{"id":300445,"date":"2026-01-24T01:12:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T01:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/300445\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T01:12:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T01:12:19","slug":"bodybuilder-jason-lowe-dies-at-38-olympia-competitors-death-shocks-fitness-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/300445\/","title":{"rendered":"Bodybuilder Jason Lowe Dies at 38: Olympia Competitor\u2019s Death Shocks Fitness World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The bodybuilding world was dealt another tragic blow this week after learning that prolific bodybuilder, Jason Lowe passed away on January 22, 2026, at the age of 38.<\/p>\n<p>Jason Lowe was a respected figure from Florida, who trained and competed for more than a decade across the state. \u201cEvidently, from the information that I had, he was training in his gym, in his garage, I think he was training a client, and he dropped,\u201d said Dave Palumbo, via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mrry4UNBOkc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">the RX Muscle YouTube channel<\/a> on January 23. With an autopsy yet to be carried out, Palumbo didn\u2019t want to speculate as to the cause of death. \u201cUntil I get conformation from the family, I think it would be foolish to speculate at this point,\u201d he explained. Instead, his fans, peers, and family have been quick to pay tribute to Lowe for his services to bodybuilding.<\/p>\n<p>Jason Lowe Leaves a Legacy but Leaves Us Too Soon at 38<\/p>\n<p>Lowe was a 2-time Olympia competitor, making his first appearance in 2019 in the Men\u2019s Classic Division where he placed sixteenth. The following year, he qualified in the 212 division and upped his position to 11th, almost cracking the top ten. Lowe also hit the boards twice at The Arnold Classic, <a href=\"https:\/\/contests.npcnewsonline.com\/contests\/2025\/ifbb_tampa_pro\/lxff\/jason_lowe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">peaking at seventh in the Men\u2019s Classic Physique division in 2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Lowe often went by the nickname, \u201cBroku,\u201d combining Bro with Goku, a character in the Dragon Ball series.<\/p>\n<p>In a touching tribute on Instagram, his wife Ashley wrote: \u201cSaying that I\u2019m devastated doesn\u2019t even begin to touch the depth of this loss. I\u2019m sitting here in our backyard writing this in your Olympia jacket, trying to feel close to you, trying to make sense of a world that already feels different without you in it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The sentiment was echoed by the bodybuilding world, including Brett Wilkin and Dexter Jackson. John Jewett wrote: \u201cJason was always a friendly face to see at shows.\u201d Jason Hutchinson wrote: \u201cJason was awesome every time we talked or saw each other.\u201d WWE star, Kevin Nash also shared his feelings, writing: \u201cHe was so kind, humble. I won\u2019t forget my friend.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The whole team at M&amp;F sends their condolences. Rest in peace, Broku.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The bodybuilding world was dealt another tragic blow this week after learning that prolific bodybuilder, Jason Lowe passed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":300446,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[278],"tags":[34760,27359,1546,71610,71611,18,525,135,19,137941,17,5769],"class_list":{"0":"post-300445","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fitness","8":"tag-bodybuilder","9":"tag-bodybuilders","10":"tag-bodybuilding","11":"tag-bodybuilding-history","12":"tag-bodybuilding-news","13":"tag-eire","14":"tag-fitness","15":"tag-health","16":"tag-ie","17":"tag-in-memory","18":"tag-ireland","19":"tag-obituary"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115947421431037963","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=300445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300445\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/300446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=300445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=300445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=300445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}