A long career of physical fitness was cut short when Greg Plitt tried to race a train and lost.

Greg Plitt graduated from West Point and served as a Ranger for five years before obtaining his personal training certification. With a list of successful clients in Los Angeles and a noteworthy body of his own, Plitt quickly made a name for himself in the industry.

He created the workout program MFT28 and scored some covers of notable fitness magazines, like Men’s Health, as well as some commercials. In 2008 he joined the show Work Out.

In 2015 Plitt wanted to show just how much energy he got from an energy drink he was marketing. His idea for testing this was to try and outrun a Metrolink train, which he decided to do right on the Metrolink tracks.

Unfortunately, for Greg, trains are very fast. It would be the last race he would ever run.[IMAGE: https://steemitimages.com/DQmWLH2wAZUdgeT7Rzn4PcanjGJ7hNcki8QVtg4FZz1eEFx/Greg-Plitt.jpg]

Although Sally McNeil is well known for building her body, she is most famous for ending her husband’s life.

A former marine, Sally McNeil was known for violent outbursts. She was once arrested for kicking a bouncer in the face and she had many altercations with her husband, Ray McNeil, who was also a bodybuilder.

Both McNeils won some bodybuilding competitions and were able to make money with the sport. They had something of a tumultuous relationship, though, and they fought often.

No one really knows what happened on Valentine’s Day of 1995, but it ended with Ray McNeil lying lifeless on the floor and Sally in jail as the responsible party. Both of them had steroids in their system at the time.

Although she tried to say she acted in self-defense, Sally has been locked up for the crime since 1996.

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Bertil Fox made up for average back and thighs with a massive upper body, but his temper is what got the best of him.

Fox’s nickname is “Brutal Bertil” because he dominated the bodybuilding world when he was competing. In fact, he has won practically every major bodybuilding competition.

With a career spanning from 1969 until 1994, he found great success as a professional bodybuilder. Although he grew up in England, he returned to his native St. Kitts in 1995 to open a gym after he retired.

All the years of increasing his strength did not have a positive effect on his attitude, though, and he was convicted of ending the lives of Leyoca Browne and her mother Violet Browne in 1997.

He was sentenced to life in prison where he will have plenty of time to do nothing but lift weights.[IMAGE: https://steemitimages.com/DQmTWw6p6SX6KQLyQ12YjzVqmuj7HNXoQ4VRTnDupQRnSFc/Bertil-Fox.jpg]

Who says you need to be young to be a bodybuilder?

Most 80 year olds spend their days wearing sweaters while watching game shows at a loud volume, but Ernestine Shepherd is still crushing it in the gym.

She turned 80 this year, but still works as a personal trainer, a fitness model, and a competitive bodybuilder. To add an extra level of insanity to her story, she did not even start working out until she was 56 and didn’t start competing as a bodybuilder until she was 71.

Shepherd wakes up at 4 in the morning to run 10 miles before strength training four times a week and putting people half her age to shame every day.

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