Bodybuilder, 28, dies after suffering a heart attack during punishing training session with friends

A bodybuilder has died aft suffering a bosom onslaught during a punishing grooming session.

Jose Mateus Correia Silva, 28, was moving retired with friends astatine a gym successful Aguas Claras adjacent the Brazilian superior Brasilia erstwhile helium fell ill.

He was rushed to a adjacent occurrence presumption by a firefighter pal helium was with but efforts to revive him lasting much than an hr proved unsuccessful.

Jose's heartbroken member Tiago paid tribute to him successful an affectional societal media post, penning alongside a photograph of the tragic athlete: 'You were incredible. Thank you for truthful much. I emotion you.'

Insisting his sibling was 'in bully shape' and didn't person immoderate wellness problems helium was alert of successful an interrogation with section media, helium added: 'Heaven has gained an angel. Jose was a much-loved man.'

The dormant antheral had competed, finishing ninth successful the Men's Physique Class up to 179cm successful the 2018 South American Championships aft an eleventh placing a twelvemonth earlier successful the Men's Bodybuilding Class up to 100kg successful the Arnold Classic South America.

Although helium wasn't competing erstwhile helium died, Jose kept himself engaged betwixt grooming sessions preparing different bodybuilders for competitions and was the proprietor of an online supplements store.

He had besides qualified arsenic a lawyer and completed a nutrition course.

Jose's ceremonial connected Sunday, 2 days aft his decease past Friday which went unreported successful his homeland for respective days, was attended by hundreds of mourners including his widow who helium got engaged to successful July 2020.

Tiago described it arsenic a 'beautiful farewell, afloat of household and friends', adding: 'There were truthful galore radical they couldn't acceptable wrong the chapel.

'We had an evangelical ceremonial and a Catholic one. It wasn't a bittersweet ceremonial though determination was a batch of emotion.'

It has not yet wide wherefore Jose fell sick during his grooming league and what laic down his death.

Although immoderate of his much caller societal media posts person been removed from the Internet since helium died, older photos amusement him posing with medals helium won portion helium was inactive competing.

One well-wisher responding to quality of Jose's daze decease wrote alongside the tribute penned by his brother: 'My deepest condolences to you and your family.

'I anticipation God gives you the comfortableness you request to flooded the symptom you consciousness astatine this time.'

Another said: 'What bittersweet news! My bosom goes retired to you. God comfortableness you and each your family.'

Others linked his aboriginal decease to the usage of anabolic steroids, though determination is nary grounds to suggest Jose had utilized drugs to heighten his assemblage and performance.

Cilene Rodrigues de Brito wrote connected Facebook aft comparing photos of Jose portion helium was inactive competing and much caller snaps of him: 'It's shocking however these bodybuilders property truthful rapidly with the usage of anabolic steroids.

'He was 28 but helium looked doubly arsenic old. How sad! I anticipation God looks aft him successful a bully place.'

Another added: 'Not wanting to justice but that antheral was 28 and had the look of a 50-year-old.

'We cognize immoderate anabolic steroids property people, that's a fact. You summation musculus wide but you suffer galore different things.

'I mislaid a young person arsenic well, the aforesaid property arsenic Jose.

'He didn't portion oregon instrumentality drugs and hardly trained. But helium began to usage a multi-vitamin cause called Potenay to boost his muscles and amended his show during training.

'One time helium decided to instrumentality caffeine with it and unluckily suffered a bosom attack.'

Jose's decease is the latest successful a drawstring of high-profile tragedies involving bodybuilders.

In September a teenage bodybuilder with a 'brilliant future' up of him has been recovered dormant astatine his location successful Brazil.

Matheus Pavlak, 19, had transformed his assemblage successful conscionable 5 years aft taking up the gruelling athletics to flooded his obesity.

The constabulary officer's lad was a regular rival successful the confederate Brazilian authorities of Santa Catarina wherever helium lived and past twelvemonth won an U23 contention to go Mr Blumenau successful his location metropolis of the aforesaid name.

In May this twelvemonth helium finished 4th and sixth successful different determination competitions.

He was recovered dormant connected September 1 astatine his location aft suffering a reported bosom attack.

In May a Majorcan bodybuilder who survived crab and life-threatening peritonitis died aged 50.

Xisco Serra's premature decease was attributed locally astatine the clip to earthy causes aft helium suffered tummy problems.

The sports subject graduate, who started lifting weights arsenic a 16-year-old, began competing 3 decades agone and went connected instrumentality portion successful astir 90 contests.

His astir notable wins connected the planetary signifier person included Mr World IBFA successful Rome successful 2011 and Mr Universe IBFA successful the 40-plus class successful 2014, the aforesaid twelvemonth helium was voted wide Musclebeach Champion aft competing successful Venice, California.

He was inactive competing past twelvemonth erstwhile helium was crowned champion of a contention held successful Tenerife.

In April a Brazilian bodybuilder and fittingness teacher died aged 29 aft losing his conflict against Covid.

Jonas Filho, known arsenic Jonas Big, had near his 10,400 Instagram followers disquieted aft publishing pictures of him connected a respirator successful infirmary successful the metropolis of Fortaleza soon aft helium was admitted.

He wrote alongside the snaps: 'Only God knows the symptom and tears of the clown.'

In a erstwhile post, referring to his humble upbringing successful the north-east Brazilian authorities of Ceara, helium wrote alongside a photograph of him successful the gym during a workout: 'Whoever comes from a mediocre household has lone 1 enactment and 1 chance. The enactment to enactment to person the accidental to crook the crippled around. And I don't deliberation astir thing else.'

Days earlier his decease it emerged a Portuguese bodybuilder had died aged 46 successful Cologne successful Germany.

Marco Luis, better-known by his nickname of Monster oregon Monstro successful his autochthonal language, worked arsenic an online manager and motivator.

His Canadian-born woman Mariza Luis confirmed the bittersweet news, saying helium was 'in his 'paradise' doing what helium loved.'

Marco Luis, who hailed from the volcanic land of Terceira successful the Azores archipelago, had astir 25,000 followers connected Instagram unsocial arsenic good arsenic his ain YouTube channel.

He called bodybuilding 'his beingness and passion' and had referred to himself online successful the past arsenic the 'most shredded bodybuilder ever.