Fitness influencer Kali Muscle recently shared a harrowing account of his second heart attack, which occurred at the gym on January 17th. The bodybuilder went into full cardiac arrest during what seemed like a routine workout, revealing the long-term consequences of PED use and poor dietary choices throughout his life.
“I went to full cardiac arrest. I hit my head hard. I didn’t walk out,” Kali explained in a recent YouTube video. “I woke up later with one stint in, one stint that got that I had before from a widowmaker and I had two additional ones and a defibrillator put in.”
The bodybuilder traced his health problems back decades, explaining that his 11-year prison sentence set the foundation for his cardiovascular issues. “In that 11 years, I was eating Top Ramen every single day, honey buns, I had to have my two Snickers, not to mention all the processed food that the prisons in jail give you. So, I was already a walking time bomb,” he stated.
After his release in 2006, Kali entered competitive bodybuilding in 2010. However, warning signs were already present. “I always noticed on my left leg and foot, it would retain water while the right one wouldn’t,” he recalled. Despite these red flags, he continued competing without proper medical evaluation.
Kali admitted he began using performance-enhancing substances at age 34 after encouragement from a friend. “I’m a late bloomer. I didn’t start messing with ste**ids and PEDs until I was 34. And I wish I didn’t get convinced by a friend to start competing in bodybuilding. I would have never did it,” he confessed.
His first major health crisis came in 2021 with a widowmaker heart attack. Following this, he experimented with various dietary approaches, including an extended fruitarian phase, which he now understands contributed to fatty liver disease.
“What happens is with that I, you get fatty liver. And so, with my body, that’s going to convert into blockages in my artery, right, in my heart,” he explained.
During his recent cardiac arrest at Cerritos gym, Kali collapsed after completing 65 push-ups. An EMT who happened to be working out performed CPR and revived him. He spent three days in an induced coma, leaving his family uncertain about his survival.
Now recovering with twin six-year-old children, Kali offered this warning: “If you think more d**gs, more st**oids, more intensity mean a better quality of life, then you’re mistaken because I thought the same thing. Muscles don’t mean immortality.”
He urged others to prioritize health screenings and recognize warning signs like edema. “If you don’t see your bones in your feet and you don’t see the bones in your ankles, you holding water. So, you got to be careful, man. That’s the first sign.”
