The untimely demise of Jo Lindner has shocked the bodybuilding world to the core, especially his near and dear ones. The 30-year-old German bodybuilder had been complaining of neck pain for the past few days before suddenly succumbing to an aneurysm. Nicha, his partner, posted a message on social media confirming his death.

Now friends of the late fitness influencer are afraid of the same fate. How could the “machine” pass away so suddenly at the age of 30? His friends from the gym, ‘Muscle Factory,’ are finding it hard to accept that Lindner, aka Joesthetics, is no more. In an interview, his friends bared their hearts out in grief.

Friends thought Jo Lindner was extremely fit and healthy

Lindner’s friend Chris informed the Sun, “Jo was the fittest out of everyone at the gym.”. The disturbed gym buddy further added, on his friendship with Jo, “I spoke to him quite a few times, just in passing when we were here at the same time. We would talk shop about bodybuilding.” Marveling at Joesthetics’s rigor for bodybuilding, he said, “He was 100 percent focused on that all the time.”

Jo Lindner was a regular at the gym. Friends wondered about Jo’s absence from the gym when he and his girlfriend missed their two-hour strength training session.

The gym’s receptionist, Bo, revealed to the Sun that Jo had missed his training twice in a row—Friday and Saturday. Lindner was exceptionally committed to his workout and never missed lifting weights. The gym staff got to know on Saturday night that Joesthetics is no more. Since then, even Nicha has stopped coming to the gym. Nicha was one of the first people to inform the world of Lindner’s passing. They were about to meet friends in the gym when tragedy struck unknowingly.

Lindner did not pay heed to many red flags

The social media bodybuilding sensation boasts 8 million fans. He saw a meteoric rise to fame because of his amazing body transformation videos on social media. Chris, his friend, wondered, “Nobody can understand how someone so fit and young can drop dead. It’s shaken us all here, the thought it could happen to any of us.“

However, the bodybuilder was battling several health issues. He may have looked healthy from the outside, but internally, he was struggling. In Jo’s last Instagram post, the fitness expert shared a photo comparing his after and before pictures. He revealed he had to go back on TRT because he could not “recover his testosterone levels“. He warned fans about the perils of using TRT, as it has long-term side effects.

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Lindner also complained of a recurring hernia that made his stomach look inflated. A few days before his sudden demise, Jo informed YouTuber Bradley that he suffered from a rare muscle condition called rippling disease. This makes his muscles extremely sensitive to pressure and movement. Jo was afraid his heart, which is also a muscle, might stop functioning due to strain. Jo confided that he was scared because of his condition; hence, he avoided bodybuilding competitions.

Jo’s condition is a reminder that looking ripped and being healthy are two different things. Bodybuilding is a very challenging field. Listening to one’s body is of utmost importance. What do you think the health issues that bodybuilders face are? Let us know in the comments section.

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