Unfortunate news broke that the online fitness trainer and Youtuber, Scott Murray, died. He passed away due to heart failure in his home while making dinner. Scott leaves behind a loving fan base and his family.
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Who is Scott Murray?
Scott Murray is an Irish-born fitness trainer who had amassed 45.4 thousand subscribers on Youtube and over 130 thousand on Instagram. Scott’s own transformation from fat to fit is genuinely inspirational, as he was open about his youth, a time when he had a problematic relationship with food.
The Irish coach holds a bachelor’s degree in health and performance. He continued his fitness adventure by obtaining a master’s degree in food nutrition and health. He took great pride in posting videos and posts recipes and foods that you can eat large quantities of, with low caloric impact. He also addresses bodybuilding, fat loss, and living a healthy lifestyle in his own unique way and did a great job of breaking down the science behind everything.
Scott also ran a website where he consulted individuals looking to lose weight, sold programs and meal plans, and sold a cookbook.
Scott Murray’s Death
His obsession with trying to achieve the perfect body led to him making unhealthy life choices, including extreme eating challenges, sleeping four or fewer hours per night, crazy intense workouts, and never taking rest days. His eating disorder and excessive exercise made it difficult for his heart, and eventually, it couldn’t take anymore and gave out on him.
Unfortunately, in the end, he ignored his health (he continued to struggle with his eating disorder and an excessive training regimen), which led to him passing from heart failure. If you’re struggling with a disorder, please reach out to someone for help.
CLOSING THOUGHTS
This message is for the younger lifters, workout warriors, bodybuilders. Take care of your body (since you only get one of them), get 7-8 hours of sleep, check your nutrition, and make sure to take time off to recover from your workouts.
Make sure to spend time with your family and enjoy your life. The SET FOR SET team sends its condolences to Scott Murray’s family and loved ones.
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Wow. I never heard of him until a youtuber did a video on his life and death. I’m age 21 and did gymnastics for 14 years. I was always into endurance exercising for strength and endurance but also to stay very lean. For many years I did abs endurance exercising and other abs stunting (taking hard body punches) and tried to be lean as possible. My last 2 years of high school was transitioning from gymnastics to weight training for my whole body. I stayed lean and hit a growth spurt. I got severely beat up as a 16 year old gymnast and the group of older guys targeted by my abs for their fun. I lasted a long time and that only made me more increase my abs training and training to take harder and harder punches. The night of my high school graduation some wrestlers had set up a marathon exercise night and I also took punches. At one point my heart started beating really fast and wouldn’t slow down. It felt like it was going to leave my chest. I was scared but didn’t tell anyone. I drank gatorade and put a cold wet towel on my face and rested. But I had more abs challenges to go. My heart finally slowed down and I finished a stupid workout taking punches. That night scared me as I thought about my heart racing. My wrestler friends had a body composition rule of not lower than 7% and they thought I was less than 7% body fat. I moved away after high school and got new friends and stopped the aggressive abdominal training and challenges. I’m sleeping a lot better and cooking on my own. This story and the videos about his death are sobering. Thanks.