I don't know anything about his personal medical history. But judging off the fact that he needs to wear a LifeVest, something tells me this guy isn't doing well at all. That LifeVest (wearable defibrillator) literally shocks your heart back into proper rhythm when certain markers go off (If you heart goes into Ventricular Tachycardia, Ventricular Fibrillation or Supraventricular Tachycardia). If this guy is already at the point of wearing a LifeVest, there's a high likelihood that he might need what's called an Automatic Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (AICD).
I am guessing that this guy has had a few heart attacks during these most recent years, suffers from some degree of congestive heart failure and likely has coronary arterial disease. Any of these individually or in combination with each other can lead to cardiac arrhythmias that can result in sudden cardiac arrest.
If I were him, I would walk away from this lifestyle, start a damn vegan diet, exercise moderately and undergo whatever interventional cardiology procedures (coronary artery bypass grafting, angioplasty w/ stenting or even a rotational Atherectomy) can be had to give my heart a fighting chance.
I know of a number of IFBB pros from the northeastern circuit that are right this moment having to question their past decisions in undertaking this "sport" as a career.
READ THIS CLEARLY: THIS LIFESTYLE ISN'T WORTH DYING FOR.
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It's too late at this point. Most of the damage is done. Plus, eating all that crappy food when he was younger (particularly while incarcerated) certainly didn't help matters. He was from the school of thinking that the only way to get big without anabolics (especially when low on cash) was to eat mega-calories any way possible. Kali credits that to how he got fairly large before he started using pharmaceuticals.
On another note, there's a difference between being a professional bodybuilder in general and an IFBB pro. A number of guys have (and still do) make a good living in the bodybuilding world, without ever stepping foot on an IFBB stage or getting that supposedly coveted IFBB pro card.
And it isn't because of the internet. This was happening in the 80s and early/mid 90s, when the internet was in its infancy. How many folks here remember guys like Frank Sepe, Joe Bucci, Gerard Dente, Rick Valente, etc. They made their living in bodybuilding without ever getting that precious IFBB pro card. Kali Muscle is in a similar boat.
Then there are guys who were more famous chasing their pro cards and coming up the ranks than they ever were, once they actually turned pro. Dennis Newman, Paul Demayo, Greg Kovacs, Mat Duvall, Mike Platz, etc. All those guys got supplement deals (Parillo Performance, MET-Rx, MuscleTech, etc) and plenty of press en route to turning pro....only to do ZILCH once they got them cards.