Charles Poliquin RIP

[oldtimer1]

Charles Poliquin died on September 25th, 2018.  He was a Canadian strength coach who wrote for Ironman magazine. He has some famous clients. He was 57. T nation is saying it's an apparent heart attack.

[Kwon3]

An apparently healthy-looking man in his late 50s with a low body fax index and a lifetime of exercise under his belt drops dead of a heart attack, but average nobodies walking around 50-70lbs overweight who've only seen a gym from the outside and live on soda and pizza live into their 70s. Gee, I wonder why. 

Looks like coach, guess he's next.

[Kwon3]

Was he saved?

[falco]

Genetic pre-disposition.

[IroNat]

An apparently healthy-looking man in his late 50s with a low body fax index and a lifetime of exercise under his belt drops dead of a heart attack, but average nobodies walking around 50-70lbs overweight who've only seen a gym from the outside and live on soda and pizza live into their 70s. Gee, I wonder why. 

Looks like coach, guess he's next.

Poliquin had a history of heart problems.  Had a heart attack in his early 30s.

Runs in his family too.

It's weird.  You can have a lean, fit looking guy, not fat, etc. and he has a heart attack at 45 or 50.

Genetics.  The guy's arteries are all clogged up with plaque.  Have been since he was 20.

What people don't want to accept is that you have very little control over this.  If your genetics are bad you are screwed.

Diet, exercise, all that stuff won't save you.  You're destiny is pretty much set.

People do not like to hear that.  People want to control their destiny.

[Humble Narcissist]

Lincoln shot and the Titanic.

[Humble Narcissist]

Poliquin had a history of heart problems.  Had a heart attack in his early 30s.

Runs in his family too.

It's weird.  You can have a lean, fit looking guy, not fat, etc. and he has a heart attack at 45 or 50.

Genetics.  The guy's arteries are all clogged up with plaque.  Have been since he was 20.

What people don't want to accept is that you have very little control over this.  If your genetics are bad you are screwed.

Diet, exercise, all that stuff won't save you.  You're destiny is pretty much set.

People do not like to hear that.  People want to control their destiny.

Lifting heavy with no cardio, eating a huge amount of calories, taking anabolics and site injecting didn't help either.

[SuperTed]

Old news.

http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?topic=649112.msg9110329#msg9110329

We'll all miss the highly scientific information he provided -

https://www.t-nation.com/training/five-elements

[IroNat]

Lifting heavy with no cardio, eating a huge amount of calories, taking anabolics and site injecting didn't help either.

Not too mention the Cool Whip on top of the pancakes every Sunday...

[Kwon3]

Poliquin had a history of heart problems.  Had a heart attack in his early 30s.

Runs in his family too.

It's weird.  You can have a lean, fit looking guy, not fat, etc. and he has a heart attack at 45 or 50.

Genetics.  The guy's arteries are all clogged up with plaque.  Have been since he was 20.

What people don't want to accept is that you have very little control over this.  If your genetics are bad you are screwed.

Diet, exercise, all that stuff won't save you.  You're destiny is pretty much set.

People do not like to hear that.  People want to control their destiny.

Clogged arteries are treatable with meds and stents, and lifestyle changes. Many people have the same issues as him and don't die at his age. You know why? Because they don't use steroids. Which is exactly what my post implied. 

[Hypertrophy]

Clogged arteries are treatable with meds and stents, and lifestyle changes. Many people have the same issues as him and don't die at his age. You know why? Because they don't use steroids. Which is exactly what my post implied. 

Wait - Poliquin wasn't natural? I thought it was just fish oil:

https://irongangsta.blogspot.com/2013/04/charles-poliquin-on-fish-oil.html

[oldtimer1]

He wrote negative things about cardio exercise. Was he a steroid user too?  Genetics plays a huge role but life style plays a role too.

[Dave D]

Wait - Poliquin wasn't natural? I thought it was just fish oil:

https://irongangsta.blogspot.com/2013/04/charles-poliquin-on-fish-oil.html

29 pounds in one month! Off 45 grams of fish oil a day! Could you imagine 2hat Arnold would look like with today's fish oil?

[oldtimer1]

29 pounds in one month! Off 45 grams of fish oil a day! Could you imagine 2hat Arnold would look like with today's fish oil?

29 pounds!!!!!

[IroNat]

Grass-fed whey.

[IroNat]

Clogged arteries are treatable with meds and stents, and lifestyle changes. Many people have the same issues as him and don't die at his age. You know why? Because they don't use steroids. Which is exactly what my post implied.  

It's also likely he lived longer than he would have naturally due to medical science.

He should have died in his early 30s when he had his first heart attack.  That's young for a heart attack.

He wasn't stupid and was probably taking the proper medications for his condition but his time was up.

He lived 20 years past his original due date.  Not bad.

[Humble Narcissist]

He wrote negative things about cardio exercise. Was he a steroid user too?  Genetics plays a huge role but life style plays a role too.

Yes and it appears he site injected his arms, look at the pic.  Real healthy lifestyle.