his fans to take ownership of their actions and avoid blaming external factors for the wrong things happening in their lives. “Take responsibility by not blaming someone or something else,” he wrote in the post. He challenged individuals to reflect on their own contributions to their current situations.  

He encouraged them to ask themselves a serious question. “What part did you play in the injury?” he penned in the caption. Zane emphasized by asking themselves what role they played in their own misfortunes. By doing this, they can gain a deeper understanding of the choices and actions that led them there.

He further explained in the post that whatever a person is going through is the result of their own deeds. “You did it, you are experiencing it, no one else. You have created everything by yourself,” he added. However, Zane has gone through many ups and downs in this career. 

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When Frank Zane met with a deadly accident

Throughout Zane’s career, he faced numerous obstacles, including a severe injury in 1980 that could have ended it all. The legendary bodybuilder once recalled the horrific urethral injury with a professor in the Health Science department at the University of Houston. He revealed that the incident happened in his house in Palm Springs before his 4th Mr. Olympia. 

“One day I jumped in the pool. I hit the lip of the pool in my urethra, smashed my urethra, and blood gushing out of my p**is.”, he explained. However, Zane took full responsibility for the accident. This incident is a testament to the fact that Frank Zane carries a profound message about personal accountability in his personal life too.

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