Jesse Marunde, dead at 27 y/o!

[Rodzilla]

Cant believe this,but its true: http://www.sequimgazette.com/Article/articleDetail.exm/Index/article/2007-07-26_SEQUIM_WEIGHT_LIFTER_COLLAPSES__DIES/

[Okstate132]

wow that sucks he's always been one of my favorites..... Hard to believe. I'm curious to see what the cause is, even though i know what the media will proabbly make it out to be.

[wedgylx]

wow that sucks he's always been one of my favorites..... Hard to believe. I'm curious to see what the cause is, even though i know what the media will proabbly make it out to be.

Agreed. Just wait, fox news will probably report that the roid rage was so severe, that his heart stopped out of spite

[Okstate132]

From all the reports that I read it said he had just finshed a set of high rep squats when he suffered a massive heart attack, insane.

[ugab3737]

Man, thats both tragic and scary. Yeah, Im sure the steroid hysteria will be in full throttle in regards to this.

[Sonny]

From all the reports that I read it said he had just finshed a set of high rep squats when he suffered a massive heart attack, insane.

This was posted to our NAS Strongman board from Sarge, his training partner and person that tied to give CPR. Training was done out at Jesse's barn not in a commercial gym. Hope this helps clarify things. Anyone that has done high reps squts will tell you the set rep scheme is pretty tough especially with no rest but very normal for our type of training especially Jesse.

Friends, we suffered a great loss in the strongman community last evening. The Sequim Crew was doing what they do. Training hard and particularly training Jesse for the WSM contest in Anaheim. He died quickly and painlessly.

The squat set was as follows:
230kg x 8
190kg x 8
150kg x 8
110kg x 8
70kg x 8
Followed immediately by:
600# tire flip
265# stone load
All of this was done with no rest between sets. Rack, pull, go
At the completion of these sets Jesse laid on his back, on the cold floor like normal. Breck and Sarge noticed that his breathing was laborious. Jesse became incoherent and stopped breathing. We administered cpr, called 911 and continued to resusitate until paramedics arrived. They set up the defibrillator, epinephrin, to no avail. He was worked on for over an hour between Breck, Sarge and the paramedics.

These are the facts as it happened. We are deeply saddened by this tragic loss. We appreciate your support and prayers.

The Sequim Crew

[RisingAgainst]

I remember when he first started out... he was my inspiration growing up watching the WSM...
EDIT: still growin up, you knew what I meant.... lol

[B-natural]

Intensity was too much, pushed too hard, athletes go hard or go home, adrenaline was probably following like no other. He may also have been depleted prior to working out, and we all know what its like to hit the gym even though we shouldn't. His heart probably just went into shock due to the overload...

[KinesitionChirossage]

Holy shit that is horrible. He looked like America's next great hope since Kaz. Man, I can't believe he is dead. I must live in a cave because I did not hear about this.