A Common, Yet Scarce Disease
Muscular Hypertrophy Syndrome, or Myostatin Disorder, Commonly occurs in some breeds of animals. It has also occurred in humans in numerous instances.
Here are some of them:
Here are some of them:
Belgian Blue Cow
The Belgian Blue cow is well known for it's incredible muscle mass and is renowned for the amount of meat it produces. The source of it's immense mass is the Myostatin Disorder. It is hereditary in this specific breed of cows.
Wendy the Whipet
German Super Baby
Before he was 5 years old, he could hold 7 lbs. weights with arms extended, something many adults cannot do. He has muscles twice the size of other kids his age and half their body fat.
He was born to a somewhat muscular mother, a 24-year-old former professional sprinter. Her brother and three other close male relatives all were unusually strong, with one of them a construction worker able to unload heavy curbstones by hand (Monstrous Myostatin Misfortunes)
He was born to a somewhat muscular mother, a 24-year-old former professional sprinter. Her brother and three other close male relatives all were unusually strong, with one of them a construction worker able to unload heavy curbstones by hand (Monstrous Myostatin Misfortunes)
Liam Hoekstra
A 21 month old toddler from Michigan with myostatin deficiency, he has 40 percent more muscle mass than normal, jaw-dropping strength, breathtaking quickness, a speedy metabolism and almost no body fat. Liam came into the world with many birth defects. He had a small hole in his heart, enlarged kidneys, frequently vomited and was born four weeks premature. Medical records indicated that his biological father was “unusually strong.”
“He could do the iron cross when he was 5 months old,” said his adoptive mother, Dana Hoekstra of Roosevelt Park. She was referring to a difficult gymnastics move in which a male athlete suspends himself by his arms between two hanging rings, forming the shape of a cross.
Two days after birth, he was able to fully stand-up and support his own weight. Months later, he began developing ripped abs, naturally doing pull-ups, inverted sit-ups, Olympic styled iron crosses, thigh muscles compared to that of Lance Armstrong and even punching holes into walls during tantrums (he accidentally gave his Mom a black eye once as well). (Monstrous Myostatin Misfortunes)
“He could do the iron cross when he was 5 months old,” said his adoptive mother, Dana Hoekstra of Roosevelt Park. She was referring to a difficult gymnastics move in which a male athlete suspends himself by his arms between two hanging rings, forming the shape of a cross.
Two days after birth, he was able to fully stand-up and support his own weight. Months later, he began developing ripped abs, naturally doing pull-ups, inverted sit-ups, Olympic styled iron crosses, thigh muscles compared to that of Lance Armstrong and even punching holes into walls during tantrums (he accidentally gave his Mom a black eye once as well). (Monstrous Myostatin Misfortunes)
Richard Sandrak
By the time he was 6 years old he was pressing more then 4 times his own weight.
Ronnie Coleman
Ronnie Coleman is a former Mr. Olympia and is a decorated body builder. His disorder gives him an advantage over the competition which leads us to ask, is it fair for people with this disorder to compete with athletes who don't posses it?