Olivier Richters, isn’t just your common bodybuilder. Richters towers over everyone and is quickly making his mark in the Bodybuilding and acting community with his latest achievements.
Richters was born with Pectus Excavatum, which is a “deformity of the anterior wall of the chest” that results in a couple ribs and sternum to grow abnormally. Essentially the defect causes the bones to grow in a way where they squeeze the HEART muscle, according to the doctor he saw. Upon seeing a doctor and going through a CT-Scan, they figured out that his heart was already 20% smaller than it should be.
Here are some pictures of how the chest was forming before the procedure:
The procedure included breaking 10 ribs along with a lengthy 6 month recovery process and pretty much being on morphine for the first couple months and dealing with the side affects. The good part about this procedure was that he was still young enough to regain the growth in his heart and lungs, which would in turn length his life span.
His Progress has been rather impressive since his procedure:
See how he looks after his unbelievable transformation…
According to his thread on bodybuilding.com forums, his recovery was slow but steady, saying that he couldn’t even move for the first 2 months while being on morphine. Its not until the 3rd month that he started to walk again and ride a bicycle and swim.
In the 4th month after his procedure, he finally started weight lifting again and the rest was history. He has been pushing to achieve his life long goals of becoming a Movie start and entering in the WWE!
With his current height at 7′ 2″ and trying to get up to 330 LBS!
Check out these pictures of him pretty much Dwarfing every top Builder out there, including Phil Heath, Jay Cutler, Ronnie Coleman and the notable mention, Rich Piana.
Do you even ChestBrah Bro?
