“Just Wanted a Nice Physique”: Teary-Eyed Bodybuilder Confessed to Ignore His Health for “15 Years” Until Death Gave Him a Reality Check in 2021

While bodybuilding seems to be a sport surrounding extremely fit physiques, it’s not necessarily true that fit from the outside is healthy from the inside. While a bodybuilder’s physique looks good from the outside, their internal body goes through a lot. They say health is wealth, and that is exactly what Chuck ‘Kali Muscle’ Kirkendall realized after his brush with death in 2021.

Kali Muscle, a father of two, faced a very unexpected ordeal that disrupted his life, and, as a result, he had a very close brush with death. The incident shook him up to the core, on which he made detailed videos about his emotions surrounding the event.

Kali Muscle ignored his problems for 15 years

Kali Muscle, in one of his videos, revealed that he had a heart attack and that a stent was put in his heart. In the emotional video, he is seen discussing the circumstances surrounding the entire incident, and how he ignored the signs that were pointing to something wrong for a long period.

Kali revealed that he had edema around his ankles and his feet for a long time period and while a lot of people warned him that it could be a sign of heart failure, he did not pay heed to the warnings. Kali revealed, “This was an ongoing problem I ignored for at least 15 years. Because I would go and get physicals and they would mention little stuff…”

The incident came as a surprise and shock to Kali Muscles because, according to him, he had been taking it comparatively easy at the gym as well. He said, “I haven’t been like you know busting my b**ls in a gym trying to be the strongest or the buffest no more. I just wanted a nice physique. So I wasn’t taking a huge amount of stuff.”

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However, he did reveal that he had been ignoring the warning signs that were given to him by the doctors as well as others around him, so that was probably the blunder that almost cost him his life.

Kali shares the truth about his heart attack

In the video Kali made in the hospital, he is seen to be very emotional and thankful for the fact that he got a second chance at life. He got scared of leaving his two children behind, which is probably what prompted him to share the truth about his heart attack and how he ended up in the hospital.

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In another video that he posted on his channel, Kali attributed his heart attack to a lot of reasons, from unhealthy eating to ignoring doctor’s warnings and especially to extreme steroid and protein use. whatever the exact reason for Kali’s suffering, one needs to look at Kali as a cautionary tale and realize that health is a sensitive thing and one needs to be on top of it every second.