Markus Rühl retires from contests

[Louisg271]

i real lmiss the ronnie and ruhl era :(

[bboymassUK]

What a shame.

Too bad we get injured. im also injured( not to this level), and it sucks.

Hope to meet this guy some day.

all the best.

[TheMechanicalPart]

Your retiremement has make some guy's happy, but don't forget that you are... RUHLLLL......

PS: you schould help Others to became what they whant to achive in Bodybuilding (Mr Olimpia)...

[david6557]

Hey I think you did very well in bodybuilding and you are a huge and the way u do shoulder presss that's crazy man but keep training hard and I am sorry that u can't be on stage but maybe it will happened for u again u never know

[Dakers11]

Danke Markus for all the great years. Wie geits, I have been having trouble lengthening my Bicep peak at the elbow. Do you have any suggestions ?

[fuckyeah009]

It's sad that 2007 was when i discovered Markus and he became my favorite recent bodybuilder and i bought the Big and Loving it DVD and then found out he retired and without having one an Olympia which he greatly deserved :(

[geiri9]

who doesnt give a fuck about this overrated baloon?

[kokokokokokokoaz09]

we love you markos please don't leav us <3

[OKIEF77FLEX]

He def. was the only guy to make ronnie and jay look not so big while standing next to them !!!

[adamzscott]

He should have had higher placings.

[PunkyLemming]

:( thats bloody sad..Markus this is ur time to do something else, maybe even powerlifting :-) hopefully ur arms and legs and back are still 100%

[michaelmyers66]

Ruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuhl Rules!

[TheVanillazilla]

Markus is my hero, the guy is a true legend.

[ElvisFerbeyre]

you can take the bodybuilder out of the gym, but you can't take the gym out of the bodybuilder

[letsgodobsflips]

We love your Ruhl!!!

[inaneczar]

a slow, saline tear rolls down my cheek.

[Kirby24Build]

Best of luck markus, you've helped motivate ma and push me. Thank you! Reuhl!!!

[ElvisFerbeyre]

This is one of the saddest videos I've ever seen.

[aidzz69]

biggest guy in iffb

[saltycrack]

Markus thanks for being such a great guy and bring the fun back to bodybuilding! RUEHL!!

[Kirby24Build]

Markus you are the best ever. You are my motivation!!!

[rauloarmani]

Hi Markus, I am a big fan of yours and I think you are the improved bodybuilder in the world. Come back, please!

[hotstixx]

always liked markus,good sense of humour,warm and generous spirit.

very best of luck.

[mrfastnote]

We love you Markus.

[CAKE369]

Only a matter of time before Jay Cutler does too, But they all had great years and still have incredible physiques.

[AVPionut44USCM]

MARKUS RUHL ITS THE BIGGEST BODYBUILDER I EVER SEEN

[aanishmetal]

thank you very much for ruhling the stage... will miss you in the olympia... a great fan of yours. you are the ultimate motivation in bodybuilding.

[SR4LosersIsMYBITCH]

So glad hes back competing again...

[NATTNTAZ]

im so sorry your not on stage any more. take care and thanks 4 all the gr8t stuff uv dun stay happy markus rocks and still a monster guy

[Omegatide]

I'll buy your steroids for you! Nooooo!!

Put your needle kit away Marcus.

Nice fake muscles, you were never a legitimate athlete.

I feel so much better now.

I going to go do my Iron Plam

Shaolin style. Muahahahhahahahah

[oXe2]

@Omegatide just die!

[Omegatide]

@oXe2 Quite you baby. Nobody likes fakes.

Liers or cheats. Had he never done roids we wouldnt be having this conversation.

[oXe2]

@Omegatide why liers oder cheaters? Its not cheating. This is not one of your computer games. So grow up kid!

[Omegatide]

@oXe2 Cheating is to mislead, to fool. Now I know nobody told me when I was young that all these men are on steroids. That is cheating. Baseball? Football? I never knew everyone was on roids. They lied! They cheated! Cheated the public at least. Now commone knowledge is we should have known! DUh! Nobody gets that big! Silly me.

[oXe2]

@Omegatide but in bb everybody know that they are on steroids. Everybody of the top bodybuilders are on steroids! You cant get that many muscles without steroids. So you say he is a cheater because u dont know much about bodybuilding? Thats kind of fail..

[Omegatide]

@oXe2 Say I'm 12 and your my dad.

Is it time to tell me about the white lie then? Lies that get you ahead in life? You say everone knows. Everyone but the kids, the ones who look up to these huge men. Turns out their fakes, not real. Synthetic. Rambo, Arnald, all the likes. Not Bruce Lee though!

Lies that set you apart from other without telling(Mark Mcgwire). Telling the truth consists of telling the whole truth. Not just the parts you want heard.

[oXe2]

@Omegatide honestly, im getting bored.

[DriftkingS2K]

@Omegatide lol first kids dont do bodybuilding .... they begin training and half of them stop because they say it sucks and hurts ...... seconds even if u take the step of steroids u still have to train that hard and change ur life for BB like 0,1 % of the Civilisation does .... this small amount of ppl know what they do to gain their success and they take the risks , and i think they are alot harmless than alcoholics or smokers because in thee end they cost alot more for insurances .......

[Omegatide]

@DriftkingS2K What is bodybuilding? WOrking out, in one way or another. Kids look up to those on magazines. Your told their secrect to success is blah blah blah. But in fact they take steroids. What makes something hard? Thats right so testosterone makes life great. You enjoy aggression. Can you see how it benifits one? No such thing as last rep. Do you see how its cheating? It puts you beyond mans regular scope of achievement. But were not told this. Its only to be found outthedirtylittlesecret

[DriftkingS2K]

@Omegatide lol kids look up yea ... who doesnt... but ask em ,noone wanna look like Rühl, Cutler or else , they wanna look like Statham for example ... ask most of the ladies ..they love Pitt m Clooney or Depp -.-

LOL where they cheat ??? if u wanna compete with em ? Ok then they got an unfair advantage but they change their lifestyle so hard and spend that much time that u will have the nicer life sitting with ur girl after ur training session and he is still training like retarded ....

[Omegatide]

@DriftkingS2K Funny I get called the Transformer all the time.

You just dont get the point do you? If you need to justify something, usually because its wrong. No kids want huge muscles? man your dense. Put it this way most roids heads dont wont to tell anyone they are juicing. Well why not? Ive seen it time and time again. Nope I dont take them!

[DriftkingS2K]

@Omegatide ...kids want muscles but no those ones like rühl lol ... kids get scared looking at that and if u tell me now and at the age of 12-18 my balls will shrink for taking roids ... hell i would run

POINT IS : grown man take that sh** and live with the consequences ..... its not that easy taking "roids" and then be huge ,thats the knowledge thats gotta be known when discussing that topic ;)

lol but if u think its cheating then ask urself for what price ? breasts and shrinken balls ?

[bmwseries3]

@Omegatide you and Steroidsr4Losers are sucking eachothers dicks

[KidBers]

Love this guy

[keithyboy313]

@superpredatorr You probably are tiny

[rosseaualfa]

Love this guy, and FUCK the haters! Markus is the best!!!

[majotnf]

MARKUS RUEHLZZZZZ!!!

[sjjdiienno1]

idc what anyone says..roids or not this guy is one of the best

[irondungeon]

i admire ruhl's freak body structure!!! great!!

[riddlemaster650]

Its so sad that 2 of the biggest guys EVER!! Ruhl and ronnie are retired , bodybuilding will never be the same!

[AVPionut44USCM]

@riddlemaster650 YEAH

[jgorerowe]

@riddlemaster650 you forgot about Jay Cutler

[BEANPOLE111]

@jgorerowe pft Cutler is a hack.

[Vrgs123]

You will always be considered the one of the best bodybuilders by your fans markus, and you not winning mr. olympia is one of the most fucked up in in the world of bodybuilding !!

You fucking rühles =)

[dandelion21]

Markus you´re the best, we Iike you lot , keep tryining my friend

[mees175]

What was wrong with his chest??

[italiaglamour]

bodybuilding is'nt an easy sport there's alot of dedication u must do and it's expensive aswell like u need 2 eat a shit load of food, steroid's 4 sumone his size, plus u cop injury, u can't have any late night's, drink get stressed or have all the other fun wat a normal person does, so i understand how they must feel

[skiko101]

o yo that sucks man shit i hope u get better

[bodybuildingizlife]

kudoes for his english

[9627122]

hey marcus about your chest it never got cure or put in the right place

[TheDesmoPilot]

Markus is enormous! a BEAST! one of the strongest bodybuilders besides Ronnie Coleman and Johnnie Jackson

[lytrcons]

you know you cant stop this Marcus... it's in your blood.. many of as bodybuilders are modified by you.. you are the man.. you are the beast... i know.. you know.. and everybody knows that you deserve more that they have given to you...

[reallylovingyou]

hy, how he mean hes chest was torn ? what happend with his chest?

[dan8a11]

Sorry to hear about your chest i wish you the best of luck you have always been one of my favorites Ruhl rulesss.

[DimebagVision]

Markus RUHLSSSS

[CoolasIce2]

Marcus should have always placed higher. He's definitely better than Brwanch W.

[mario4111]

what a pity ! you will be always the best ! please co,tinue to be present in expo . thanks for the inspiration and wish you the very best.

[abcd827]

what pic? the one of your fantasy metallic predator? get real. get a life.

[Xiphosss]

Hey Markus, I saw you at Mr. Olympia this year. I"m very happy that you don't retried from contest!

[123GAZZA321]

wait a minute im sure i saw you at the mr. O this year??

[muscleoffigus]

he came back

[123GAZZA321]

markus nooo!!

you hav been my inspiration for so long,

i will miss seeing you on stage your rammstein and routines went so well together.

even if you have retired my inspiration will always come from the videos you have made.

take care buddy

Gazz

[monty12341]

Tnx Markus ....True giant of the sport

[yokittie]

Ahw, man, this is just so sad.

I love this guy... I hope he'll discover something else and have fun with it just like he did with bodybuilding. Good luck, Markus!

You're a very big inspiration for me and I wish you the best!

[jz17na25]

Another great retiring so sad. There will never be anyone with shoulders like his

[bookskamaki]

it is a good opportunity to do something else that you wanted . Life is full of possibilities

[TrueDiligence]

very soft spoken bodybuilder

[gerrate]

can anyone hook me up with some steroids? roids 4 life!!!! bodybuilder 4 life!!! roids r 4 winners!!!

[bredeblicfeldt]

this is a jk right?

[gerrate]

no joke i want some roids.

[bredeblicfeldt]

emmm then in what contry do you live in??

[gerrate]

usa

[bredeblicfeldt]

Sry but then i can't help you.

[SuperRadBadness]

guys hes not retired anymore hes back doin shows again

[massstak]

he sure does deserve mr olympia hes the freakiest body builder ever respect man rhule is king

[vviko7777]

Hi is nomber 1 for me ,and hi is the MR.Olympia.....All the best Markus....

[pumping2]

I don't know why he never got the mr.olympia title.He would have deserved it once at least.

[chrissikeuhh]

ruhl rulezz

i love you ruhl your the best ever

[mickill2]

damn that sucks Your the biggest and strongest bodybuilder ever you would be greatly missed. M A R K U S R U L E S

[Dudelookslikeeylady]

We will miss you too Markus. Your the biggest freak thats ever exsisted and you will never be forgotten!

peace

[DGuillen74]

I agree, this a great loss to the body building world. LOL I sound like the guy's dead. But seriously, Markus is a true class act. You can totally tell that he is torn up about this decision. WE WILL MISS YOU MARKUS!!

[wquinn225]

I just want to say I think you are the best of them all Markus!!! We will miss you on the stage but you will never be forgotten. All the best to you.

[steroidsR4losers]

...

[swollen4ever]

i just had my chest torn this past march 16..SUCKS

[zrodn001]

nooooooooooooo theres got to be a way to repair it, gosh i am beyond pissed of right now, this is a sad day. there has to be some type of muscle stem cell treatment in a vaccine form to repair the torn muscle tissues. there is to much loss in athletes in general there has to be a way to put them back together. i will find a treatment

[bigmrclean]

Markus has the largest shoulders i've ever seen. He has always been one of if not the LARGEST men on stage, just the definition and muscle placement was off.....there should be an award for having the most muscle....during bulking he's just unreal in size!

[LukasIce]

yes man you re right!!

[unsleep]

This guy is one of the kindest guys in bodybuilding. He es happy, funny and caring. The world is full of colors and markus is gold with things like this...

I dont know why there isnt a contest for the biggest guys in earth, without the simetric rule like mr olimpia... He deserves something better...

[AVPionut44USCM]

@unsleep THATS TRUE

[kOOOk1212]

RUHL RULESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS its sad to see him go he is one of the biggest and badest dudes in body building

[alexfarafrica]

we will miss you ruhl :( ... you`re the best for me .. take care

[jimbosudbury]

what did ruhl mean his chest is torn? that sounds realy bad.

he also got a nasty scar on his tricep, has he ripped that before?

[Skidms9]

As far as I know, he tore the inner connective tissue of one of his pectoral muscles causing the muscle to 'bunch up' and move away from the pectoral on the other side, leaving an uneven gap between the two. This injury has gotten worse over time as it was left untreated, meaning his chest is now slightly uneven and unfortunately cannot be corrected, even with surgery. As for the Tricep scar, I don't know. Hope this answers your question :). We miss you already Markus.

[Bonsor10]

Der Charmanteste Bodybuilder überhaupt. So viel Charakter hat kein anderer :).

[DJKHK1]

Markus, you will be missed.

RUhLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

[kOOOk1212]

do u know his email?

[harj1987]

:(  i'am sad

[burakeren86]

not the best but one of the greateast bodybuilder. keep lifting as long as you can... xxx

[JoeyBuza]

is my best bodybuilder

[blad90]

go fuk urselves you obsessive cunts !!! people like markus are deformed fuks who stik drugs up there ass to win a poofy medal!!!

[jimbosudbury]

what you dont understand is, competition bodybuilders need steroids to put them where they want to be. im a younge bodybuilder and i dont use steroids but i dont totally disagree with them. you still need to work extremely hard to get muscle with or without them. if you inject the drug and dont workout, you will infact become fat because or hormone ballances, or something like that anyway.

at the end of the day its a mans decision.

[jabatice]

"small guy Dexter!" dude...

[ItalianWarrior777]

Come back to the stage! Your chest is fine! These are just excuses, you can defeat that small guy Dexter!

[softy74]

Ruhl ist besser!!!

[richardvirgil]

Grande Markus!!!

para muchos de nosotros eres un gran ejemplo a seguir, no sólo por tu tamaño, sino por tu personalidad y entrega a este deporte, para mí y para muchos eres y seguiras siendo un mr. olympia (sin corona lamentablemente)

suerte y éxito en tu futura vida.

[flipsipp199076]

very nice man, made me kind of sad watching this, the stage will miss you, :(

[Fabio2324]

you are the man RUHL!!!!!!! A KING WITHOUT HIS CROWN

[Xetenor]

You are my true inspiration to bodybuilding, Markus. You are my idol because of your great personality, freakish size and your true kind nature you've brought to not only on the stage but off stage as well. I totally respect your wise decision to not go on stage after your chest injury which i had no idea about. I would probably do the same! I hope you've recovered fully and that you will always stay this big! MUCH LOVE!!!! ICH LIEBE DEUTSCHLAND!!! I lived in Germany for 8 years :D Best place!!!

[USAisgay]

thanks for your inspiration to me and to my friends son, who intends to follow in your footsteps, im sad you retired.

But more positivly ENJOY your retirement and what ever you do, good luck in life

ruhl rules

[mosulyintheexile]

u r the best

[javis123456]

MR MARKUS u are my idol, im sad u retired but u are one of the best bodybuilders ever, adn ur physique inspired me to train hard, every time i go training i see some training videos from u and thats my motivation, you are the best,

greetings from MEXICO

JAVIER

[MagicBeemes]

lol he comes out of retirement for the ahnuld classic

[Ihtultu]

really ? that`s great, so he`ll comeback for the 2009 arnold classic?

[MagicBeemes]

yes sir

[Cooter1Brown]

Hahahahaha!!! ahnuld?????? you mean Arnold?

[MagicBeemes]

uh huh :D

[deanothetank]

RUHLLLLLLLLL!!!!! i hear thunder i think it might just be his footsteps

[marleytribe]

i think he is gonna come back. i was reading it on musclemag... thanks Markus for comming back.. we missed you man. THE GERMAN NIGHTMARE IS BACK BABY!!!!

[DBRMatrix]

I am stunned.. Markus was not just my favourite bodybuilder but such a beautiful human being. Fantastic personality and a heart of gold.. I wish you Marcus the very best in your future...

[silentfart101]

thanks for the vud there markus, u were always bigger than ronnie and everybody knew it

[SPLITZRZR]

you rule ! forever

[skybo053]

Terrible that something happened like this to such a great person like Markus.

[ItalianWarrior777]

Great bodybuilder, who cares if he tore his chest, he should come back to competition!

[quiker000]

`why why why ...!

[BigH273]

Man this sucks....Good Dude in whatever you do....you are the person i look up too when i am at the gym....but good luck and bodybuliding wont be the same with out you...

[DarkISRbody]

Markus ruhl the best bodybuilder ever!

the biggest the freakest bodybuilder ever!

i wish you luck and good health and i wish you to re concider your desition and if you will have an option to come back pls do so!

you are the best!!!

Ruhlllllllllll

[armyof11]

By immigrants I met the Beaners (mexs) they are destroying our country. they are all either gang bangers, related to gang memebers, or crimminals that take jobs away from Americans. but of course the Republican party loves it. And please anyone with white guilt shut the hell up!!

[Bennykarlsson]

what does that have to do with the vid?

[Soetnoese]

In my eyes, he was one of the best BB ever!!

Rühl rules=)

There go's the IFBB!! There are a few more Germans left but who knows!? I am German American and we are the best period. Someday if we are all gone from this world then there will be no more great looking men left! This Germa