Anyone ever die in your gym?

[MoldyGopher]

A lot of older people tend to die on the crapper. That's where Elvis died.

When people are at home and they suddenly don't feel well they tend to migrate towards a bathroom.

In the Fat Old Days I used to hang out at casinos quite a bit. Old people are constantly keeling over in front of and on top of the machines.

[Leddyman]

Make sure that you see a Doctor on a Regular basis. That can lead to the identification of cardiac issues before they lead to heart attacks. Cholesterol levels need to be checked. Triglyceride levels also.

A guy I went to high school with and was on the same baseball team when we were younger died in the gym. It wasn't my gym, but he died on the bench press. I think he was pushing some pretty good weight at the time. He was a good guy. Makes me nervous sometimes to think about. I do have my levels checked, but they don't find everything.

I plan on dieing in my nineties, shot by the jealous husband of a 50 year old MILF right after the act.

[crupiea]

I workout at home so i hope this doesnt happen. i did have a client die at work. not at work but she missed her appt and i kept calling and she never answered. come to find out she passed away.

[MoldyGopher]

...reminds me of this:

http://rwdaily.runnersworld.com/2008...t-running.html

"I don't get it," said his wife, Bess. "He didn't run all his life. He was always so inactive. And now, this. You just never know, I guess."

"At least he died doing what he loved," she added. "Not running."

[Jtbny]

Had a guy die on my front lawn while out for a jog. My dad and I tried to save him but he was already blue. They did happen to revive him briefly in the ambulance but he didn't make it. Guy was pretty out of shape, going though a divorce from what I hear and trying to take better care of himself. It was in the middle of summer in NY very hot and he was wearing a full track suit with a sweatshirt.

Very sad

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I plan on dieing in my nineties, shot by the jealous husband of a 50 year old MILF right after the act.

Good luck with that.

[jor012]

Well we're all gonna die somewhere. I knew a guy who had to divorce his wife because he found out another guy croaked while she had her head in his lap.

[trickyB]

Not at my Gym. BIL plays indoor soccer and last year some guy in his mid 30's dropped dead at thier first game. I guess he was trying to get into shape after not doing anything for over a decade. He's kids were watching from the stands.

[Iceman1800]

Not at the gym but numerous times at work. I guess working with a few thousand people, its bound to happen. My first day as an apprentice at the plant I'm at now, a hilo driver had a heart attack and died right on his hilo. We've had at least 10 people die at work since I've been there

[OutOfStep]

I think that most of the people I see in the gym are dead. They just haven't realized it yet. They certainly train like a bunch of stiffs.

[DaniGrrl]

A couple years ago, an older guy was on the treadmill and just dropped. I don't know if he was dead on the spot, but it bothered me that it seemed to take a really long time for anyone to call an ambulance and it also bothered me that trainers who are certified are also supposed to be certified in CPR, yet everyone was bumbling around like idiots and calling for doctors, nurses, or anyone who knew CPR. Um, if you work in a gym, you shoul be required to be CPR-certified, trainer or not. Unfortunately crap like this will happen and people should be prepared. It may have been too late for this man but there will be others.

A friend of ours had a massive heart attack showering in the gym after a workout and was dead before he hit the ground. He was 47 and took pretty good care of himself. Maybe drank more than a person should but ate well, ran, worked out. And he'd had some kind of workup a short time before and was given a clean bill of health. He had a daughter who lived with him and not her mother and came from a very large extremely close-knit family. It was very sad.

Two people died this past year at the Philadelphia Marathon. One was in his early 20's. They both apparently had some kind of congenital heart condition. It's scary - you just never know.

[Medtreker]

A guy died on one of our ab machines about five years ago. It still gives me the creeps every time I pass by that machine...

They didn't even retire that machine?? Come ON!!

[zedx]

Hydrogenated oil man will blow your heart up. And if you didn't know oils like olive, vegetable and a lot of other hydrogenate when you heat them. Oils like coconut oil do not do this in low to medium heat. It's heat stable.

Don't heat your oils bros.

[geer_matt]

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...&highlight=bad

[GuyJin]

Never saw anyone die in a gym but many years ago, a guy about my age--I was in my early twenties--had a stroke just after doing a set of vertical leg presses. He was in good shape, not fat at all, didn't have high blood pressure, and didn't hold his breath while doing the exercise. He seemed to use perfect form. However, after he sat up, the side of his face suddenly sagged and he keeled over. It freaked everyone out so time to call the ambulance. He made it, though, and fortunately, suffered no lasting damage.

[GITZI]

No ones died but a while back some guy had a huge seizure, like started screaming and spasming before collapsing into a heap on the floor! Mind was blown for days! He was ok after it though.

[Tyrbolift]

No ones died but a while back some guy had a huge seizure, like started screaming and spasming before collapsing into a heap on the floor! Mind was blown for days! He was ok after it though.

Epileptic?

[jgreystoke]

I often think I'm dead, leaving my body and floating away...........


........but that's just deadlifts for you.

[wheyshakes]

If it happens, it happens. I know of someone in his 50s, look perfectly normal, and then died at home due to a heart attack for no good reason. This sort of thing just happens.

wow that is sad....I love lifting but have no desire to die in a gym man....

[bentley465]

So toward the end of my training this morning one of the regulars comes up and says to me, "Did you here old B**& died?" I said " what are talking about?" anyway he says this particular guy who comes in most days and I have the odd chat with, was on the seated twist machine and had a heart attack...keeled over and died there in the gym." he was mid fifties a little over weight, but c'mon. Died right there on the floor in front of the walking machines...some days your damned if you don't and damned if you do!

Yes, in fact, and he was relatively young (well, young to me anyway), about 39. He had a congenital defect that he was apparently unaware of and died right on the treadmill, not five feet from me. Aortic aneurysm, and he bled to death internally within just a few seconds. The gym owner was an EMT, worked for the fire department, but there was literally nothing to be done for the poor guy - apparently a hole that large is the end of the line, no matter what.

[Singe03]

Yes, in fact, and he was relatively young (well, young to me anyway), about 39. He had a congenital defect that he was apparently unaware of and died right on the treadmill, not five feet from me. Aortic aneurysm, and he bled to death internally within just a few seconds. The gym owner was an EMT, worked for the fire department, but there was literally nothing to be done for the poor guy - apparently a hole that large is the end of the line, no matter what.

Sounds like what happened to John Ritter, the aorta just gives way and I don't think even if they were on the table with a great doctor and their chest already open, anything could be done to save them. I know two people with Marfan syndrome and I worry about them a lot.

Never in the gym, I had one die at work right across from me, heart attack, he just dropped and was gone, former military medic was giving CPR and he never responded at all. I also came on the scene when a teenage hiker died on the Appalachian Trail of suspected heat stroke. That one is a really bitter topic, there should have been charges against their adult guides for all that went on surrounding that incident.

[otiskii]

Not that I know of in the gyms I have belonged too. But you guys saying die in the squat rack with xxx pounds on the bar.....don't you realize you'll just give the anti-squatters fodder to outlaw squats or the gyms an excuse to get rid of the racks? If it does happen to you, hope you're near the adductor machine.

[BrotherWolf]

what doesn't kill you makes you stronger ... and sometimes it just kills you before getting stronger

[Synfull]

At my gym in South Africa there was a guy in his early 30's, a Springbok triathlete. South Africa does pretty well globally and he was, I think, second in the country. He was in his prime and as fit as a fiddle with absolutely no problems, or so everyone thought. Well, just before I came to gym that afternoon, I had heard that he had collapsed on the landing up the first flight of two flights of stairs right in front of everyone. He had a heart attack and died instantly without any warning. A country representative in triathlons had a sudden massive heart attack after training and nobody could believe what they had seen..

I just missed it but that was a death at my gym..

[tomsfish]

yep yesterday at the club i go to.

[michail71]

Make sure that you see a Doctor on a Regular basis. That can lead to the identification of cardiac issues before they lead to heart attacks. Cholesterol levels need to be checked. Triglyceride levels also.

Good advice but I still hear about people dropping dead from heart failure a week after passing a stress test. Some things they just don't catch.

I also knew a guy that had a heart attack at 27. It turned out it was caused by a virus.

[egoatdoor]

Someone drowned in the pool one night a year or so ago at local chain gym here whose initials are AFF.

The night staff was totally irresponsible. One of the night crew spent most of his shift sleeping in a back room instead of minding the gym. So one night, a swimmer had a seizure in the pool and drowned. It was an hour later that someone noticed a body was floating in the water. In all that time, no one bothered to check the pool area.

I think the sleeper guy got fired because we never saw him again.

[arnoldoz]

Hey DaniGirl, seen the same myself - a girl passed out in the gym, and all the well trained staff either looked the other way or did nothing and left the punters to try and revive her!

An update on the guy who died last week after training - it turns out his father passed away at an early age, due to a heart condition, and the dead dudes sister has already undergone heart treatment.

Well theres nobody in my family that has had heart problems so that is a bit of peace of mind.

Like you guys say - get yourself checked out!

[RMBros]

At my gym, there are some folks I have wished would die on the spot, but so far, not one of them has.

We have had some interesting blood spots in the squat cage and floor for the last 2-3 years - cleaning crew hasn't seen fit to wipe them up, I guess.

No idea what happened, but I'm thinking about doing my own CSI DNA workup.

I had a box flip on me while I was doing heavy calf raises in college - fell forward and nearly knocked myself out, but that's honestly the worst I've seen.