There seems to be a disconnect between a guy like Meadows and reality.
Even his wife was "shocked" by his death. It never dawned on her that her husband was operating on the redline?
Like a guy with all his medical problems who continued to push his body would ever suddenly die?
Because you look good on the outside (but your insides are completely f*cked) therefore normal rules of health do not apply to you.
A race car driver who could never crash and burn? Delusion at its finest.
This is normal.
No family member is going to come out and say "well he's dead, we knew after his hearth attack he was on borrowed time".
People are soft, they never believe bad things like this will happen.
They were probably religious and thought baby jesus was going to save him.
John had serious medical issues, that are well documented.
The BBing community as a whole down plays them because nobody wants to tell the truth.
This lifestyle is VERY bad for your health. All of it, the drugs, eating, dieting, extreme workouts, etc.
The race car driver is a good analogy. Like Dale Earnhardt, people were so shocked when he died.
Why? Deaths from high speed racing events are common. He was also known to loosen his racing harness because it was uncomfortable.
People die all the time.
Nobody knows what John was taking up until his death, but knowing the BBing industry and the mindset it takes to make a lifestyle out of it; i'm thinking he didn't back off enough and thought he was superman.