Rich Piana was found unresponsive and transported to a local hospital.
Rich Piana was placed into a medically induced coma this week after suffering a medical emergency at his Florida home, law enforcement sources tell TMZ Sports.
Piana, 46 has competed and won several bodybuilding competitions over the years including Mr. California — and has become a YouTube & Instagram star racking up more than 1 million followers.
According to law enforcement sources:
Emergency personnel responded to a possible overdose call at Rich Piana’s home on Monday afternoon. When they arrived, Piana was unresponsive and was transported to a nearby hospital where he was placed into a medically induced coma.
Official response from 5PercentNutrition
Earlier this week, Rich Piana, known for his honesty and leadership in the bodybuilding community was hospitalized. Rich’s condition is improving each day while he is in recovery.
Rich is a man who has built his reputation on total honesty and has played by his own rules the whole way. Rich is known across the world as a man who embraces the naysayers, just as much as he embraces those who accept him. His outspoken nature is one of the reasons Rich is both respected and criticized. Nevertheless, he tells it like it is.
The “5%ERs” are a community of driven individuals dedicated to a competitive energy. The 5% Nation is a key driving force for Rich to excel both in the gym and in making the 5% Nutrition line the best it can be.
We’d like to ask the 5% Nation for good thoughts and prayers for him.
We are following this story and will keep you updated as it develops.
Our thoughts and prayers are with Rich Piana and his family during this difficult time.
I’m praying for you rich
Ja, stimmt
Another sad news for bodybuilding world, CT, Sean Harris and now Rich!!!
What happen to Sean ?
https://fitnessvolt.com/13213/ifbb-pro-sean-harris-dies/
He was in a fatal car accident a few weeks back^
Absolut einverstanden
What happened to CT?!
CT’s heart is bad. He needs a transplant or he won’t make it.
Sean Paul Maguire
He gettin his heart worked on or replaced something like that
Jason White 😔
Holy shit Johnny Ugent
Sucks bro
This may not be true. He posted on Instagram today and this is from TMZ.
All those drugs catching up to him.
i admire rich because he is someone who knows exactly what he wants and has done everything to achieve it. fuck the haters.
Miles Jesse Huffman man what the heck is going on!
Praying for you man
Stimmt noch jemand zu?
Yep
Franklin T. Boyd
Justin Miller
Not much of a surprise
No kidding, body can’t handle 8 hour arm workouts forever bruh
And a pint of ice cream a day lol
😂😂 Ben & Jerry’s comimg out with his own flavor.
Rich Pistachio
total korrekt kann nur zustimmen 🙂
😂😂😂😂 shut the fuck uppp. I can’t.
Piana has destroyed his own health. He made alot of careless mistakes.
How do you know?
Because he admits to taking a ungodly amount of gear.
Have you not followed his career??? Did you not see his journey last year??? God only knows what else is in the mix other than juice
There is nothing wrong with gear…But the hellacious amounts of what he was taking could’ve and probably contributed to it.
Piana is gona be the reason for a new look in to gear. Media is going to squeeze the negativity out this and blow it up.
Exactly you don’t know. So shut up and stop presuming. He takes opioids for pain. They kill, steroids don’t.
Dude the man is in the hospital maybe dead. All u can say is negative shit about him. What sorry piece of shit u r. I hope somebody don’t do the same to u dick head
Justin Slamen PT if you don’t agree with me that’s fine. lol I’m not looking for approval. Keep scrolling. Rich Piana is a freak end of story. It’s sickening that he is looked at as a symbol of bodybuilding when in fact he is everything that’s wrong with it.
Slamen is slammin gear too, easy there little guy.
Seems every other Olympia competitor isn’t in a coma and I believe they take a shit load of gear as well.
He’s still human
Most bodybuilders take alot of shit which damages their body in the long run that’s just the dark truth about bodybuilding
Oh shut the fuck up
Off you go Spencer and murder some children in Iraq Afghanistan or Syria.
Justin Slamen PT easy fella, you too don’t know what that juice head is taking, so stfu
Jeremy Bracken do you even know what any of the possible side effects of his cycles are? Do you or have you ever done gear? I’ll bet dollars to doughnuts the answer is no. Unless you know something the rest of us don’t save your “expertise” instead of spewing garbage maybe you should be sending well wishes to the most upfront and honest people in the industry.
He deserves a medal in my books just for being honest, it may have been excessive and stupid but farout the no bullshit approach is something I’ve sought after for advice when it comes to the gym, all the best rich piana!
Jeremy Bracken absolutely
Jeremy Bracken well said
Chris Goncalves yes actually I have taken gear. I have competed. So of course I know the side effects. I also know the side effects of excessive and long term use.
Justin Slamen PT he says it in all his interviews lol
Because he don’t fucking care any others opinions
Just look at how many bodybuilders grow old…..
Using opioids when your liver would be fucked wouldn’t help
Mistakes? yes Careless? fuck no. He was watching his health more than any of us ever had.
Cyle Marshall
Foreal?
yeah it’s on a few sites
and CT Fletcher needs a heart transplant
Jay Fry
CT already had a heart attack before. Damn
I know bro
btw we share the same birthday as CT
TMZ saying possible overdose. When he split up with Sara he said it was because all she wanted to do was party and do drugs and he wasn’t about that life. 🤔
yeah its possible, could very well have been
I doubt it’s steroid related. He’s been on the gas forever and also kept his cycles proper or so he said.
I could definitely see that as a possibility
Was thinking the same thing
I don’t think it’s good for your body to balloon up over 300 and then rapidly fall back down to 260ish either
Yeah man that is deff not good on the body or heart
My boy Dru is his close friend and 5% r 😥
David Harte
Mike Boone Eduardo Cruz Adam Baptista Jr. Eric Mareiro
🙁🙁🙁
Supposedly it might be fake. I guess he posted a youtube vid the same day or something. Think this is false publicity move
5% nutrition also posted on ig n fb
That he was ok or that he was in the hospital…!?
That he was in the hospital and to keep him in your prayers
I heard he actually passed away ? 🙁
So far I only heard medically induced coma after unresponsive at his house
Whatever it takes !!!
Paul Frank
Kyle Slowski
Jeeze i wonder what caused it
No idea
Elghazi Abdelilah still wanna go on roids fucker ?!!
A cycle of gear is fine. Taking ungodly amounts for 15 years bad.
Yep
Wald l9ahba 7alaf maygar !!!
Sam Zika
Dude I just saw this like 20 mins ago crazy
Jeffrey Baker
Andrew Batislaon inom na lng at buffet
Ttoo to???
Oo pahinga ka muna
Hahaha yko n oil kya nga clen nlng muna tau eh hahaha mron na kya c jhe??
Meron kidney and liver replacement
Un ba ung ndli sknya oh ung heart nia?? Bka nman heart failure???
Compications heart na din
Tony Vassar
Frankie Sterling
thoughts to you and your family rich 🙁
He’s done. Probably burst heart
Zac Steinhardt
My heart beeaks
Whit Hartman
I saw that a few hours ago. Hope he comes out of this okay.
He’s a natty he be all good
Damn dude, lol
8 hours coma workout
Chase Ryan
But steroids are soooooo safe
Safe when not abused, too much of anything can be unsafe, even food.
It’s never safe
You can’t od on juice….pain killers or other drugs yes
Lol oooo k
Aline Bussolo
A lot of us suspected all the heavy gear usage would catch up with him eventually. Hope Rich can make a speedy recovery and make healthier choices going forward
It was from pain killers
I wasn’t sure exactly what it was but the human body can only take so much anyhow
Stephen Rand II well he sure used a cocktail ready for disaster
Absolutely Mike, one thing I learned from the pro wrestlers of the 80’s its that doing roids is one thing, but when you mix in drugs and alcohol you’re really playing with fire
My prayers and the best thoughts to the family……
Rich is a good guy. Idc what all you jealous fucks say.
thank god !
Nicklas Blangsted shiiiet
Dódo Stavrev Gregory Marcin
Oil
Shubham Mahendru
Amanda Magoon, Skylar Greer, David Williams,
Eric Magoon
Apparently it’s prescription pain killers. Google the documentary called prescription thugs, it’s on YouTube.
Rich just posted a flashback pose down earlier today on IG…damn
seriusly
Haden Larsen
Get well soon Rich
Theo Burchick
Paco Gomez
Nahhhh
God Dammit
might sound cold, but was this not expected?? let this be a warning
Genialer Post Danke
Actually, it looks like an overdose. Since it was so expected, post some articles that actually link steroid usage to something like this WITHOUT the use of other drugs or alcohol. I’ll wait. Tag me so I don’t miss it. Also, reading REALLY helps.
Elijah Hezekiah Gallichio hey small fry, you do realize he was using a lot of pain killers because of all the abuse on his body which was facilitated by the steroid use, most pros use gear and train hard, this guy was taking huge amounts of gear and putting his body through hell with his marathon type training, so yeah anyone who knows a little bit about rich pianna saw this coming, you obviously don’t know much about bodybuilding
He lived hazzard life . Did he know it ? Somebody warned him ?Hoping and praying he will be good and survive , and not repeat same mistake .
Rudi Špoljarec your kidding right?? lmfao
Johnny Rednour
Giovanny Razzo
Overdose cocaína