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Once a bodybuilder, he’s now a popular fitness influencer and YouTuber. What makes Kali Muscle stand out is his larger-than-life personality and ripped physique.  Like many others, Kali’s journey was also with many obstacles. He faced a major setback when he suffered a heart attack due to a clogged artery.

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This incident led him to become an advocate for raising awareness about the risks of using steroids. Sadly, he mentioned that, around the same time, the 2018 Mr. Olympia Shawn Rhoden died due to heart complications. During his recent interview uploaded by Anabolic Doc on his YouTube channel, he mentioned that he has been to jail for a few years twice in his life. Well, this is a story for another time.

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An Incident that changed Kali Muscle’s perspective on health

In a recent interview, Kali opened up about his childhood health struggles he said, “I was always scared of health issues. I’ve always had a problem since I was young my right ankle and foot would retain water so I am always concerned with that and scared. Even when I did shows, I would take diuretics or whatever and I would look at that foot and it wouldn’t be shredded and hard like I wanted it.”

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He recalled an event that changed his life forever. In his words, “It was like I woke up from the dead. I was dead asleep. I just popped up. Hold on, what’s going on. It feels like I have heartburn. I told my wife to get me some heartburn medication. The only way I found it felt better was if I sat on the couch on my knees. It relieved the little burning sensation.” This incident was a wake-up call for him that changed his perspective on health.

READ MORE: After Suffering a Heart Attack That Almost Killed Him, Bodybuilder Makes Drastic Changes to His Diet and Workout: “Ain’t Doing That Because That Fear…”

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avoiding steroids and taking care“Don’t think it wont happen to you. I thought, You know what I mean, I didn’t think it would happen to me because I was taking off every year. I thought I was eating healthy but I look back, I wasn’t. It’s unnecessary. If your testosterone is now low, if you’re 35-40 and your test is normal, don’t even get on it. There’s no need all you have to do is eat healthy.”

Doucette’s criticized his Watermelon diet challenge

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With a different mindset now, Kali Muscle is currently undertaking a unique challenge to have only watermelon as a full-day meal. However, a few days ago, IFBB Pro Coach Greg Doucette openly expressed his disapproval of this challenge in one of his YouTube videos.

He is really concerned about the bodybuilder’s challenge. He’s not sure about how Kali’s diet will end. Doucette explains that while watermelons are low in calories, they don’t have all the important elements our bodies need. He says that eating only watermelon will make the body have even less protein and other important things.

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Arpita Shrivastava is a Bodybuilding writer at EssentiallySports. Marching towards the 1000 articles mark, she specializes in covering the off-court developments of the sport and the Bodybuilding stars. With a Master’s degree in Mass Communication, Arpita has been putting to use her knowledge of content creation to produce engaging content for her readers. Arpita has studied the lives of her Bodybuilding idols thoroughly, which include Ronnie Coleman and Jay Cutler. In her articles, she explores and tries to understand the nitty-gritty of building a shredded physique. At the semblance of a chance to venture for a vacation, she prefers hiking to satiate her wanderlust.

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