So, guys, Derek, more platesmorenates.com.

So we're talking, unfortunately, about another prominent death in the bodybuilding community.

This is Cedric McMillan, who has passed away in his 40s.

He is a very, I don't know, a fan favorite bodybuilder.

He's won the Arnold Classic before.

And I think he was probably one of

Arnold's favorite competitors of all time from like the modern era because he represented,

you know, the cross between aesthetics and size. And many people thought he had Olympia caliber,

like Olympia winning potential if he just dialed in his conditioning.

But in the recent years, he's had some struggles. He mentioned how, and by the way, the,

you know, suspected cause of death, heart failure. Now, from what I understand, as far as history,

besides being a massive bodybuilder, you know, pushing the hormones, blah, blah, blah, uh had a bad case of pneumonia a handful of years ago if i recall correctly which had some level of damage on his

cardiovascular system and then more recently a couple years ago he got the you know what that's

going around and he believes it had some lasting impact on his

cardiovascular system as well and he goes into it in this recent interview the mc armed forces

nationals 2021 and kind of elaborates on his health status um mid last year and how he also pushed past it against his doctor's advice and like

bulked up past literally 300 pounds um i could tell you guys back in july i was almost dead

like literally notify your next to Ken. My wife was with me.

But it was, I was out of here, seriously. But I didn't see no white light, so I don't know if I was that close, but looking at me from the outside, I was that close.

I was in the hospital for about three weeks. I lost about

30 pounds. I was getting ready to go to the Arnold. And so I spent all of August trying to gain

weight back, ignoring the doctor's advice. And then I spent about four weeks trying to get ready while

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